 |       |  | |
The Ministry of Education released the results of the National Grade Six Assessment Examinations this afternoon, showing improvements in the English performances but a decline in Mathematics, with Science and Social Studies remaining steady. This year’s top pupil is Nalia Rahaman from the Westfield Prep School in Georgetown. She gained a perfect score of 529 […]
Former Guyana Member of Parliament, who once served as Mayor of Linden, Abdul Kadir, has died. He was in his mid 60’s. Kadir passed away in a US prison this morning, where he was serving a life sentence on a conviction of conspiring to commit a terrorist attack at New York’s JFK Airport almost a […]
More drama unfolded at the Guyana Public Service Credit Union on Hadfield Street this morning as the Police had to be called in when management refused to open the gate and doors to be served with a Court order. That order has quashed the injunction that was earlier obtained by the credit union’s management against […]
General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has declared that he will be working “harder now” to ensure the PPP wins the next elections, in wake of the decision by the Caribbean Court of Justice to uphold the Presidential term limits to Guyana’s Constitution. At an afternoon press conference, Mr. […]
-by Kurt Campbell- The Legal Team which represented the Government of Guyana in the Presidential Term Limit Appeal case at the Caribbean Court of Justice, has welcomed the Court’s decision in upholding the changes that were made to the Constitution. Solicitor General Kim Kyte and Barbadian Attorneys Ralph Thorne and Hal Gollop celebrated as they […]
By a margin of 6-1, the Judges on the Caribbean Court of Justice today ruled that the amendments to the Guyana Constitution, which essentially limits the number of times a person could be elected President of Guyana were properly done. The Court has overturned the decision of the Guyana High Court and the Guyana Court […]
The Government has confirmed that five Special Prosecutors that it retained to deal with high profile cases have been paid a $2 million retainer fee along with $20,000 per hour for their legal services. The information was made known in the National Assembly on Monday through a written response by the Attorney General Basil Williams […]
Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenridge today said “backtrack travelling” is responsible for the absence of official departure records for thousands of foreign nationals who entered the country legally. Mr. Greenidge was responding to concerns raised at the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Foreign Affairs, where it was revealed that over 17,000 Cubans and 5000 Haitians […]
The World Bank today announced that it has approved a US$35 million Development Policy Credit to support Guyana’s efforts to strengthen financial sector development and fiscal management. The move is to better prepare the country to benefit from its newly discovered oil and gas reserves and transform its oil wealth into human capital. Finance Minister […]
Opposition Member of Parliament Juan Edghill has responded to the $200 Million lawsuit filed against him by the Finance Minister for libel and malicious prosecution. Edghill told reporters today that he intends to stand in Court and fight the lawsuit. Minister of Finance Winston Jordan filed the lawsuit last week through his Attorney. The lawsuit […]
 |  |
