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Drama unfolded at the Linden Town Council on Thursday as the Mayor Carwyn Holland, issued a letter to the Town Clerk, Janella Bown, sending her on leave pending an inquiry into allegations of misconduct. Bowen locked herself in her office just after receiving the letter and the Mayor called in the Police after she was […]
Eighty-six outstanding Guyanese were Thursday conferred with national honour and awards by President David Granger for their outstanding contributions to Guyana. Prominent lawyer, Senior Counsel Rex McKay and House Speaker Barton Scotland led the list of this year’s pool of awardees and were conferred with the Order of Roraima- Guyana’s second highest National Award. President […]
Government is looking at the possibility of either recruiting retired teachers or extending the age of retirement as a means of tackling the unsatisfactory results in mathematics nationwide. State Minister Joseph Harmon said Cabinet at its most recent meeting had engaged in extensive deliberation on the results in Mathematics at the 2016 Grade Six Examination. […]
An elections promise by President David Granger was fulfilled on Wednesday when he initiated the distribution of laptops to student teachers at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) as part a wider ‘One Laptop Per Teacher’ Initiative. The initiative was launched as Guyana joined the rest of the world in celebration of World Teachers Day. […]
The Chief Executive Office of the Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) Dr. Richard Van West Charles has said that he will not be distracted by the resistance that he is being met with in transforming the quality of service being offered by the state owned company. The Board of the Guyana Water Incorporated recently decided to […]
by Kurt Campbell The name Esther Perreira became a household name in Guyana back in 1998 as she became the centre piece of an elections petition that was filed against the 1997 elections. The petition was successful as the elections were vitiated. It was filed in Esther Perreira’s name as an elector and as a supporter […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party is increasing its resort to protest action as a form of putting pressure on the government. On Tuesday, party executives and members protested outside the Ministry of the Presidency and called on the government to end the delay and appoint the Local Government Commission forthwith. “Two wrongs don’t make a […]
Citizenship Minister Winston Felix on Monday promised to launch an immediate investigation into allegations by the opposition People’s Progressive Party that there was ongoing fraud at the General Register Office (GRO). The PPP claims that there are early attempts by the APNU+AFC administration to rig the 2020 elections in its favour. PPP General Secretary Clement […]
Pursuant to a decision taken by the Defence Board on September 28 and in keeping with the succession policy of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), President David Granger, today, promoted Colonel George Allan Lewis to the rank of Brigadier, before swearing him in as the ninth Chief of Staff of the Force. Acting Prime Minister […]
University of Guyana students have been pressing the University’s administration to make better use of the electronic and social media, but they may have never expected to learn about an increase in tuition via email. But scores of University students rushed to social media sites like Facebook and Twitter on Friday to complain about a […]
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