The Ministry of Education is hoping to get a clearer picture of the number of students who may have fallen out of the education system during the past two years of schools being closed because of the pandemic. Today, schools across Guyana started to reopen for in-person full-time classes. In recent weeks, the Education Ministry…

– Minister Manickchand THE need for trained teachers to obtain a release from the Ministry of Education to pursue a Bachelor’s Degree in Education at the University of Guyana will no longer be required starting this September, Education Minister, Priya Manickchand said. According to a post made on the Education Minister’s Facebook page, the ministry…

With the government signaling its intention to develop the country’s livestock industry, the Ministry of Agriculture through the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) has moved to assist farmers across the country with developing pastures to secure their animals. On Saturday last, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha handed over approximately $3 million worth of fencing material to…

The first day of classes at the Tucville Secondary school was brought to an abrupt end today and the school was shut down until next week by the Ministry of Education. The move came as teachers and students were forced to move their classes to the outdoors after an electrical problem was noticed in several…

— Minister Bharrat MINISTER of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat said mechanisms are being put in place to ensure compliance by oil companies and their contractors with the Local Content Act. At the same time, assessments are being done to see how the local content areas can be expanded. Speaking with the media on Friday on…

A former media worker, an ex-officer of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) and a Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) officer have been arrested following a $5 million cocaine bust at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on Friday night. Zanneel Williams, 25, of Lamaha Gardens, Georgetown was initially arrested at CJIA after 7.9kg of cocaine was…

CARIBBEAN eyes and ears are less tuned than expected to the continuing hitches affecting the current British Royal Caribbean charm offensive involving Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, the Earl and Countess of Wessex, dispatched by Buckingham Palace to ‘celebrate’ Queen Elizabeth’s 70th year on the throne in selected Commonwealth Caribbean states. But even so,…

President Dr. Irfaan Ali, was treated to a medley of tunes by the Guyana Police Force Band on Monday morning at State House to commemorate his birthday. The Head of State was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner- Administration (ag) Calvin Brutus, Deputy Commissioner- Operations (ag) Ravindradat Budhram representatives from the Office of the President, including Permanent…

HOME Affairs Minister Robeson Benn led a delegation of top security officials at a recent high-level Security Conference (HLSC) in Paramaribo, Suriname. The conference, which commenced last Thursday and concluded on Friday, was an initiative of the President of Suriname, Chandrikapersaud Santokhi. President Santokhi delivered the featured address and declared the conference open. The Guyanese…

The Tucville Secondary school in Georgetown has been closed as the Ministry of Education investigates complaints of hazardous electrical issues at the school. On Monday morning, as the new school term commenced, reports of electrical issues at the school surfaced online. Then, the phased return to full face-to-face classes was scheduled to begin across schools…