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Bauxite miner Bosai will be fined approximately $1 million for a spill from the company’s tailings pond that occurred on Thursday morning, affecting the environment and residents in the Linden community of Noitgedacht, and has also been ordered to halt the discharge of waste into the pond.
Representative of the List: David Arthur Granger Deputy Representative of the List: Khemraj Ramjattan 1.
Representative of the List: Bharrat Jagdeo 1. David Adams 2. Dwayne Adams 3.
A Corentyne pastor is now nursing injuries after he was beaten by three bandits who invaded his home during the wee hours of Thursday morning.
A 57-year-old labourer, who is accused of fatally stabbing Plaisance shopkeeper Sharon Burnett on Monday morning, was remanded to prison on Thursday after being charged with murder.
A senior police officer in Region Six has been identified as the person who gave instructions to release the driver who struck a pensioner on the pedestrian crossing along the Nigg Public Road on station bail before the 72 hours within which he could be held without charge had elapsed.
The Guyana Police Force last night said that it was investigating a senior police officer for alleged sexual assault.
Three-year-old Hampton Court Nursery School pupil Chayanne Parboo is currently a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) and is in urgent need of A+ blood which is vital for her survival.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Karen Cummings on Thursday appointed Digicel’s Chief Executive Officer for Guyana Gregory Dean as Honorary Consul General of the Republic of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Businessman and chartered accountant Deodat Indar has endorsed the candidacy of Irfaan Ali for the presidency of Guyana at the upcoming general elections.
Today between 1 and 5 pm the largest number of political parties ever to contest a General and Regional Election (GRE) in Guyana is expected to descend on the Umana Yana and submit their lists of Candidates for the much anticipated March 2, 2020 elections.
Two weeks after bauxite miner, Bosai was fined $1 million for waste water discharges from its tailings pond into the Kara Kara Creek, an apparent breach in the dyke surrounding the pond has led to flooding in the Linden community of Noitgedacht.
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has accused the APNU+AFC government of using recently approved contracts as a means to “siphon money” from the public treasury.
A taxi driver who allegedly raped a seven-year-old child he was hired to take home from school was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged.
In separate statements, the United Nations Security Council and CARICOM yesterday expressed deep concern at deteriorating conditions in Haiti and urged dialogue among stakeholders.
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MoPI) returned more than $4 billion in loans provided for the execution of various projects after seeing very little to no movement on four projects, says MoPI Minister, David Patterson.
Arguing that he was unlawfully discharged from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) by the Chief of Staff to deprive him of his pension and other financial benefits, former captain Rawle Blake has sued the state.
The driver who struck a pensioner along the Nigg Public Road, Corentyne on Tuesday morning killing her has since been released on station bail.
Farmers at Cane Farm in Mocha are the most recent beneficiaries of the Ministry of Agriculture’s sponsored Rural Agricultural Infrastructure Development (RAID) programme after receiving 300 coconut plants.
A youth, 17, was yesterday accused of assaulting an elderly woman with intent to rape her.
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