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A student of the Success Elementary School has topped the country in this year’s National Grade Six Assessment examinations. A number of students from the same school have captured many of the other top positions. The top student, Nirvana Wimal gained 524 marks out of a possible 527 marks. A total of 39 students shared […]
A tragic incident at the Kamarang Airstrip in Region Seven has left a villager dead and a pilot in custody. At around 2:55 this afternoon, just after an Air Services Cessna 208 aircraft landed at the Kamarang airstrip and was being parked, a villager ran towards the plane and was caught in the propeller. He […]
There has been a marginal increase in the number of students who will be heading to Queens College, The Bishops High School, and other top schools this year than in previous years. The announcement was made by Education Minister, Priya Manickchand today as she released the National Grade Six Assessment Examination results. 18,821 pupils wrote […]
The former Chairman of the Police Service Commission Paul Slowe filed a criminal complaint against Attorney General Anil Nandlall today at the Brickdam Police station. Mr. Slowe’s complaint is in relation to alleged statements made by the Attorney General about him on an NCN television programme that was streamed on social media. Mr. Slowe believes […]
Former Chairman of the Police Service Commission, retired Assistant Commissioner of Police Paul Slowe appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates Court this morning to answer charges that were filed against him while he was out of Guyana. Mr. Slowe returned to the country yesterday. When he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to make his way […]
Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon called out the Government today for prioritizing issues related to Guyana Sugar Corporation while leaving Public Servants to fend for themselves as the cost-of-living skyrockets. The Government recently announced a $250,000 grant for sugar workers who lost their jobs when the APNU+AFC government closed some sugar estates. The one-off grant is […]
Six more COVID-19 related deaths have pushed the total number of deaths recorded in the past 13 days to 58, based on the figures released by the Ministry of Health. A four-year-old boy from Region One is among the six COVID fatalities. The five adults who passed away were all unvaccinated, according to the Ministry […]
Two former Policemen who were recently found guilty of raping a woman when she visited a Police station to file a report, were both slapped with a sentence of 25 years in jail today. During the trial, the victim testified that she was attacked and raped in a washroom in the station by the two […]
Guyana has seen improvements in a number of subject areas at both the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency and Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations for this year. During a ceremony hosted this morning at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre to launch the CXC 2021 results, Director of Operations at CXC, Dr. Nicole Manning said that at both […]
Former Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, today debunked claims that he was ever involved in ‘nefarious transactions’ while he served as Finance Minister under the last Government. He said he is not bothered by any criminal probe that this current Government might want to start against him. Jordan has been outspoken on the Government’s handling of […]
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