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A Route 40 (Kitty/ Campbellville) bus driver and his conductor were both brought before a city Magistrate yesterday where they were charged with unlawfully wounding a passenger.
Several Region Five communities are again flooded as a result of heavy rainfall over the past few days, GINA said.
The Guyana Cancer Prevention Society (GCPS) is holding a public lecture on cancer of the cervix at the George-town Public Hospital today at 6 pm.
The Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana (AOAG) has been restructured and will function under new By-Laws as a not-for-profit company, a release from the AOAG said on Friday.
At its meeting last week, Cabinet have its no-objections to a series of major road contracts including one for $67.7m for the Puruni to Itabali Road, Region Seven and another for $63m for Garden of Eden (GoE).
Residents of Port Kaituma in the North West District on Tuesday protested in front of the Matarkai Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) over the state of their roads but relief may soon be on the way as the government has given the green light for $58.8m in road contracts for the region.
Courtney Benn Contracting Services Limited has secured a $52.9m contract for the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation.
A South Road resident was yesterday sent behind bars after he pleaded guilty to two counts of breaking and entering a city store.
A 57-year-old man was yesterday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to cocaine possession.
Guyana is poised to tap into Central American markets after signing a trade memorandum with Belize.
Nicholai Price, Clerk of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament is currently in London at a workshop on the financial oversight of aid effectiveness hosted by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).
A Japan-financed project to fortify the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) has seen the construction and rehabilitation of six of the network’s 33 intake/relief structures.
Several more villages in the hinterland have received their Jubilee grant fund under the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, to implement a green sustainable project.
The Private Sector Commission (PSC), last Friday, met with the ambassadors (designate) to Brazil and Brussels, Belgium, George Talbot (second from left) and David Hales (third from left) to discuss how they could use their positions to advocate the enhancement of Guyana’s trade, specifically with Brazil, and the use of Hales’ experience in Brussels.
Fifty youths graduated over the weekend after completing a two-week Leadership programme at the Madewini training centre in Yarrowkabra provided by the government, GINA said.
Safety and awareness are at the top of the agenda for the Government Electrical Inspectorate (GEI) division, GINA said.
The following statement was issued this afternoon by the Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies first choice wicketkeeper/batsman Denesh Ramdin has claimed in a Twitter rant that he has been sacked from the Test squad for the upcoming four-match series against India.
With 568 marks each, two boys, Anthony Ferreira, of Mae’s Under 12, and Aryan Singh, of the Dharmic Rama Krishna Primary, have tied as the top performers in this year’s National Grade Six Assessment.
Two-thirds of the top one percent of students who sat this year’s National Grade Six examination are from private schools.
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