Final year students of the Georgetown School of Nursing were in tears yesterday after being told that they would have to re-sit their final examinations since the nursing council had tangible evidence that the tests had been “compromised.”
Two cousins were arrested early yesterday morning after the police discovered almost 100 pounds of marijuana at their Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara apartment.
Two men armed with guns held up a group of six friends who were socialising at a Bagotsown, East Bank Demerara house and robbed them of a quantity of cash and cellular phones on Thursday night.
The attorney for Manx Powers, the driver who is charged with causing the death of former world champion boxer Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis, yesterday blamed the deceased for the fatal accident and said his client should not be called on to lead a defence.
When His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales visits Guyana for two days next month, he will travel to the Hinterland as well as spend time with children at the Joshua House Orphanage and soldiers at Camp Ayanganna.
More than a dozen healthcare professionals attached to the Caribbean Medical Mission (CMM) travelled to Guyana last week Saturday to conduct a week of medical outreach.
The generosity of well-wishers who responded to the case of seven-year-old Ephraim Collins, who was diagnosed with hydrocephalus as an infant, has pushed the family a bit closer to its fundraising goal, although more help is needed.
A pregnant mother of six was yesterday charged with the alleged theft of half a million dollars in gold jewellery from her employer.
A law student was released on $50,000 bail yesterday after denying a charge that he stole $90,000 from the bank account of a friend of his girlfriend.
A manager of a ranch in the Rupununi was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the unlawful possession of a rifle.
Police are treating the death of New Amsterdam welder Timothy Fraser as a murder after an autopsy found that he died as a result of blunt trauma to his head and two persons have since been held.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump began laying the groundwork yesterday to take office on Jan.
BERLIN, (Reuters) – Germany urged other developed countries yesterday to support a plan it is finalising to bolster the economies of Africa, create jobs and slow the flow of migrants from the continent to Europe.
Government Chief Whip Amna Ally on Thursday refuted the PPP/C’s claim that it had been denied a Members’ Day for opposition business at last week’s sitting of the National Assembly.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – Protesters demonstrating against the election of Donald Trump gathered in several U.S.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition and the government of President Nicolas Maduro engaged in a new round of talks last evening as part of a Vatican-backed dialogue process meant to ease a political standoff amid the spiraling economic crisis.
The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) plans to distribute water filters to homes, schools, and health facilities to ensure a safe water supply in hinterland and riverine communities, Managing Director Dr.
Pollsters got the outcome of this year’s US elections “badly wrong,” according to Baruch College Professor David Birdsell, who says that the massive error can result in a heavy backlash for the polling business in future elections.
Parts of the East and West Demerara as well as Essequibo are scheduled for blackouts next week as the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) conducts line maintenance.
NEW YORK, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The election of Republican Donald Trump to be the next U.S.
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