Hard work really does pay off
–as NGSA top achievers find out JORREL De Santos of New Guyana School secured the top position as Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand announced the National Grade Six Assessment 2014 results,...
View ArticleSeven-year old pinned to a fence by speeding car succumbs
Seven-year old Joseph Quallis of 205 Middle Road La Penitence, who was rammed and pinned against a concrete and steel fence by a speeding car on Thursday afternoon, died while under emergency medical...
View ArticleDairy sector to see improvements
- Agri Minister sets goals for 2020 MINISTER of Agriculture Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, on Wednesday last, set two goals for dairy producers in Guyana to achieve by 2020 – to reduce the import of milk by 25%...
View ArticleAlexander flayed over ‘irrational utterances’
- on power of gov’t to call local government elections GECOM Commissioner, Vincent Alexander on Tuesday commented on the role of government in calling local government elections, contending that such a...
View ArticleAction to restore 2014 Budget cuts imminent
- Finance Minister FINANCE Minister Dr. Ashni Singh has disclosed that action is “imminent” to restore critically needed funds that were cut from the 2014 Budget.The reduction was reflected in the...
View ArticleGreen declares no surrender policy at City Hall
MAYOR of Georgetown, Mr. Hamilton Green, has made it known that he and his supporting councillors “are not gonna surrender,” a position adopted since Acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba assumed the post. The...
View ArticleStabbed teen found at Ogle died from stab wound to the heart
–post-mortem determines A post-mortem performed by Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh, yesterday, on the body of 17-year-old Bhaker Azeez of Lot 129 Third Street, Montrose, East Coast Demerara has determined...
View ArticleMan found in wee hours at Timehri with suspected gunshot wound to chest
-Another detained as police investigate A man who is known only as ‘Terrence’ was discovered lying on the Timehri Public Road, East Bank Demerara with a suspected gunshot wound to his chest, at about...
View ArticleGreen now aware local elections, AML link
GEORGETOWN Mayor Hamilton Green said, on Tuesday, he is “now aware” that the Anti-Money Laundering Bill is tied to Local Government Elections. He made the declaration at a City Hall press conference,...
View ArticleAt GoG/IDB seminar on GSIP…
Business community urged to collaborate with GWI to effectively manage City sanitation system THE Government of Guyana (GoG) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), collaborating on the...
View ArticlePoliceman dies after tour of duty at hinterland stations
–was being treated for dengue fever and malaria at GPHC THIRTY-four-year-old Kensley Leitch of Lot 570 Mocha Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) at about...
View ArticleBlackwood, Johnson get nod for second Test against Kiwis
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – West Indies selectors have called up in-form Jamaican stroke-maker Jermaine Blackwood to the 13-man squad for the second Test against New Zealand starting here tomorrow....
View ArticleJohnson elated at second Test call-up : … Kumar sends congratulations
AS IS CUSTOMARY with any cricketer, it is always an honour and privilege to be called to your national team, and in the case of those who are playing in the Caribbean, they would say country, then the...
View ArticleMurder of Lusignan 17-year-old : No compensation will be accepted from...
LYNETTE Taramattia Daby, mother of late teenager Dhanraj Latchman of 115, Lusignan East Coast Demerara has vowed not to take “a single cent” from the relatives of her son’s murderers or from any other...
View ArticleThe Crisis in Guyana’s Cricket : – Its Genesis
FROM early 2009, the majority of Executive Members of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) started asking searching questions in relation to its operations particularly the financial aspects. Those members...
View ArticleQueen’s University students group on another outreach here
QUEEN’S Health Outreach (QHO), a student-run non-governmental organisation (NGO) at Queen’s University in Canada, is implementing a local curriculum in a variety of places in partnership with the...
View ArticleGuyana and Cuba reiterate cooperation in the medical field : -at 10th...
(PULL QUOTE) “Our perspectives are to continue our collaboration fulfilling in this way with the agreement between the two countries and this will last while the Government of Guyana needs our...
View ArticleApplicants being shortlisted for Miss Guyana Universe pageant
THE Miss Guyana Universe Committee has confirmed being one step closer in narrowing down the list of applicants that have shown interest in becoming Guyana’s Miss Universe representative later in the...
View ArticleDJ Casual back on the job : –thanks God and his many fans for supporting him...
WELL-known Disc Jockey (DJ) Casual, whose name is Curtis Armstrong, has at last spoken to the media regarding the early morning shooting incident in which he was shot and injured by a man who waited...
View ArticleMoE says will not entertain requests for transfer of students to higher mark...
THE Ministry of Education is advising the public that it would not be entertaining requests for transfer of students to schools which require higher marks than those earned by the students at the 2014...
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