Guyana News

Today Aadilah Ali is ecstatic. Of the 923 candidates who wrote the Carib-bean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) in Guyana, the 18-year-old Queen’s College student has come out on top. 

Incumbent Chairman Basil Williams yesterday made a last minute case for his re-election during his address at the opening of the PNCR’s 20th Biennial Delegates’ Congress, where he urged that “tested… and proven” candidates be elected to the party’s executive tomorrow.

An international yachting event that was due to be hosted here next month has been cancelled following reports in the local and international media stemming from deadly attacks on fishermen off the coast of Suriname earlier in the year.

A 14-year-old boy was among four persons jointly charged yesterday with trafficking 22 pounds of cocaine following a recent Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) bust in the parking lot of the Popeyes restaurant on Vlissengen Road, Georgetown.

The lone suspect in the murder of Timehri youth Ronsley Clarke, who was fatally shot earlier this month at a birthday party in Sophia, Greater Georgetown, was arrested by the police on Thursday.

The proprietor of a Linden hotel and bar was arrested on Thursday night after police swooped down on the business and rescued two women, who are suspected to be victims of human trafficking.

State Minister Joseph Harmon said on Thursday that it is expected that Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson will address Cabinet on the findings made by the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) of breaches of the procurement laws in the award of a contract to Dutch firm LievenseCSO for a feasibility study for a new bridge over the Demerara River “It was not discussed at Cabinet [this week] but certainly I expect that the Minister of Public Infrastructure would address the matter and that by the next Cabinet meeting will bring to Cabinet a position on the issue that has been put into the public domain,” Harmon told reporters at a press briefing on Thursday.

 An international legal consultant has been retained to review the Summary Jurisdiction Offences Act, with a view towards removing offences which should no longer be considered criminal acts.

Ranks of the Joint Services discovered more contraband items, including phones and improvised weapons, when they conducted an almost three-hour-long raid at the Lusignan Prison yesterday morning.

Nguyen Nigoc Anh, the Vietnamese national who was discovered dead on Wednesday evening in the compound of a construction site at D‘Urban Backlands, died as a result of brain haemorrhaging consistent with a fall, an autopsy has confirmed.

  Work has begun to clear the clogged pipe which contributed to a second eruption of the illegal well dug by a resident in Diamond Housing Scheme, Mitchell Prince, Senior Petroleum Technologist of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) says.

The Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce (CCCC), with the Ministry of Business, on Wednesday launched its 14th Berbice Expo and Trade Fair, which is slated for October 5th to 8th under the theme ‘Advancing Economic Progress through Professional Standards and Entrepreneurship.’

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is on track to open the offices of 80 Returning Officers for all Local Authority Areas (LAA) countrywide by August 21st, in keeping with statutory obligations, its Public Relations Officer Yolanda Ward says.

An international yachting event to be hosted in Guyana has been cancelled following reports in the local and international media stemming from deadly attacks on fishermen off of Suriname in April this year and other incidents.

Two hundred and thirty three (233) Guyanese candidates at the CSEC 2018 secured Grade Ones in eight or more subjects.

In May/June 2018, nine hundred twenty three (923) candidates from nine (9) Secondary Schools and five (5) Private centres wrote the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) in Guyana.

Aadilah Ali of Queen’s College has made it to the winner’s circle with passes in 15 units at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE).

A meeting between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) yesterday failed to yield progress for an agreement on proposed wage increases for teachers, setting the stage for a planned strike to proceed.

As he celebrates attaining 20 Grade One passes at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination, Christian Pile is feeling relieved and extremely accomplished.

Gladwin Abdulla, a well-known member of the Alliance For Change (AFC) in Region Six, recently resigned from the party, while citing corruption by party members in the region as one of the main reasons for his sudden decision.