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India’s High Commissioner to Guyana Dr K J Srinivasa today clarified that the company that entered the winning bid for the Ogle to Eccles four-lane highway had offered a 5% discount within its bid and this therefore made it the lowest bidder for the project and not the highest as reported in today’s Sunday Stabroek.
Taking umbrage at criticisms that the proposed 2022 national budget will not improve the lives of ordinary Guyanese, President Irfaan Ali on Saturday said it was built with the framework of expanding opportunities and enhancing the livelihood of every citizen.
Government should stay away from supporting any non-oil project requiring subsidized energy, and instead focus on maximizing the revenues received from the non-oil economy and supporting local content initiatives to push that.
The Ministry of Education is investigating the circumstances that led to two uniformed members of the Guyana Police Force entering the Covent Garden Secondary School’s compound and manhandling a male student.
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall has said that the government will be intensifying its campaign to go after assets implicated in drug-related offences and others believed to be the proceeds from organised crime.
Five more persons succumbed to COVID-19 between Friday and yesterday, according to the Ministry of Health.
Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, Jermaine Figueira, says that it is important there not be even a hint of a conflict of interest in the membership of the procurement commission.
The mother of Isaiah Edwards, the youth who was fatally stabbed on Wednesday by her now ex-partner, is hoping that the man will be soon brought to justice.
With $73.2 billion to be allocated for the health sector for 2022, the government has planned a major expansion programme that includes the construction of six modern regional hospitals.
The Private Sector Com-mission (PSC) on Saturday commended Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh for the recently unveiled national budget, which it says lays the foundation for massive economic growth, expansion of the private sector and the creation of jobs for all Guyanese.
The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security is inviting young people to apply to join its ‘Young Influencers’ programme The ministry is seeking 25 diverse and dynamic youths between the ages of 15 and 25 years.
The United States (US) Government on Friday donated three new vehicles to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Saturday announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Suriname Trade and Industry Association to strengthen economic ties and initiatives between the two organisations.
Ranks in Regional Division #8 on traffic duties at Seven Miles, Mahdia stopped an ATV without any identification mark at 17:45 hours on 2022-01-28 and requested the driver to produce his licence and other documents for the said ATV, which he failed to do, a release from the police said today.
The Ministry of Health today said that as of January 28th, 2022, five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.
The Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday threw its support behind PNCR leader Aubrey Norton to be the new Leader of the Opposition, sources said, but there was no sign that former President David Granger, the Representative of the List for the main opposition coalition, was making attempts to facilitate the change.
The new North West Ferry is expected to be completed and delivered before Christmas, according to Indian High Commissioner Dr K J Srinivasa.
Police Constable 23012 Faustin Magloire lost his life in an accident on Thursday evening when he crashed into a parked truck along the Mocha Access Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD).
APNU+AFC Members of Parliament (MPs) Annette Ferguson and Christopher Jones are among a group of eight persons who were on Friday freed of a charge that they participated in an illegal procession last year.
The Bank of Guyana will next month issue special $2,000 notes in commemoration of the country’s 55th independence anniversary.
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