The successful passage on Monday of the Firearms (Amendment) Bill has now paved the way for analysts working in the Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory to handle guns and ammunition without the requirement for a licence.
Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the procurement of tablets to facilitate online learning for the government’s GOAL 20,000-scholarships initiative.
Hazardous chemicals transporter, Source One Oil and Gas Marine Supplier Inc, has been exempted from an Environment Impact Assessment, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
In accordance with its Article 8, it is the Constitution which in Guyana is the supreme law, and by which any other law which stands in contravention thereof is voided.
Re-elected President of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA), Andron Alphonso says that over the next two years the body will be researching and pursuing technologies “that would enhance recovery and simultaneously reduce the impact on the environment.”
PNCR Leader David Granger will not be present at this week’s party congress as he will be attending to his health, a statement from the party said today.
The National Assembly yesterday passed a bill to allow police to use “less-lethal weapons,” including pepper spray and tasers, after the removal of a controversial provision to empower the force to collect DNA from persons taken into custody.
A special audit by the Auditor General into the procurement, storage and distribution of COVID-19 supplies has revealed that the Ministry of Public Health and the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) awarded 18 contracts, totalling almost $242 million, before receiving the approval of the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB).
The family of Elsa Simpson, a 76-year-old No. 1 Village, Corentyne woman who succumbed at the Infectious Disease Hospital at Liliendaal last Friday, is seeking answers from health authorities about her death and the treatment she received leading up to it.
A group of citizens has called on the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) to declare the impact survey for ExxonMobil’s proposed Yellowtail oil well null and void and for the process to be restarted.
Three more COVID-19 deaths were reported yesterday.
This was revealed by the Ministry of Health in a press release which stated that the country’s total COVID-19 fatalities increased to 1,023.
The man who was wanted for the murder of Feroze Khan, of Rosignol Village, West Bank Berbice (WBB), was yesterday nabbed in the Mibicuri, Black Bush Polder backlands by lawmen.
The Suddie Funeral Home’s Management Committee has agreed to compensate the family of Nathan Fiedtkou, whose corpse was accidentally cremated due to a mix-up.
Full staffing of the Guyana Revenue Authority’s Petroleum Revenue Department (PRD) is being affected by uncompetitive remuneration packages according to the Auditor General’s report for 2020.