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The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s business incubator, when ushered in, will open a new era for aspiring and existing entrepreneurs to foster empowerment and drive economic growth among women.
Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill recently engaged with residents of Haslington, Grove and neighbouring communities on the expansion of the Railway Embankment and the East Coast Demerara Public Road.
On the 22nd July, 2023, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) Officers conducted an operation in the vicinity of the Sea dam, located in Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, Berbice.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday met with several Afro-Guyanese groups organising Emancipation activities and assured them of his Government’s full support.
Stating that no other single matter has so clearly exposed the fragility of women’s rights here, the GHRA yesterday called for the widespread indignation at the incidents surrounding ex-Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall to be harnessed to reorder power relationships affecting females.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that following discussions with commercial banks, the interest rate for loans to the poultry sector will be cut from 8% to 5%.
By Joseph Allen A public meeting was yesterday held for those persons whose lands will be acquired for public purposes to facilitate the laying of transmission lines for the Wales gas-to-energy project.
The two men who secured an historic judgment from the High Court for ExxonMobil to indemnify Guyana have filed a motion seeking to vary or discharge the stay against the ruling which had been issued by a judge of the Court of Appeal.
Based on the fact that a Commission of Inquiry has found culpability, not only on the part of the company, but also the Ministry of Labour and respective oversight agencies in the on-the-job death of BOSAI Minerals Group Guyana Inc (BMGG) employee, Neptrid Hercules, the family is taking the company to court.
The Chairman of the inquiry into the 2020 general elections has declined to answer a question from the Sunday Stabroek on why the final report did not comment at all on the conduct of the Chair of GECOM, Justice of Appeal (retired) Claudette Singh SC.
The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) has made another cocaine seizure, this time on the East Coast of Demerara.
Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai conducted another visit to Chenapou, where she interacted with survivors of the Mahdia dormitory fire in the company of their families.
The matter concerning the boats that were damaged by the passage of a cargo vessel in the Demerara River on July 11th has been amicably resolved according to Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill.
Rice farmers in the Abary/Berbice area have been notified that as of July 26 they will have to pump water into their fields as part of conservation efforts during the El Nino period.
President Irfaan Ali today announced that following discussions with commercial banks the interest rate for loans to the poultry sector will be cut from 8% to 5%.
`People are all asking for consultancies where they can go to super level salaries.
The Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement Bill) 2023 was on Thursday evening passed in the National Assembly allowing the enforcement of foreign judgments here and judgments from local courts to be enforced in countries that are inscribed in the bill.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently investigating dust and air pollution in Region Two and rice mills are under scrutiny.
The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) seized 677.4 kgs of narcotics in the first half of this year, sharply below last year’s figure of 2,107 kgs for the same period.
The new US$6M Liliendaal pump station is progressing smoothly. The new site is near Pump Road and opposite the current station.
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