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The Registrar of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)  Wayne Wesley on Wednesday announced that its Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Secondary Level Competency examinations by two weeks due to the coronavirus. He said the examinations would start on June 28 with release of results during the last week in September to the ...

Four men  were early Wednesday morning  arrested in connection with the alleged discovery of two handguns , the Guyana Police Force said. Police said they first searched a driver of Joseph Pollydore Street (formerly D’urban Street), Lodge while he was in the vicinity of Tower Suites, Main Street, Georgetown at about 3:40 AM and discovered one 9mm, Glock 19 Pistol ...

Even as President Irfaan Ali announced- to mark Guyana’s 55th Independence Anniversary- that “every” Guyanese are poised to benefit from the country’s immense oil wealth, Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon warned against the oil sector being used as a tool of oppression. In an address to mark the occasion at a flag raising ceremony held near the Umana Yana in Kingston, ...

President Irfaan Ali and Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon- as Guyana celebrates its 55th independence anniversary- have urged people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus that has killed more than 360 persons so far. “We of the APNU+AFC coalition are redoubling our efforts and encouraging others to join our national push for increased vaccinations as we cannot afford to lose another ...

Guyana on Tuesday denied that it has banned Haitians seeking to  enter this oil-rich sister Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member nation. The assurance was given by the Guyana Police Force  in the wake of unconfirmed information that has been circulating in sections of Social Media. The Police Force states that it has not been directed by any authority, neither has the ...

The United Nations children’s agency  (UNICEF)  is urging the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) not to proceed with this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations in their current form. Following is the full text of a statement issued by the UNICEF representatives including Nicolas Pron, Representative UNICEF Office for Guyana. UNICEF is concerned over the decision ...

Mr. Jonathan Yearwood on Monday resigned from the executive member of A New and United Guyana (ANUG) over the failure of his party to hold long overdue internal elections. Mr.  Yearwood says also that he has resigned because of the ANUG executive has refused to suspend Akanni Blair from the executive because he is embroiled in a fuel purchase controversy ...

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on Monday opposed the Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield being a party to a High Court case for “true” copies of the Statements of Poll and Statements of Recount to be handed over to police and the DPP as part of a probe into alleged electoral fraud. Mr. Lowenfield, who is one of several ...

A businessman and a woman were  Sunday night robbed of $1.3 million in cash, jewellery and 30 vehicle registrations by three gunmen who invaded their home at Friendship, Corentyne, Berbice. The 57-year old businessman and the 23-year-old woman told police that the “masked” bandits attacked them about 8 PM Sunday while they were in their yard. “The victims were sitting ...

Three persons  are dead and two others, including an eight-year old,  are injured after a vehicle driven by a fireman ran off the road at Kairuni Public Road, Linden-Soesdyke Highway and and struck a group who was sitting in the curb, police said. The Guyana Police Force said fireman,  39-year old Kevin Bizzeth of Rainbow City, Mackenzie, Linden was speeding ...