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MAY/JUNE 2015 CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION REPORT ON PRELIMINARY RESULTS           BACKGROUND             In May/June 2015, nine hundred and sixty one (961) candidates from             nine(9) Secondary Schools and five (5) Private centres wrote the             Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination in Guyana.             The fourteen Examination Centres were:                         Region 10:                Mackenzie High School                         Region 6:                   Berbice High, New Amsterdam ...

by Zena Henry The Finance Ministry is yet to provide details on the promised subvention for the cash-strapped Critchlow Labour College (CLC), even as that educational institution awaits word on its 2016 budget estimates  that government asked it to submit. This is according to Ivelaw English, principal of the worker training institution. While English could not readily provide the budget ...

Guyanese may have to go to a referendum to decide the future shape of the country’s constitution if the opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) does not support all or part of the process. Attorney General, Basil Williams said a referendum is the next option if the PPPC does not lend its support to the A Partnership for National Unity+ ...

It might be the government’s wish to have Local Government Elections (LGE) in December of this year, but that depends on the readiness of the election body and the amendment of certain laws to make the long overdue process a reality. Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan reiterated to media operatives Thursday August 13 that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has communicated ...

A People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-aligned Amerindian rights organisation has clapped a GUY$10 million lawsuit on government for failing to pay almost 2,000 community workers in Amerindian communities since the government changed in May. The Amerindian Action Movement of Guyana (TAAMOG), through its President, Peter Persaud, is taking the Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Sydney Allicock and his Permanent Secretary ...

by Zena Henry With archaic legislation that still sees municipal offenders paying only hundreds of dollars in fines if convicted, the Ministry of Communities and the municipal bodies across the country are bent on reviewing such matters that deny money to the communities. This is according to subject Minister, Ronald Bulkan who announced at a press conference Thursday August 13 ...

At least 31 workers at the Chinese-owned bauxite company in Linden, BOSAI Minerals, are to be sent home on Friday as the company grapples with reduced demand for its products, according to a top union official. President of the National Association of Agricultural Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE), Kenneth Joseph told Demerara Waves Online News that union officials were Thursday ...

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Thursday chided sections of the media that suggested that there could be a shake-up at the country’s tax collection agency and said the records show that it has meeting its targets., following remarks made by Finance Minister Winston Jordan in his budget speech. “Unfortunately the GRA noted certain sections of the media taking Minister’s ...

Two prisoners escaped from the New Amsterdam Prison Wednesday night after breaking out of their wooden cell, according to a senior officer of the Guyana Prison Service The incident occurred at about 9:30 PM. The escapees have been identified as Ravindra Samaroo and Leslie Prince. High-level police sources said one hails from Berbice and the other is from Georgetown. “Apparently, ...

Faced with the ongoing problem of a number of Jamaica’s lawyers not accounting for clients’ cash in real estate transactions, that Caribbean island is keen on learning about the Guyanese model in which the monies do not have to pass through lawyers’ hands. Chairman of the General Legal Council of Jamaica, Michael Hylton QC said a similar situation obtains in ...