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Guyana last week participated in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) 2019 Global Conference and was lauded for the progress made since 2016 and also invited to be a member of a global network on contract transparency.
SBM Offshore, which has built Guyana’s first oil production platform, on Wednesday observed its sixth annual Life Day event for the first time in this country, an observance that encourages employees to adopt a culture of safety.
Small companies in the extractive industry were not required to declare payments made to the authorities when submitting information for the recent Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GY-EITI) Report because of the materiality threshold.
The Canje Secondary School’s Agriculture Science programme is to be improved through a collaboration among the ministries of education, agriculture and finance.
A man was on Friday asked to post a total of $65,000 in bail for his release after he denied stealing a bicycle and robbing and assaulting an elderly woman.
Twelve Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) staff are currently undergoing an internship at the Tropical Agriculture Research and Higher Education Centre (CATIE) in Costa Rica, focused on sustainable animal production.
A La Penitence man was on Tuesday granted $120,000 bail after he denied ownership of 53 grammes of cannabis found in his house.
A Port Kaituma man accused of stealing a cellphone was on Friday granted bail on a charge of break and enter.
Police in ‘C’ Division are investigating the death of a 22-year-old who was reportedly electrocuted yesterday at his Good Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home.
The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) today said it is taking immediate steps to address the issue of sexual harassment and assault.
As the police prepare to send a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice on a sexual misconduct complaint against a senior airport manager at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), the facility is being accused of trying to victimise and humiliate his accuser.
New political party A New and United Guyana (ANUG) has challenged President David Granger’s labelling of the expired voters’ list as “bloated, expired and corrupt,” saying that the legal process in place to add newly qualified voters and remove the dead has worked.
Local social media personality Melissa Atwell, popularly known as ‘Melly Mel,’ is preparing to bring a case against the Guyana Police Force (GPF) after she was detained for 12 hours on Friday following a series of Facebook posts she made compiling complaints against Dr.
A rank attached to the Guyana Police Force’s Fraud Squad last Friday took a statement from an Alberttown, Georgetown businessman regarding $10 million which was reportedly paid to him by head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) Sydney James for the rental of vehicles.
ExxonMobil’s “Liza Destiny,” the first oil production vessel that will be placed in Guyana’s waters, was yesterday officially dedicated by First Lady Sandra Granger at the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore.
When completed at the end of next year, the Hope Wind Farm is expected to save the Guyana Power and Light Inc.
The failure of President David Granger to reconstitute the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) in a timely manner has been met with dissatisfaction from newly-elected Presi-dent of the Bar Association of Guyana Teni Housty, who said it should have been back in operation “day before yesterday.”
At 29, Renee Reynolds is not where she wants to be, but she is satisfied that she has accomplished part of her goal and is an architect.
The driver of the vehicle assigned to Mayor of Georgetown Ubraj Narine, who is accused of killing Buxton resident Mitford Cambridge during an accident along the Turkeyen Public Road almost two weeks ago, is scheduled to be charged this week.
UNICEF, in collaboration with the Judiciary, on Friday hosted a forum aimed at sensitising media operatives on the importance of providing fair, balanced and accurate reportage on domestic and sexual abuse cases.
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