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Two feared drowned at Unity Beach
Police in Regional Division 4 ‘C’ are investigating an incident at Unity Beach, East Coast Demerara (ECD), which has left two persons missing after they were reportedly swept away by strong currents on Sunday afternoon. Missing are Lyodisa Waldron, called “Loyda,” a 20-year-old salesgirl of Victoria Village, ECD, and Andri Francis, called “Bobby,” a 31-year-old...
Aircraft crashes in Region Seven
A Cessna 182P Skylane aircraft N9347G, reportedly owned by well-known Guyanese pilot and operator Orlando Charles crashed on Sunday morning...
Five homeless as fire destroys Port Mourant house, arson suspected
A fire completely destroyed a house at Port Mourant on Tuesday morning, rendering five people homeless. Stephanie Cecil, 29, a...
Pandemic or not, top performers say they put in the work
By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy The results of this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) were announced on Friday at the...
Hinterland pupils grapple with COVID, extra challenges but persisted at NGSA
By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy Hinterland pupils across Guyana had to grapple with an extra set of challenges when the COVID-19...
NGSA TOP PERFORMERS FOR 2021
NATIONAL GRADE SIX ASSESSMENT – 2021 CANDIDATES SECURING THE TOP TEN PLACES BY REGION REGION # 1 NAME SCHOOL...
BREAKING: Chateau Margot primary, New Guyana tie for second place at NGSA
Paris Timmerman from the Chateau Margot primary school on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) and Deja Datt of the...
BREAKING: Success Elementary girl tops NGSA
Nirvana Wimal is the top student of this year’s National Grade Assessment (NGSA). She is from the Success Elementary Primary...
NGSA pupils show gains in Social Studies, English; Maths, Science decreased
There was an increased pass rate recorded in the subjects of English and Social Studies among the 13, 821 pupils...
High level of absenteeism recorded at CXC exams; Manickchand laments uneven preparedness
While there were several initiatives implemented by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) to make this year’s CSEC and CAPE examinations...
Failure of CXC system resulted in ungraded results; teachers, students not at fault
Minister of Education Priya Manickchand says that teachers and students are not to be blamed for the ungraded results that...
Guyana’s CSEC results higher than regional average; students topped 20 subjects
The performance of Guyanese candidates at the 2021 sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations has been better...
Guyana engaging CXC on ‘ungraded’ results again; top performers to be announced later
Ahead of the release of the results of this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations and the Caribbean Advanced...
CSEC: Improvement in ‘Maths’ for Guyanese candidates
Guyana has recorded a general improvement in the Mathematics subject at the 2021 sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate...
Guyana’s CAPE performance higher than regional average
At the 2021 sitting of the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE), the performance of Guyana’s students was marginally higher than...
Nail technician busted with cocaine in frozen curry and pepperpot at CJIA
Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) on Tuesday intercepted an outgoing passenger on Copa Airlines with cocaine stashed in...
Internal investigation underway into teacher’s death
An internal investigation into the death of 22-year-old Jacinth Muhammed Osborne, a teacher who died while undergoing a Caesarian Section...
Fire Chief sent on leave days after disastrous Brickdam fire; unsure if he will return to post
Fire Chief Kamaladeen Edoo has been sent on leave, with no indication whether he will return to the post, days...
‘World not recovering, only developed countries’- Dr. Ali berates isolation of small states
By Kurt Campbell kurt@newsroom.gy In scathing remarks on Tuesday, Guyana’s Head of State Dr. Irfaan Ali slammed the governments...
Gov’t eyes explosion of liberalised telecoms sector
STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER BRIGADIER (RET’D) MARK PHILLIPS ON THE 1ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERALISATION OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR: One...
Man found guilty of assaulting woman but not guilty of rape
Bhola Bhagwandin known as ‘Buddy’ was on Thursday found guilty of brutally assaulting a woman during an alleged rape. Bhagwandin...
