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QC boys top CSEC, CAPE for Guyana
Guyana Chronicle
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August 16, 2025
GUYANESE students have secured an overwhelming number of high grades at the 2025 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE). This outstanding performance follows the roll...
Carnegie, Education Ministry to provide CVQ certification to trainees
News Room
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August 16, 2025
A recently inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of Education and the Carnegie School of Home Economics (CSHE) paves the way for persons trained by the institution to reciprocate Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ)...
IACHR commends Guyana for strengthening laws to protect children’s rights
Guyana Chronicle
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August 16, 2025
THE Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has commended the government of Guyana for its substantial legislative progress in protecting the rights and well-being of children. The IACHR issued a statement on Thursday welcoming the...
Police seeking to find two girls still missing from Mahaica Children’s Home
Stabroek News
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August 16, 2025
-21 walked out after issue at facility The Guyana Police Force is seeking the public’s assistance in locating two of the 21 girls who went missing on Wednesday from the Mahaica Children’s Home, East Coast Demerara. According to a police source,...
Gender-based violence and femicide have reduced Guyana to a state of emergency
Stabroek News
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August 15, 2025
Dear Editor, We are penning this letter to voice our outrage at ongoing violence against women. Over the last months, it feels like every day we are waking up yet to another report of a woman beaten, chopped, killed by her partner. Stories of...
Indian Diplomatic Missions Across Globe Celebrate I-Day With Vibrant Cultural Events
MENAFN
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August 16, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Santiago, Aug 16 (IANS) Several Indian missions worldwide celebrated the country's 79th Independence Day with vibrant events showcasing the strong bonds of culture, heritage, and shared values.In Chile, the Embassy of India in...
P & P Insurance Brokers boosts youth cricket through gear donation
Stabroek News
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August 16, 2025
From left: Bish Panday, Anil Beharry and Vikash Panday. P & P Insurance Brokers and Consultants Ltd. has once again reaffirmed its commitment to youth cricket development in Guyana, lending vital support to the ongoing initiative “Cricket Gear for...
CPL 2025 Points Table Updated With Net Run Rate: Antigua and Barbuda Falcons Take Top Spot, Trinbago Knight Riders Rise To Third Place After First Win
Latestly
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August 14, 2025
CPL 2025 Points Table: Antigua and Barbuda Falcons have managed to take the top spot in the ongoing Caribbean Premier League 2025 standings after sharing one point with Saint Lucia Kings. Trinbago Knight Riders have risen to third place in the CPL...
CXC 2025: Guyana records 91.9% pass rate at CAPE, 66.76% at CSEC
I News Guyana
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August 15, 2025
Guyana recorded a 91.9% pass rate at this year’s Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), a minimal decline when compared to 2024. In 2024, the pass rate was 92.57%. Guyana secured 100 passes in a number of subject areas including...
Guyana working with Indonesia to train locals in crab-cage farming
I News Guyana
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August 14, 2025
President Dr Irfaan Ali on Wednesday disclosed that the Guyana Government is working with experts in Indonesia to train Guyanese to do crab-cage farming, so that they tap into the lucrative market. The Head of State made this announcement at the...
4,600 students already registered for Guyana’s Digital school
News Room
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August 15, 2025
President Dr Irfaan Ali has indicated that 4,600 students have already registered for Guyana’s new digital school, which will soon be accessible to learners across the entire Caribbean. “4, 600 have already registered. This school will be...
‘Because We Care’ grant will increased to $100,000, students to benefit from $100,000 transportation grant
Guyana Chronicle
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August 17, 2025
-President Ali unveils $60B social support package at Lethem rally President Dr Irfaan Ali has announced a sweeping series of social support measures by the next PPPC government aimed at significantly improving the lives of Guyanese families,...
U.S. forces to target narco-terrorists in Southern Caribbean; Rubio says Maduro-led “criminal organisation” threatens U.S. oil companies in Guyana
Demerara Waves
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August 15, 2025
President Irfaan Ali and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (file picture) As the United States (U.S.) prepares to deploy air and naval forces to the Southern Caribbean sea to address threats from Latin American drug cartels, Secretary of State...
Guyana aside, foreign investment in the Caribbean is on the decline
Stabroek News
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August 14, 2025
Dear Editor, Last month the United Nations Economic Commission for the region (UN ECLAC) released its most recent report on foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean. The report shows that foreign direct investment in the...
SVG’s Lisha Beache to compete in Guyana pageant
St. Vincent Times
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August 15, 2025
Caribbean Beauty & Intelligence Pageant for Guyana on Aug. 20 In a celebration of Caribbean talent and female empowerment, Lisha Beache, First Runner-up in the 2024 Miss SVG pageant, will represent Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the inaugural...
Human rights body lauds Guyana’s progress in protecting children’s rights
Stabroek News
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August 15, 2025
Guyana has earned the congratulations of the Inter-American Commis-sion on Human Rights (IACHR) for its legislative progress in protecting children’s rights. The IACHR in a release yesterday that it congratulates Guyana on the passage, on June 5,...
Parties in defamatory interview should be held accountable
Guyana Chronicle
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August 18, 2025
Dear Editor, IT is an undeniable fact that many people make false claims on a daily basis in the political arena to persuade voters at elections time to vote for or against a political party. In Guyana it is now elections season and many social...
Bascombe: Coaching education system being revamped
Guyana Chronicle
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August 15, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) – Director of Cricket at Cricket West Indies (CWI), Miles Bascombe has admitted that the region is not generating enough high-level coaches, and that plans are afoot to restructure its coaching education system....
Guyana on UK’s ‘deport now’ immigration crackdown list
St. Vincent Times
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August 13, 2025
Guyanese nationals added to United Kingdom’s list of “deport now, appeal later” scheme Guyanese are among nationals from 15 countries that have been added to the United Kingdom’s “deport now, appeal later” scheme, which targets foreign nationals...
Guyana’s Ambassador to the UN hits campaign trail for PPP in Region One
News Source Guyana
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August 13, 2025
Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Carloyn Rodrigues- Birkett is taking a break from her diplomatic duties and is back home on the campaign trail for the governing People’s Progressive Party. The Ambassador to the...