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The Ministry of Education has announced that the eve of the closure date for schools will now be known as “Report Card Day”, and teachers will have to complete and distribute the report cards for students on that day. In a memo to Education Officers and Headteachers across the country, Chief Education Officer, Saddam Hussain, […]
Having been given a second chance at gaining more qualifications to become job ready, more than 1400 persons crossed the stage of the National Cultural Centre today as they graduated from the Government’s “GROW” initiative. At the graduation, President Irfaan Ali urged the hundreds of persons who completed the Get Ready for Opportunities to Work […]
Another workplace accident in the mining town of Linden is under investigation. A 43-year-old labourer from Soesdyke-Linden highway lost his life today at the Mackenzie Sports Club construction site when he slipped off a large timber pile and got hit by another one. The man, Cledwin Richards, was part of a construction team taken to […]
Police investigators have charged a 26-year-old West Demerara businessman who is accused of carting off millions of dollars worth of construction equipment from various storage bonds on the East Bank of Demerara. The businessman, Devindra Moteeram, was slapped with several ‘break and enter and larceny’ charges. In one case, he is accused of breaking into […]
The Criminal Law (Procedure) Amendment Bill was unanimously passed by the National Assembly on Monday. The updated legislation strips the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of the power to direct a Magistrate to reopen a case after that case might have been dismissed. The DPP had the powers to direct a Magistrate to have an […]
Less than three months after the National Assembly approved the country’s $781.9 billion budget, the Government has returned to the House for an additional $31 billion in supplementary funding to facilitate payments to Indigenous communities from the sale of carbon credits. The Supplementary Bill was presented to the National Assembly on Tuesday by Minister […]
The Natural Resource Fund (NRF) has a balance of more than US$1.4 billion, the Ministry of Finance, has disclosed. The disclosure came hours after the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira, tabled the notification of receipts of all petroleum revenues paid into the Natural Resource Fund during the period January 1 to March […]
The Planning and Development Single Window System Bill has been sent to a Special Select Committee for further review. Though presenting the Bill for a second reading in National Assembly on Monday, Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, said based on consultations with the Opposition, it was recommended that the Bill be sent to […]
The new ferry that will be plying the Georgetown to Region One route will also be used to ferry fresh produce and goods to Trinidad and Tobago and other Caribbean islands, the Government has announced. The new ferry, M.V Ma Lisha, which was built in India, was commissioned on Sunday in the presence of the […]
The Sheriff Group of Companies, which is preparing to open the largest private hospital on the West Coast of Demerara later this week, also has its eyes set on the Berbice region. In a statement on Sunday, the company announced its plan construct a US$100 million hotel and casino complex at Palmyra in Berbice. The […]
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