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Oma Devi Nanku
Oma Devi Nanku

Bygeval Secondary girl tops Region 5 at CSEC exams

Oma Devi Nanku, a student of Bygeval Secondary School has topped Region Five at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations with passes in12 subjects, including six distinctions, one grade one and five grade twos.

PPP slams Granger over youth unemployment remark

The PPP today said arguments by Opposition Leader David Granger that youth unemployment was a “ticking time bomb” were incredulous and it said that had the Amaila hydropower project gone ahead more jobs would have been created by companies attracted by cheaper energy.

Sirmattie Ramnaress

Murdered businesswoman was ‘security conscious’

Diamond businesswoman Sirmattie Ramnaress was security conscious and would always check her closed-circuit cameras before letting anyone in, deepening the mystery as to how someone got into her heavily fortified premises, murdered her and set her house ablaze.

Joseph Harmon

Harmon says gov’t must help deportees

Attorney-at-law Joseph Harmon who once headed the now defunct Juncata Juvant Friendly Society believes that it is the responsibility of the relevant government ministries to set up a system to help deportees who are made outcasts by society and often associated with negative activities.

Norway helping South Sudan with hydropower

Norway will help South Sudan build a hydropower plant with work expected to start early next year and this has raised the question as to whether there is hope at all that it might be interested in helping Guyana in this arena.

This vehicle tries to make its way out of the deplorable road

Burma road users still unhappy with quality of maintenance works

Rice farmers and drivers who traverse the five-mile Burma Road in Region Five say that contractors continue to take the awards for the roads and deliver sub-par works, even as the Region Five administration has said that the maintenance is being stalled by the inclement weather, among other reasons.

Managing Director of E-Networks, Vishok Persaud (third from right) shares the stage with honoured staff members. (GINA photo)

E-Networks launches new services

E-Networks celebrated its 10th anniversary since entering the ICT industry on Friday at the Georgetown Club and several new services were introduced to customers, GINA said.

A couple returns from the
goldfields surrounding Mahdia.

Mahdia

By Gaulbert Sutherland Photos by Arian Browne At the RH Hotel in Mahdia, it is easy to believe that you are on a Caribbean island.

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