Last Updated on Sunday, 11 February 2018, 20:30 by Denis Chabrol Thirty-six persons from the education sector in Region Six on February 9 received certificates after successfully completing a course in Education Management. The two year Education Management certificate course is organised by the Ministry of Education through the National Centre for Education Resource Development  (NCERD) and aims to help ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 11 February 2018, 16:26 by Denis Chabrol Ten new Barbadian manufacturers and service exporters are exploring trade and market opportunities in Guyana, the Barbados Investment & Development Corporation’s (BIDC) said Sunday. The group participating in this exploratory mission, are all recent graduates of the Barbados Investment & Development Corporation’s (BIDC) Export Readiness Training Programme, an initiative ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 11 February 2018, 16:15 by Denis Chabrol A Guyanese man has been arrested in neighbouring Brazil for setting fire to homes where Venezuelans are seeking refuge in Boa Vista, the capital of Roraima State, media reported. He has been identified as 42-year old Gordon “Jamaica” Fowler. He was arrested by the General Homicide Office of the ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 11 February 2018, 0:05 by Denis Chabrol A Stanleytown, New Amsterdam resident at about 20:30hrs on Saturday evening became Berbice’s latest road fatality victim, after he was crushed to death by a 4×4 Vehicle. The accident, which occurred on Stanleytown main road, has resulted in the death of Rohan ‘Pompey’ Pooran , 43, of lot 58 ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 10 February 2018, 20:15 by Denis Chabrol A funeral parlour accountant was early Saturday morning found dead outside his home at La Bonne Intention (LBI), East Coast Demerara. Dead is 60-year old Sheik Mohamed Hack of 108 LBI, East Coast Demerara. He was an accountant at Sandy’s Funeral Home. Investigators said a passerby saw the man’s ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 10 February 2018, 13:39 by Denis Chabrol The seven-year old girl, who rescued her four year old brother from their burning house by letting him down with a bed sheet, was Saturday morning honoured by the Guyana Police Force. “We have recognized her bravery, and brilliant thinking from a humanitarian standpoint at such a tender age,” ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 10 February 2018, 12:48 by Denis Chabrol Several cars and numerous vehicle parts have been seized as Guyanese police widen their net to crackdown on a massive trade in stolen vehicles and parts. Police said they Friday night swooped down on a property located at Monument Hill, Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway and conducted a search during ...

Plans are moving ahead to build a modular oil refinery to produce fuels for the Guyanese and northern Brazilian markets, with the major sources of crude expected to be from ExxonMobil or any other supplier at competitive prices, officials said Friday. “The plan is to basically start construction at the end of this year and through next year so that ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 February 2018, 21:32 by Denis Chabrol   A 64 year-old pensioner yesterday violently attacked and wounded an employee of the Guyana Power & Light Inc. who was a member of a disconnection crew that went to the Lot 128 Sophia resident’s home to disconnect her electricity, police said, “Minutes later, a police patrol responded and ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 February 2018, 21:15 by Denis Chabrol Guyana and Brazil on Friday agreed to review a 2012 joint communiqué to intensify defence cooperation between the two South American nations. The Ministry of the Presidency said the decision was taken when President David Granger, joined by some ministers of Government and members of the Defence Board on ...