Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 September 2024, 23:20 by Writer The Guyana Police Force on Tuesday changed its Divisional Commander for Region One (Barima-Waini), just over one week after 4.4 tonnes of cocaine were unearthed from pits near an illegal airstrip in Matthews Ridge, North West District. Superintendent Krishna Ramana said he assumed duty at the remote interior location on ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 September 2024, 23:15 by Writer Guyana’s Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand on Tuesday said questions were being raised about whether the Caribbean Examinations Council’s (CXC) Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) mathematics exam this year was tougher and so resulted in lower grades. “Kids came out of the exam bawling in a way that they did ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 September 2024, 19:39 by Writer President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday ann0unced plans for improving the rundown state of Georgetown, once regarded as the Garden City of the Caribbean, with assistance from the United Kingdom’s King Charles Foundation. The Guyanese leader said the local government – Mayor and City Council – would be involved in that ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 September 2024, 19:23 by Writer The Ministry of Education on Tuesday launched a teachers’ college pilot project to improve Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) mathematics grades, with a stern warning that under-performing teachers would be removed. Education Minister, Priya Manickchand said the aim is to improve the pass rate to 45 or 50 percent, up ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 September 2024, 19:14 by Writer Trinidad and Tobago’s state-owned National Energy Company (NEC) has raked in profits ten times its expenses of setting up business in Guyana, that twin-island nation’s Energy Minister Stuart Young said Monday. Responding to questions in the Senate, he said the company earned US$5.3 million (TT$36,262,827). He detailed that NEC earned ...