School dropouts in hinterland on the decline โ President Granger
Governmentโs efforts to improve school attendance are paying dividends. In fact, the government has recorded a decline in hinterland school dropouts, says...
Inter-ministerial collaboration set to improve Canje Secondary’s agriculture science programme
The Agriculture Science programme that is offered to the students of the Canje Secondary School is set to be improved through an...
Youth Director accused of fraud gets full pay while on administrative leave for over...
Sources at the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport have revealed that Director of Youth, Melissa Carmichael has been benefitting from her full salary...
COVID-19 death toll edges closer to 1,000 with five more fatalities
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has informed members of the media that five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have...
Driver who rammed into cyclist, pillion rider at Ogle was driving above prescribed alcohol...
Motorcyclist Leroy Forde, 21, of 76 Graham Street, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara (ECD) and pillion rider, Quain Whyte, 20, a police constable of Turkeyen,...
Delivery man robbed at gunpoint, motocyle stolen
A delivery rider was yesterday robbed at gunpoint of one black-coloured XR motorcycle, registration number #CJ3 valued at $450,000.
The robbery occured about 20:30hrs at...
Continual giveaway of land to Exxon “overbearing” now – Jagdeo
When American oil operator ExxonMobil was able to acquire 15 acres of land at Ogle, East Coast Demerara (ECD) for its headquarters ahead of...
WPA says intโl community, civil society not putting enough pressure on GECOM to reconsider...
By Staff Writer
The Working Peopleโs Alliance (WPA) is calling on the international community and civil society to turn up the heat on the Guyana...
Convicted killers appeal life sentence
Two men who were found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after serving a minimum of 32...
Police arrest 42 during COVID-19 protocols enforcement
Yesterday, between 16:00hrs and 20:15hrs, police ranks stationed in Berbice, led by an Assistant Superintendent, conducted a COVID-19 protocols enforcement exercise in the No....
