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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...
APA says hinterland students not prepared for Grade 6, CXC or CAPE exams
The Amerindian People Association (APA) says students in the hinterland are not prepared to write the National Grade Six Assessment...
Order to facilitate NGSA, CXC exams gazetted
The government has gazetted the order governing the administration of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate...
Grade 6 students to return to School on June 15; Teachers Union concerned
Grade Six students who will be writing the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) on July 1 and 2 are expected...
NGSA exams set for July 1-2
See below a press release issued by the Ministry of Education: Having received the official time table from the Caribbean...
Education Min. silent on preparations for CAPE, CSEC exams set for July/August
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has released the timetables for the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency...
16-year-old Lupus patient dies at GPHC; father claims negligence
By Isanella Patoir Sixteen-year-old Nandita Mohanram was a normal high school teenager before she was diagnosed with lupus in 2018....
APNU+AFC refuses to sign certificate for District 7 recount despite win
With the recount and tabulation completed for District Seven, the certificate for the District has been signed off by all...
UG denies demanding tuition from students, says deadlines relaxed
The University of Guyana in a statement on Monday denied demanding tuition fees from students. Several students received an email...
Guyana’s second million barrel of crude lifted
The second million-barrel of crude from the Liza Destiny Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel was lifted last Thursday...
Wakenaam’s Vidia Roopchand among scientists working on COVID-19 vaccine
By Romona Rahat Vidia Surendra Roopchand currently holds the title of Principal Research Scientist at the top American firm Pfizer,...
NCTF approves conditional re-entry of 300 Guyanese stranded overseas
The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) on Friday approved the return of 300 Guyanese stranded overseas as a result of...
Recount shows Mingo figures were inflated in favor of APNU+AFC
Figures from the National Vote recount have shown that the votes for APNU+AFC were heavily inflated when the first and...
108 ballot boxes counted as fresh claims of discrepancies arise
Three days after the national recount exercise commenced, a total of 108 ballot boxes were counted at the end of...
CSEC, CAPE exams to be held in July
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CSEC and CAPE students will be sitting their examinations in July this year. That...
Commonwealth Secretary General calls for full transparency of vote recount
The Secretary General of the 54-nation Commonwealth Patricia Scotland has called for “full transparency” of the vote recount process that...
Opening of UG campus rescheduled to May 30
Full press statement from the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Philanthropy, Alumni and Civic Engagement (PACE), University of Guyana. UG...
Two bodies recovered after ganja boat crashes into another vessel in Berbice River
The authorities have recovered the bodies of two of four men who went missing after a boat transporting ganja crashed...
Desperate Guyanese students in Cuba plead with Gov’t to bring them home
As the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases continue to rise in Cuba, other groups of Guyanese students have broken their...
