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Police confirms couple found dead were electrocuted by illegal wire
The Guyana Police Force on Monday confirmed that the couple found dead in an alleyway at Success Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara was electrocuted by an illegal electricity connection.
Sorojanie Hansraj, 32 and her husband,…
Women with disabilities learn how to recognise abuse and get help
In most cases women living with disabilities who face gender-based violence have limited access to help and reporting the abuse. Sometimes it is even difficult to recognise that they are being abused. Because of this, the Guyana Council of…
Experienced teacher Saddam Hussain is new Chief Education Officer
The Ministry of Education announces that the new Chief Education Officer will be Mr. Saddam Hussain.
Mr. Hussain has been a classroom teacher for more than 20 years. Over the last two years, he served within the Central Ministry as the…
$161M Early Childhood Centre of Excellence commissioned
Early childhood education is on the trajectory to be transformed with the commissioning of the $161 million Early Childhood Centre of Excellence at the University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus.
The Early Childhood Centre of Excellence is…
Guyana’s Indigenous community sounds voice at COP 27, seeks more support for sustainable…
By Ronald Taylor
“We all realise that the role the indigenous people play in protecting our forest, so there is more sensitisation need to be done so that we can continue these work that we are part of in a more sustainable way”
Those…
Guyanese Webby winners hope to inspire local tech shift
A group of Guyanese this year won a Webby Award, the leading international award honouring excellence on the internet, and they are hoping it will inspire greater Guyanese participation in the science and technology field.
“The award is a…
Edu Ministry Nursery Unit assists parents with creative at home learning activities
Many parents in Region Two were engaged by the Ministry of Education’s Nursery Unit this year to assist them in finding ways to stimulate learning in young children at home.
Marisa Brandon, the Nursery officer at the National Centre for…
Breakfast prog. launched for 25 primary schools in Region 5
More than half of the 73 Grade Six pupils attending the Belladrum Primary School in Region Five (Mahaica- Berbice) require breakfast daily and the newly-launched school’s breakfast programme from the Ministry of Education is filling that…
Every school child will be screened for visual problems – Dr Hutson
Recognising the need for intervention for visually impaired children, the Ministry of Education will be teaming up with the Ministry of Health to screen every child in the school system for visual problems. This is according to Chief…
St. George’s High school to be rebuilt at same location
Education Minister Priya Manickchand on Monday said that the St. George’s High school will be reconstructed at its original location in Georgetown since there have been difficulties in securing larger land spaces in Georgetown.
The upper…