Last Updated on Monday, 21 March 2022, 21:13 by Denis Chabrol All schools across Guyana would be reopened fully from April 25, and each child’s performance would be assessed to ascertain learning loss,  Minister of Education Priya Manickchand said on Monday. Speaking with reporters after the launch of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) learning programme named SPARK, she said schools were ...

Last Updated on Monday, 21 March 2022, 19:53 by Denis Chabrol An employee of the Ministry of Health’s Drug Bond at Diamond, East Bank Demerara was Monday arrested after police said they found a number of guns, ammunition and cash in his car, and he allegedly offered investigators GY$1.7 million to drop the charges, police said Monday. “Well Sir tek ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 March 2022, 21:27 by Denis Chabrol Several owners of land in Section G Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara on Thursday afternoon turned out at the Neighbourhood Council office to get answers about whether their lands have been sold behind their back/ Attorney-at-Law, Shaunella Glen-George’s letter dated March 16, 2022 refers  to 143.10 acres of land, the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 March 2022, 21:38 by Denis Chabrol A Customs Enforcement Officer , who is implicated in the shooting injury of two horse cart operators in a vacant land next to his home, on Thursday pleaded not guilty and was granted a total of GY$200,000 bail.  The case was postponed to March 20th, 2022 for statements. Police ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 March 2022, 12:50 by Denis Chabrol A city businessman is among four persons arrested in connection with the alleged discovery of an estimated GY$19.8 million in local and foreign currencies, a large quantity of smuggled liquor and two kilogrammes of marijuana at his Georgetown home, police said. The Guyana Police Force said the cash, marijuana ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 March 2022, 20:21 by Denis Chabrol The Graphogame literacy app touted as one of the best in the world is now available for Guyana’s school children who are four to nine years old, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) and STEMGuyana said Tuesday. The app, which was recently rolled out in Jamaica’s primary education system, ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 March 2022, 19:59 by Denis Chabrol The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Tuesday called on the government to subsidise the price of wheat flour, just days National Milling Company announced a 15 percent hike in the staple’s price.  The AFC says the treasury has sufficient money from the extra earnings due to the increase in ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 March 2022, 19:52 by Denis Chabrol The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Tuesday ruled that Guyana’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) could not unilaterally order a Magistrate to conduct another preliminary inquiry but must instead ask the High Court to decide. In a unanimous decision that saw murder-accused Guyana-born American Marcus Bisram being a ...

Last Updated on Monday, 14 March 2022, 17:32 by Denis Chabrol A Customs Officer, who shot and injured two horse cart operators who went to a vacant lot near his residence for grass for their animals, has been arrested, police said. Police say the Customs Officer used a 9 MM pistol, which is the property of the Guyana Revenue Authority, ...

Last Updated on Monday, 14 March 2022, 17:30 by Denis Chabrol A Guyana Defence Force Corporal was early Monday morning stabbed to death at a wedding house during a dispute over the music that was being played. He has been identified as 28-year old Chavez Mangal of Enterprise, East Coast Demerara. He was stabbed shortly after midnight at Lot 142 ...