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Top Cop Clifton Hicken yesterday said that the police force is still to receive feedback from the DPP on the file it submitted on the rape allegation against Minister of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall.
The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) and representatives from several district councils on Saturday met with the verifier of a controversial carbon credits scheme under which this country is to receive US$750m over 10 years with 15% of the monies to go to Indigenous communities.
Curtis Edwards and Basdeo Sukoom appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to answer to the charge of larceny from several vehicles which they denied.
A brand new sign board was yesterday handed over to the Guyana Society for the Blind.
New York State Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar (D-AD 38) and New York City Mayor Eric Adams yesterday declared victory in the fight to designate Diwali as a school holiday in New York City.
Dr. Honnett Searwar M.B.B.S., F.R.C.S. (Ed.) passed away on 23rd June, 2023, according to the St Joseph Mercy Hospital.
Yohance Yarris appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, to answer to the charge of robbery which he denied.
Two brothers were yesterday charged with assault causing grievous bodily harm after they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate Court before Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs.
The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) on June 23, 2023, hosted a Public Open Day from 10am to 2pm at the New Amsterdam Recreational Park, Vryman’s Erven, New Amsterdam, Berbice, Region 6.
(ESPN) “I can’t really explain it,” Player of the Match Logan van Beek said after the match.
President Irfaan Ali should immediately fire Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall and simultaneously the Integrity Commission should launch an investigation into the breaches of code of conduct by the minister, former auditor general Anand Goolsarran has said.
The University of Guyana Library has received the highly prestigious Albertina Pérez de Rosa Award at the Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) 52nd conference held in Kingston, Jamaica.
The Public Procurement Commission has put government agencies on notice of their legal obligations in making public their agreement or disagreement with the report of evaluators of respective contracts Under the subject heading ‘Requirement for an opportunity for the Procuring Entity to agree or disagree with the Report of the Evaluation Committee prior to contract award’ and quoting Section 39(3) of the Procurement Act, the PPC yesterday published a circular in the state owned Guyana Chronicle newspaper reminding them of the law.
Government will soon engage Chinese contractor China Railway Construction Corporation Limited in negotiations for the construction of a four-lane bridge at Wismar, across the Demerara River.
Neurosurgeons at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on Sunday last, successfully removed from a 10-day-old infant, a tail, described as a rare medical phenomenon, which was a continuation of the spine/spinal nerve element.
Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Sophia, Georgetown and New Amsterdam, Berbice about the cost of living and how it is affecting them.
As part of its long-standing commitment to supporting education and skills development in the communities where it operates, ExxonMobil continued its corporate social philanthropy with the funding of a training programme for 25 young men in electrical installation and other life skills sessions, according to a press release from Youth Challenge Guyana (YCG).
A review of the back-billing process employed by the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) to recover its losses is outdated and overcharged customers, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has stated.
From its conceptualisation, government has stressed the importance of safety and quality standards for the gas-to-shore project, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said, adding that the standards put in place were not left to be determined by the bidders.
A man was killed by a hit-and-run driver at Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) last night and another died in a fiery crash at Bush Lot, Essequibo this morning.
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