Police investigators in Region Five are probing an accident that has left two men dead and another man injured. 38-year Deocharran Dass and 31-year-old Bhickram Singh, both of Mahaicony lost their lives in the Saturday night accident along the Mahicony Branch road. The third man, 27-year-old Vishan Motie remains hospitalised. The accident occurred around 10:30…
IT was a day of mixed fortunes for the country’s Sevens rugby team, the Green Machine, at this year’s Rugby America’s North (RAN) tournament in the Turks and Caicos. Placed in Group C of the tournament, coach Theodore Henry’s men showed readiness to return to action for the first time since 2019, when they hammered…
Afeefa Ally is a 12-year-old girl from Corriverton, Berbice, who dreams of being a writer one day. She is also entirely visually impaired, which means that she cannot see. But, her determination to succeed is far greater than any challenge her disability has presented. Afeefa wrote the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) in August earlier…
A student of the Success Elementary School has topped the country in this year’s National Grade Six Assessment examinations. A number of students from the same school have captured many of the other top positions. The top student, Nirvana Wimal gained 524 marks out of a possible 527 marks. A total of 39 students shared…
ASPIRING teacher, Nirvana Wimal of Success Elementary School, attained 524 out of the maximum 527 marks at the 2021 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) to prevail as the best performing pupil. This announcement was made during a ceremony held at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre on Friday. Wimal is followed by Parris Timmerman of Chateau…
The late night fire that ravaged a house in Bartica, Region Seven, reportedly started after an unattended lit candle fell onto flammable materials, the Guyana Fire Service has reported. The News Room had reported that an elderly occupant of the house was burnt to death. She has been identified as 81-year-old Iris Baron. Her house,…
A 20-year-old man was attacked and stabbed to death this afternoon during a robbery at an electronic store owned by his family in Strathspey on the East Coast of Demerara. The dead youth, Chris Persaud, was working in the store when he was accosted by two knife-wielding men and stabbed to the neck as they…
WHEN it comes to academics, Guyana continues to be a topper within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and even amid a global pandemic, this year is no different. Director of Operations at the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), Dr. Nicole Manning, said Guyana’s performance at this year’s Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) has been “marginally higher” when…
A Post Mortem Examination (PME) conducted on the remains of Denise Vieira, a 47-year-old businesswoman of Mahdia, revealed that she died as a result of “asphyxiation due to compression injuries to the neck, compounded by multiple blunt trauma to the head and face, consistent with choking.” Police Headquarters said the autopsy was performed by Government…
Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon called out the Government today for prioritizing issues related to Guyana Sugar Corporation while leaving Public Servants to fend for themselves as the cost-of-living skyrockets. The Government recently announced a $250,000 grant for sugar workers who lost their jobs when the APNU+AFC government closed some sugar estates. The one-off grant is…
