Last Updated on Thursday, 10 November 2016, 18:15 by Denis Chabrol In the face of steadily declining performances in English and Mathematics,  government has given it stamp of approval for a seven-point plan to arrest the situation, Minister of State Joseph Harmon announced on Thursday. The Government Information Agency (GINA) reported that Harmon said the strategy is termed the “Emergency ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 10 November 2016, 18:09 by Denis Chabrol Minister of State, Joseph Harmon on Thursday registered government’s dismay at the publicising of a spat between Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud and Assistant Commissioner of Police (Administration), David Ramnarine over the latter’s promotion of several ranks while the top cop was on leave. “It is important that these matters ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 10 November 2016, 17:52 by Denis Chabrol The United States (US) prefers to allow Guyana to first punish drug lord, Barry Dataram before considering whether to renew an interest in him answering cocaine trafficking charges on American soil. “We do not have any other charges currently against him in the United States,” American Ambassador to Guyana, ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 10 November 2016, 17:09 by Denis Chabrol United States Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway on Friday said Guyanese should not be worried about getting a hard time to obtain visas now that Donald Trump has been elected President. “There is no perceived change in our visa policy nor do I expect there to be. That is ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 10 November 2016, 17:08 by Denis Chabrol Chief Justice, Yonette Cummings-Edwards on Thursday ruled that the procedure used by the  Teachers Services Commission to promote teachers was flawed and ought not to have been used, bringing an end to a long-running dispute with the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU). GTU President, Mark Lyte said the way was ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 21:30 by Denis Chabrol The General Manager of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Nizam Hassan was Wednesday sent on leave pending the outcome of a fraud charge on which he was arraigned earlier this week, according to well-placed sources. The GRDB’s Board of Directors on Wednesday decided to allow Hassan to first ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 20:51 by Denis Chabrol Small scale miners are being afforded the use of machinery from Romanex Guyana to help increase their recovery rates in the Marudi Mountain mining area, Region Nine. The Government Information Agency (GINA) reported that small miners raised the complaint that alluvial mining is not yielding production in the Marudi ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 20:43 by Denis Chabrol A car that was used by three  gun-toting bandits to escape with a quantity of valuables from former Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee’s house was Wednesday found abandoned on Croal Street, Georgetown. Police said they are reviewing surveillance footage obtained, and “several latent prints” were uplifted from the house ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 20:13 by Denis Chabrol Guyana and the rest of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) are being warned that United States (US) foreign policy towards Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela could be rather aggressive. Political Science Professor, David Hinds said that with the likelihood of President-elect Donald Trump selecting Newt Gingrich as the next Secretary of ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 8 November 2016, 23:59 by Denis Chabrol The General Manager of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Nizam Hassan could be sent off the job later this week, days after he was arraigned on an indictable fraud charge. Hassan is on GYD$250,000 bail in connection with alleged fraud in relation to the construction of the New ...