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The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board’s (NPTAB) new website and portal is now fully operational and Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh has pledged to ensure it is always updated and is appealing to bidders to maximise their use of it.
The Guyana Police Force on Tuesday made a canna-bis bust at the Mazaruni Prison, Region Seven, following a search and also at a hotel in Bartica after a raid where three persons were arrested.
India’s High Commissioner to Guyana, Dr. K. J. Srinivasa has stated his government’s interest in formalising a long-term contract for the purchase of Guyana’s crude oil.
The Ministry of Health yesterday said that two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.
A thirty-five-year-old gold miner died after he was allegedly stabbed in his ear by his reputed wife yesterday morning at Baramita, North West District in Region One.
A twenty-year-old miner is missing and feared drowned after he and another miner went to bathe on Tuesday in a creek near their mining camp in Mabura, Region Ten The miner has been identified as Akeem Davidson, of Retrieve, MacKenzie, Linden.
A fifty-seven-year-old Fyrish resident yesterday fell unconscious while on duty at the Albion Sugar Estate and later passed away.
Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Tuesday announced that the communities of Whitewater and Kamwatta in Barima-Waini (Region One) will receive electricity before the end of the year.
Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) General Secretary and veteran trade unionist, Lincoln Lewis is exhorting Guyanese workers to hold their government and political parties accountable and act in the workers’ best interests.
A Demerara Bank security guard is in hospital after he was involved in an accident on Tuesday on the public road at Number 63 Village, Corentyne, Berbice.
At 3.30 pm yesterday, acting on information received, a party of policemen went to a home in Bushlot Village, West Coast Berbice and apprehended a juvenile escapee.
The Guyana Police Force is investigating an incident in which a security guard allegedly discharged a round at a pork-knocker.
Chiung Mouth, Region Eight is the latest community to gain easy access to potable water, with the construction of a new $30 million water supply system.
The Ministry of Health today said that two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.
The construction of a shore base facility at Malgre Tout/Versailles, West Demerara, has seen a substantial amount of mangroves being cleared along the shoreline earmarked for the project and residents are now worried that it could leave them vulnerable to flooding.
Ahead of his sentencing in just over two weeks, Tower Suites co-owner Shervington ‘Big Head’ Lovell through his lawyer is asking US Judge Paul G.
COVID-19 cases continue to rapidly increase in Region Nine, with Masakenari and Parabara becoming the latest indigenous communities to report outbreaks of the virus.
APNU+AFC Parliamen-tarian Amanza Walton-Desir has filed a criminal complaint against businessman Roshan Khan after he called on Indo-Guyanese to “mark” and “target” her.
A fifteen-year-old was yesterday charged with being an accessory after the fact of murder in the case of Shonnette Dover.
The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved a 5% decrease in Water tariffs following an application by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).
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