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The St. Winefrides Secondary School Old Students Association and a United States-based Guyanese have chipped in with support to that Newtown, Georgetown-based school The school received  sanitising materials from the old students association, at a time when Guyana and the rest of the world are battling to stave off the potentially deadly coronavirus, COVID-19. The items donated include sanitiser spray ...

A now 19-year old woman has dropped a rape charge against a 26-year old man, who had allegedly committed the act when she was 15 years old, police said. She told the court that she does not want to lead evidence against him. The Guyana Police Force says the case was discharged against the man on Monday. The man had ...

The Ministry of Education on Tuesday announced that it has taken over the management of the scholarship programme and award of duty free concessions from the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU), in response to what the  ministry says are threats against teachers who have not participated in the protests. “The Government of Guyana is hereby reverting these two programs to the ...

The owner of Wireless Connections and 93 1 FM Real FM, Maxwell Thom, died on Tuesday from COVID-19, a top Health Ministry official confirmed. While other media houses had reported his passing, at that time he did not succumb but was in a critical condition. Thom was admitted several days ago to the COVID-19  hospital, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara. Back ...

Executive member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Aubrey Norton and at least 17 others were Monday morning arrested. He and  16 others were taken to the Brickdam Police Station during the course of the morning and early afternoon in a bus and detention van. Mr. Norton said, “I don’t know why they arrested me. I was on Regent ...

The Guyana Teachers’ Union is rejecting claims by the Ministry of Education that scholarships or concessions for educators will be in jeopardy if they refuse to join in protests against the COVID measures. A number of teachers last week protested outside the Ministry of Education for three days against the need for teachers to be vaccinated or present weekly PCR ...

Even as Barbados prepares to import prefabricated houses from China, Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali on Sunday challenged the Malaysian-owned Barama Company Limited and other producers to build houses for export to the Caribbean. Addressing the 30th anniversary ceremony of the company at its Land 0f Canaan headquarters, he said Guyana’s wood sector needs to develop its value-added products such as ...

President Irfaan Ali on Sunday said he planned to voice his objection to the mediating nations after Venezuela’s  opposition and government united in their call for bilateral negotiations to settle the claim to the oil-rich Essequibo Region. “As far as we are concerned, if they have an engagement, whichever country believes that they have an engagement with Venezuela in resolving ...

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Corporal early this morning crashed the car into a bill board on the Rupert Craig Highway, flipped several times and ended up in the Russian Embassy compound, police said. The car was being driven by 42-year old Dwayne Samuels, who is stationed at Camp Ayanganna and resides at 297 Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara. Investigators ...

The Ministry of Health said five of the 10 reported COVID-19 deaths occurred on Friday four on Thursday. According to the Health Ministry, a 10th person died on September 7 but was reported on Friday after confirmatory results. The death toll now stands at 669. Official data shows that 219 new cases were recorded on Friday. Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) continues ...