Couple badly burned in gas explosion at Foulis home

Basmatie Ganpat and Manoo Sookoo
Basmatie Ganpat and Manoo Sookoo

By Shuntel Glasgow Two persons are now hospitalized in critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Burn Care Unit, following an explosion at their Foulis, East Coast Demerara home on Saturday morning.

Disruption:

The Guyana Power and Light Inc will today relocate its network to facilitate road expansion works and the Ogle roundabout. As a result, customers between Industry to Chateau Margot along the Railway Embankment, North and South of the Embankment will experience a service interruption from 5:00hrs to 13:00 hrs. In this photograph a part of the area to be affected is seen. (GPL photo)

Priya Manickchand
Priya Manickchand

Grade Six second mock exam for February 26 and 27

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has advised Grade Six students and teachers that there will be a second mock exam on February 26 and 27 to prepare for the National Grade Six Assessment 2025. 

‘Unity and resilience key to CARICOM’s future

Incoming Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley, has identified two key themes, ‘unity’ and ‘resilience’, as essential prerequisites to drive the body towards a future shaped by contemporary events such as the COVID-19 pandemic  and climate change.

Rebels seize key town in eastern Congo

KINSHASA (Reuters) – Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized a strategic eastern town near the provincial capital Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo, local politicians said on Sunday.