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Over 15,500 students are in the final stages of preparing to sit this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) exams next week. Longstanding Grade Six teacher and founder of Revon’s Academy, Ms. Revon Boyle, who has been assessing the examinations while looking at important trends and reoccurring topics, is urging the students to pay keen […]
A sanctioned oil tanker, which was boarded and seized by US Forces in the Indian Ocean today, was found to be falsely flying the flag of Guyana, according to the Maritime Administration Department. The vessel, “Majestic X” was intercepted for transporting Iranian oil. It was previously sanctioned by the US Treasury Department in 2024 under […]
US Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot, today said Guyana Government Permanent Secretary, Mae Thomas, who was sanctioned alongside Guyanese Billionaires Nazar Mohamed and Azruddin Mohamed, is still under US sanctions. Sanctioned by the US Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in June 2024, Mae Thomas was accused of corrupt practices, including […]
Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr Carla Barnett this morning declined to comment on the controversy surrounding her reappointment, and whether she is prepared is step down amid increasing pressures from the Trinidad and Tobago Government. Dr Barnett was reappointed in February during the 50th Regular Meeting of the CARICOM Conference of Heads […]
Two Guyanese men who were jointly facing a terrorism charge alongside a Venezuelan woman for allegedly aiding the prime suspect in the October 2025 Gas Station Bombing, walked free today after Magistrate Alisha George upheld the Defense’s no case submission. The Court found that there was insufficient evidence to link the men – Wayne Corriea […]
The Ministry of Housing is moving apace with the construction of 110 young professional homes in the new Palmyra Housing Scheme, Berbice. Housing Minister Collin Croal visited the project on Saturday, and was told that the project is 35 percent complete with three of the units already at about 50 percent completion. The homes are […]
Guyana and the Kingdom of Morocco have signed an Open Skies Air Services Agreement which is aimed at promoting and facilitating the operation of air services between the two countries. The Agreement was signed by the Minister of Transport and Logistics of Morocco, Abdessamad Kayouh, and the Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority […]
The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar has slammed the management of the CARICOM Secretariat as “dysfunctional, dishonest and incompetent”. In the past two weeks, the Trinidadian Prime Minister has been stepping up her criticism of the management of the regional body following the reappointment of Dr. Carla Barnett as Secretary General. Persad-Bissessar […]
A massive two-storey building that was under construction in Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara, collapsed Wednesday night, killing a 46-year-old construction worker, and injuring seven other workers in the process. The building collapse was caught on camera. The incident is being investigated by the Police and the Labour Department. The dead man has been identified […]
As the world continues to grapple with the effects of the largest-ever global oil supply disruption, President Irfaan Ali has indicated that Guyana is building its capacity to withstand such shocks, and has resumed “serious discussions” on having an oil refinery in the country. Mr. Ali made the disclosure on Wednesday in a video release. […]
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