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The University of Guyana (UG) on Friday launched its Energy Think Tank, which is part of efforts to better equip the institution’s oil and gas programme with an agenda that caters to Guyana’s plan to produce fossil fuels while pursuing sustainable development.
The inability of the Parliamentary Committee on Appointments to meet and agree on the outstanding member of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has resulted in the reconstitution of the body being placed on indefinite hold.
A 28-year-old miner is now dead after he was severely chopped and stabbed on Friday evening during an altercation at Kuribrong, in Region Eight.
The Guyana Rice Development Board has “categorically” rejected statements in Suriname’s De Ware Tijd’s online edition, DWTonline, quoting Suriname’s Ambassador to Guyana Ebu Jones as saying that an insect plague has broken out in the rice sector.
A man who was brought to court to face an armed robbery charge was on Friday remanded to prison after a city magistrate heard about his attempts to escape police custody before being brought to court.
The Guyana Rice Development Board today “categorically” rejected statements in Suriname’s De Ware Tijd’s, dwtonline quoting Suriname’s Ambassador to Guyana Ebu Jones as saying that an insect plague has broken out in the rice sector.
President David Granger has offered condolences on the passage of rights activist, Andaiye.
Seven months after it announced that there had been 10 expressions of interest for three shuttered GuySuCo estates, the government was unable yesterday to point to any progress and said it was seeking to re-engage with the companies as some had lost interest.
With the latest United States Travel Advisory continuing to list Guyana as a country in which visitors must exercise increased caution when visiting, Ministry of the Presidency Director General Joseph Harmon yesterday maintained that the country is safe and said the negative label can hurt both future travel and investments.
Head of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) Albert Gordon says that the company has a plan to end blackouts and is already moving to secure funding to address its mechanical issues.
Junior Nurse, one of the three robbers who was fatally shot after a city home invasion on Thursday night, was a known convict and he had been sentenced to a total of seven years in jail for two armed robberies.
Two eyewitnesses to 18-year-old Kareema Mary Cholmondeley’s final moments of life say that she threw herself into the path of the car that ran over her last Wednesday night, after repeatedly threatening to kill herself during an argument with her husband.
President David Granger proclaimed yesterday morning that his government is moving to end homelessness and destitution, as he paid a visit to two housing schemes being developed for low and middle-income citizens.
Government yesterday down played the transfer of the US$18 million signing bonus from a special account to the Consolidated Fund, with Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency Joseph Harmon saying that it was determined by Minister of Finance Winston Jordan that the time was appropriate.
President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Nicholas Boyer on Wednesday emphasised the need for a local content policy and regulatory legislation to protect investments by both the public and private sectors in the emerging oil and gas industry.
The police in ‘F’ Division (Interior Locations) are investigating the murder of a 30-year-old labourer, whose body was discovered yesterday morning at Kamarang, in Region Seven, where he had been seen hours earlier drinking with friends.
Attorney Rajendra Nath Poonai, who last week received his instrument of appointment as Senior Counsel, has filed a $45 million lawsuit against the Kaieteur News newspaper for libel, which he says resulted in defamation of his character.
Junior Anthony Henry, who was recently convicted for the 2013 fatal shooting of a Sparendaam resident, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the crime.
A city magistrate yesterday sentenced a man to prison after he pleaded guilty to five charges, including three counts of armed robbery and illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.
A Jamaican national was yesterday sentenced to a year in prison after he admitted to publicly sharing an obscene video.
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