The Lachmansingh Pri-mary School has established what is believed to be the first resource room in Region Five aimed at boosting teaching and learning strategies, rather than depending on “chalk and talk.”
The Guyana Fire Service’s Fire Prevention Department last year conducted inspections of 608 government buildings and 2,476 private buildings and found that 40% of them were not compliant with requirements.
The trial of Junior Henry and Baldeo Seegobin, who are accused of the murder of US-based businessman Ricardo Henriques, started yesterday with a voir dire.
Facing a charge of beating and wounding a man, two men were yesterday granted $100,000 bail each when they appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.
Coretta Spencer and Cletha Ross, who allegedly used proceeds from the sale of over $400,000 worth of footwear with which they were entrusted, were placed on $100,000 bail each on Monday after denying the charges against them.
A post-mortem examination is expected to be performed today on the bodies of the two fishermen who were discovered dead in a seine at De Kinderen, West Coast Demerara on Monday, two days after going missing.
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr Frank Anthony last week urged representatives at the Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP) meeting to review priorities for youth development, with a view to implementing safeguards against substance abuse and other challenges.
(WICB) Port of Spain, Trinidad – Guyana fought back to defeat the Windward Islands by 22 runs in Match 6 of the NAGICO Super50 and confirm their spot in the semi-finals of the competition.
Opposition members last night walked out of a meeting of the anti-money laundering select committee in a dispute over whether the private sector should be an observer at all of its meetings.
As police investigations continue into the fatal shooting of promoter Trevor Rose, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said yesterday that sleuths are pursuing two persons.
The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) and the Auditor General’s Office are in disagreement over a $500,000 advance which the Audit Office says was taken in 2006, never utilised, and eventually destroyed in a fire in the same year.
Days after being charged with armed robbery, a teenager was yesterday arraigned for the murder of Pegasus Hotel taxi-driver Rudranauth Jeeboo, whose body was dumped in Cane View Avenue last Decem-ber.
Faced with three charges, including the murder of a policeman, Steve Bacchus was remanded to prison after he made his first appearance in court yesterday.