A Venezuelan soldier  was Saturday shot and injured at Imbotero, North West District by two Venezuelans who escaped from Guyanese police and returned to Venezuela, Guyanese police said. “The suspects fled the scene and escaped over the border into Venezuela, after being pursued by ranks from the GPF (Guyana Police Force),” that law enforcement agency said in a statement. A ...

The ailing state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) Friday night announced that workers would get  a one-off payment calculated at five percent of six months salaries two years ago, following talks with a government delegation led by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo. The union explained that the pay-out would be calculated on the workers’ earnings in 2019.  However, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s ...

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), David Granger on Thursday credited himself with improving his party  and being the first leader to have been elected President of Guyana since 1985. “I know there is noise out there but I am not worried about that. I faced noise before, I faced rivals before and other competitors but in the ...

Despite a rigid screening and isolation system, 14 workers aboard the ExxonMobil-contracted drillship, Noble Tom Madden, have contracted the potentially deadly coronavirus. ExxonMobil says 11 remain in isolation aboard the vessel and three have been transferred to appropriate isolation facilities onshore under the care and custody of their employer. “These individuals have been appropriately isolated to limit the spread of ...

Guyana has topped the Caribbean for both the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) and the Caribbean Secondary Education (CSEC), with the students coming from Queen’s College, well-placed sources said Friday. They are Bhedesh Persaud for CSEC and Zane Ramotar for CAPE, the sources have corroborated. The Ministry of Education later confirmed on its Facebook page, saying that “Guyana has done ...

Guyana’s Chief Education Officer, Marcel Hutson has announced that the National Grades two, Four and Nine and Placement Examinations would not be written this year “due to the adverse effects of the COVID-19, pandemic on the education sector.” “We recognise the hardships our students would have been experiencing in terms of their readiness and preparedness for these examinations and we ...

Six women from Mocha-Arcadia, East Bank Demerara have received interest-free assistance totalling GYD$1.7 million, marking the launch of a revolving fund for female micro-enterprise owners. Government’s Department of Public Information says each recipient is expected to repay 60% of the value of their items, with their first instalment due two months from today. Overall, they have a maximum of 18 ...

The Supreme Court, denying that there has been a callous disregard for the safety of staff and others, has indicated that several measures have been put in place to aggressively tackle the coronavirus, COVID-19. “From the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in Guyana to present, the management of the Supreme Court has done everything in its power and taken every ...

A delivery man was shot and robbed of his motorcycle in Campbelville while he was going to visit his family, police said. Injured his 33-year old Navin Mahadal. The incident occurred on John Smith Street, Campbellville. He told police that he was robbed of one black and red XR motorcycle. Investigators were told that Mr. Mahadal was was about to ...

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) would address any division internally, executive member Joseph Harmon said Thursday amid perceptions in some quarters that himself and party Chairman Volda Lawrence are in two different camps. “Any question about division and so on will be dealt with inside of  the party. That is the kind of democracy which we have,” he said, ...