Guyana News

Yesterday, the results for the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) 2024 were released, showing a significant increase in passes over 50% in Social Studies and a slight increase in English and Math.

-but says helped to prevent catastrophic spread While acknowledging some deficiencies connected to the fighting of the  Bush Lot blaze that resulted in the death of a man and the destruction of three buildings, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) yesterday defended its response time and said it was able to prevent a catastrophic spread.

Yesterday’s release of the National Grade Six Assessment results  revealed that private educational institutions dominated the top 1 percent of the country’s top performers.

Chairman of Region Six, David Armogan yesterday said that the dengue situation in East Berbice-Corentyne  is still not under control as cases of the mosquito-borne virus continue to climb.

Relative to several social media posts and online news reports about a ‘shake-up’ in the top brass of the Guyana Police Force, the Force said in a statement last night that the rotation of officers is a management tool that is used to create and foster efficiency in an organisation.

Vincent Alexander, returning officer for the recent PNCR Congress says results of voting for 15 members of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the party will be released today.

The Guyana Securities Council (GSC) and the Guyana Stock Exchange Inc have both declined to comment on complaints raised by Banks DIH over the movement in its share price.

Over the weekend, the Orthopaedics Department at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) embarked on a marathon of joint replacement surgeries to help reduce the backlog in the system.

Shadow Minister of Agri-culture with Responsibility for Region #5, MP Viceroy Jordan yesterday said that the government  must take responsibility for the destruction by fire at the West Berbice business centre at Bush Lot Village on Monday.

The police yesterday issued a bulletin for Kevin Abrams, alias Alex Anthony, in relation to a rape investigation.

Eleven-year-old Jonelle Kertzious of DeVeldt Primary School left her parents and teachers in awe yesterday as she secured a spot at Queen’s College and topped her primary school.

Expansion works to the tune of over $11 million are currently underway on the New Amsterdam Amerindian Hostel in Region Six to accommodate the increasing number of Indigenous students from the riverine areas, a release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) stated on Tuesday.

The government is continuing  efforts to upskill human resources countrywide in response to the predicted need for technical skills.

Health and safety officers of the Ministry of Labour (MoL) are now able to ensure that labourers who operate in confined workspaces can do so safely.

The Ministry of Health yesterday received promotional items to bolster the HPV and COVID-19 immunisation campaign.

The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Andrew Linton over armed robbery.

Alisha Scheller copped the top spot in the National grade Six Examination (NGSA), beating out second place winner Kaiya Daniels of Green Acres by a just .7.

Garbage disposal in the city has been affected by bad weather at the current landfill site at Haags Bosch on the East Bank of Demerara.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says that the actions by the authorities in response to sanctions by the US Department of the Trea-sury against two gold dealers and a permanent secretary appear to be “cosmetic”.