June 2018

By Bibi Khatoon The Education Ministry has again recorded below 50% pass rate in Mathematics at the National Grade Six Assessment but this year, the percentage plummeted further. The results were announced by Minister of Education,…

By Bibi Khatoon This year’s top performer at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), Nalia Rahaman aspires to be an Author but she also has her mind set on one day becoming the President of Guyana. Rahaman, a student of the…

Moments after 36-year-old Riaz Ally and 45-year-old Ramotar Mansingh returned to their lot 76 Section ‘B’ Non Pariel, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home, they were held at gunpoint by two armed men, who ordered them to lie on the ground.…

A West Coast Demerara mother was stabbed several times about her body by her ex-husband Thursday morning in the presence of their three-year-old son. The woman, Geeta “Pinky” Deochand, is hospitalized at the West Demerara Regional…

England will face Colombia in the World Cup last 16 after a 1-0 defeat by Belgium meant they finished second in Group G. Adnan Januzaj scored the winner with a brilliantly curled effort in the second half, with both sides fielding…

A second-half strike from Sunderland's Wahbi Khazri ensured Tunisia ended their World Cup Group G campaign with a 2-1 victory, as Panama finished bottom. The north African side, who had 14 chances, fell a goal behind when Jose Luis…

PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo Thursday afternoon took a swipe at Charles Ramson Jr. who wants to be the party’s next presidential candidate. Ramson announced his presidential bid to members of the media yesterday, saying that he…

A 20-year-old student of a private school in Georgetown was remanded to prison on two firearm related charges by Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan on Thursday. Nikhel Hutson of Green Acres, Providence East Bank Demerara denied that on June…

Three shop owners in the Mazaruni district were remanded to prison Thursday for allegedly trafficking four Venezuelan nationals for sexual exploitation. Lawrence Williams and his wife June Williams appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann…

Nalia Rahaman, a student of the Westfield Prep School, scored a perfect 529 marks, to emerge as the top student of the National Grade Six Assessment. Westfield Prep is a private school which has only been in existence for the eight…