Placement of children into secondary schools impacts their psychosocial well-being
By Vishani Ragobeer
The placement of children into secondary schools based on their academic performance at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) may have an...
Mangal wins Genuine Auto Spares and Tools golf tourney
The experienced Mike Mangal took top honours on Saturday last when the Genuine Auto Spares and Tools Open Golf tournament was contested at the...
Australia name ‘big guns’ for Caribbean tour in July
Australia have welcomed back their big names for the eight-match limited-overs tour of the Caribbean, naming a strong extended 23-man squad for the July...
Canada partners with NGO to support rights of LGBTQ persons in Guyana
Canada, through its global Fund for Local Initiatives, has partnered with EQUAL Guyana - a non-governmental human rights organisation – to raise recognition of...
‘My heart is gone’ – mother of boy crushed to death by garbage truck
By Shikema Dey
The family of nine-year-old Enam Holder, who was crushed to death by a garbage truck in C’ Field Sophia, Georgetown on Sunday,...
‘No talk shop’ – FS assures as 500 already registered for major diaspora conference
As the government ramps up its promotion of a major diaspora conference set for May 22, 2021, Foreign Secretary (FS), Robert Persaud, has assured...
$20M block-making community project to provide 400 jobs
By Vishani Ragobeer
A $20 million Community-based Employment Stimulation Project (CESP) has been launched by the Ministry of Housing and Water to create employment for...
Businesswoman robbed $500k by armed bandits who spoke foreign language
A 51-year-old businesswoman was Sunday night robbed of cash amounting to $500,000 by a bandit who she said spoke to her in a foreign...
Western diplomats encourage Guyana to decriminalise intimate same sex relations
While some strides have been made locally and internationally in reducing discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex (LGBTQI+) people, the representatives of...