Guyana News

By Antonio Dey The pass rates for Mathematics and English, still languish at 34% and 70% respectively at the 2023 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examinations.

Forty-year-old Mark Braithwaite of Four Miles Housing Scheme was hammered to death by a businessman during an argument on Wednesday evening.

By Antonio Dey The Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) has recorded a 90.8% pass rate according to preliminary results disclosed by Chief Education Officer (CEO) Saddam Hussein who noted that this represented a dip in this year’s pass rate as compared to 93.2 % in 2022.

The Alliance for Change (AFC), a key constituent in the previous APNU+AFC Coalition government, has described the recent criticism of its members Khemraj Ramjattan, David Patterson and Dr.

The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department says it is investigating the workplace fatality that occurred at Splashmin Housing Project, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

Naresh Jagnanan of Queen’s College is the top Guyana CAPE student at this year’s CXC exams.

Seventeen-year-old Alex Muntaz of the Anna Regina Secondary School is Guyana’s top performer at CSEC exams.

The police today said that Kevin Surfin, 40, of Speightland Village, Lower Kara Kara, Linden died after a beating inflicted by several persons.

The police today said that Mark Braithwaite, a 40-year-old of Four Miles Housing Scheme, was beaten to death with a hammer after a confrontation over spilt alcohol at the Blast Gaming Centre, Second Avenue, Bartica.

Residents in Rose Hall Town, Corentyne were left in a state of shock and confusion yesterday after a woman and her eight-year-old son were found brutally murdered at their residence located at Mangrove Street.

The Rose Hall estate, which was closed under the David Granger administration in 2017 is slated for re-opening on Saturday, September 23rd 2023 according to Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Sasenarine Singh.

The family of  PPP/C Minister of Agriculture, Satyadeow `Sash’ Sawh, who was murdered in 2006 has rapped Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo for remarks suggesting that vital information from that period will remain undisclosed.

Canadian budget airline, Canada Jetlines, will soon be flying to Guyana from Toronto following a partnership agreement it has with Suriname airline, Fly Always, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday said.

A drive-through Starbucks is expected to open its doors at the MovieTowne Mall at Turkeyen in late November while plans are being finalised for the launch of the Brazilian steakhouse restaurant, Texas de Brazil, MovieTowne Chairman Derek Chin disclosed yesterday.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday called for robust and renewed management in the area of technical services at the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) even as talks are ongoing with the governments of India and Guatemala to assist.

By Joseph Allen The Region One community of Wauna is divided over how carbon credits monies have been used for the purchasing of wires for an electrification project and the way forward is unclear.

(Reuters) – Guyana has gained a larger share of Europe’s oil market this year, vessel monitoring data showed, driven by rising output by a consortium led by Exxon Mobil (XOM.N)

Residents of Enterprise, East Coast Demerara  can soon look forward to the reconstruction of Factory Road to a stronger, six-inch-thick concrete thoroughfare, a release from the Ministry of Public Works said yesterday..

A man and a woman are in custody after they were caught attempting to smuggle cannabis into the Camp Street Prison.

By Joseph Allen Days after Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill declared that the government has no intention of paying him a single dollar more for the long-delayed Leguan Stelling rehabilitation, the contractor has defended his performance and blamed the ministry for adding on tasks.