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A beginners training programme in aeronautical engineering being offered by a Caribbean-wide recognised school will soon be accredited nationally and upgraded to an Associate Degree, according to the Ministry of Education. The decision was made during talks between the Chief Executive Officer of the Art Williams and Harry Wendy Aeronautical Engineering School, Capt. Malcolm Chan-a-Sue and the Minister of Education, ...

Legal Affairs Minister and Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams says Ministers and Junior Ministers will now be benefitting from legal advice before they make decisions. This is to ensure that actions taken by these appointees do not contravene the constitution or any other legislation or established principle. “I think they (Ministers who make up Cabinet) are now briefed, from the ...

by Zena Henry President David Granger is touting the responsible exploitation of the nation’s resources as his government intends to explore extensively the country’s natural assets. The President is adamant that the country needs to take advantage of its natural goods but in a way that creates a “Green Guyana.” During his address at the recent re-opening of Parliament Wednesday ...

by Zena Henry President David Granger has promised that his government will ensure for this year, the Value Added Tax (VAT), National Insurance contributions and income tax rates will not be increased. He is adamant that promises of certain reductions within the 100 days in office still stands. The President during his address to Parliament at its recent reopening Wednesday ...

by Zena Henry The new government seems to be scraping every bit of loose cash the country has lying around and is not leaving out the corporate perks that were generously handed out by the former Administration. This Minister of State, Joseph Harmon believes is “robbing the country of revenue.” He told media workers at a press briefing Thursday June ...

Prime Minister and First Vice President Moses Nagamootoo took the oath as acting President this morning, being sworn in by Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary Justice Carl Singh. This is because President David Granger left for the United States early this morning Friday June 12. Nagamootoo is expected to perform duties that fall under the purview of the President until ...

Guyana’s President, David Granger Thursday night appealed to the United Kingdom (UK) to support his country in staving off Venezuela’s increasingly aggressive claim to Essequibo and the coastal waters off that mineral and forest rich region. “We call on all states, particularly the United Kingdom during the regime of which the territorial issue arose and was resolved peacefully by international ...

by Zena Henry The new government has started its sweep into the financial practices employed by the former administration with forensic audits already underway at the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), the recently built Marriot Hotel and the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), to name a few. The government, according to Joseph Harmon, Minister of State in the Ministry ...

by Zena Henry The country’s investment consultancy agency, Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest) is set to get an interim Board of Directors that will be made up of representatives of several agencies and stakeholders, Minister of State Joseph Harmon related Thursday June 11. The interim body will be set up for a six month term; correcting the current state where ...

NATIONAL GRADE SIX ASSESSMENT 2015 The results of the National Grade SixAssessment (NGSA) written on 01 April and 02 April 2015 are being released to schools.Fifteen thousandtwo hundred and twenty five (15,225)candidates were entered for this assessment. These candidates also wrote the National Grade Two Assessment in 2011 and the National Grade Four Assessment in 2013. The results being released ...