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After being held for two days in police custody, former Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) Trevor Benn was charged on Friday with misconduct in public office over the lease of land at Ogle.
The continued delay in appointing a substantive Chancellor and Chief Justice is evidence of the need for a new selection process that would remove politics and politicians from the process, according to Guyana Bar Association (GBA) President Teni Housty.
Former President Donald Ramotar has been awarded $20 million in damages after winning a defamation suit against the Kaieteur News, Kaieteur Radio, its Publisher Glenn Lall and former Editor Adam Harris.
As Guyana works to revive its tourism sector, Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) Carla James yesterday said the country is well positioned to accommodate travel and tourism activities under the new norms of COVID-19.
Government Project Engineer, Brigadier Gary Beaton MSM, on Friday retired from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) after over 34 years of service.
The Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed 76 more COVID-19 cases from the latest available test results.
Health authorities are currently making arrangements have Members of Parliament (MPs) vaccinated in the new week, according to health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony.
The Ministry of Education (MoE) yesterday said that teachers can opt out of receiving COVID-19 vaccines, as it anticipates the availability of immunization for teachers.
Over 400,000 persons have so far been medicated as the Ministry of Health’s Filaria elimination campaign continues across the country.
Police in Region Six are investigating the death of an overseas-based Guyanese, who was found dead in the wee hours of Thursday morning at Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice.
With the construction of its terminal building and hangar facility nearing completion, Jags Aviation, a domestic charter service, has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for environmental authorisation for the project.
Anyone found culpable of any “illegality” at the conclusion of the ongoing audit into the disappearance of $300 million from the Guyana Police Force’s Finance Department will face the full force of the law.
A man was yesterday sentenced to 18 months behind bars after he admitted to stealing another man’s car and driving it into a drain.
A Mabaruma man is now in hospital after he was stabbed five times by a man whom he alleges disrespected his girlfriend.
The Guyana Police Force has informed that three persons have been arrested following a search conducted at two Parika homes, one of which housed a gun.
A high-level team from the Joint Services on Thursday visited Region One (Barima-Waini) during which a number of issues were discussed with residents of Baramita, North West District.
A security officer was robbed at gunpoint of his gun and cellphone while on duty at a Lusignan, East Coast Demerara supermarket on Tuesday night.
Deonarine Sookram, owner of the tug and barge that crashed into the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation in December last year, resulting in damage, has settled his debt to the bridge company for repairs.
The Ministry of Finance on Friday afternoon handed over five all-terrain-vehicles (ATVs) to the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs to improve accessibility in the hinterland regions, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).
Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, today officially commissioned the $185 million runway at the Lethem Aerodrome, Region Nine.
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