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The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the American Petroleum Institute (API) to adopt safety standards and guidelines for the expanding local oil and gas sector.
Two fishermen escaped with their lives and minor burns on Thursday evening when a gas fire destroyed their boat.
Following the discovery on Tuesday of millions of dollars in cocaine aboard a Caribbean Airlines (CAL) plane that transited through Guyana, the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) has disclosed that so far there is no indication that the drugs had been loaded onto the aircraft while it was here.
The man deemed a person of interest in the gunning down of Brazilian Euclid Da Silva remained in police custody yesterday as they continued their investigation.
The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development will soon launch an audit of the Mabaruma Town Council, in Region One, due to its recent financial problems.
Harrynarine Harrilall, also known as ‘Screech,’ 38, of Johanna South, Black Bush Polder, was yesterday remanded over the murder of a workmate.
Region Two Vice Chairman Humace Oodit has disclosed that the start of a planned Anna Regina road project has been delayed by two weeks due to the continuation of roadside vending in the town.
As the water rises once again at the Kwakwani riverfront, Region Ten Councillor Elroy Adolph maintains that the community must be relocated to higher ground.
Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the construction of a pump station to irrigate the front lands of Black Bush Polder, in Berbice, estimated to cost almost $900 million.
With more communities along the Cuyuni River being flooded, Regional Chairman Kenneth Williams has expressed concern about the devastation it could wreak on the region’s economy.
The United States Government has donated 5.5 million Pfizer vaccines to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), of which 1.5 million doses have been allocated to Haiti, with the other 4 million earmarked for distribution among 14 CARICOM countries.
The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) is expected to begin procuring COVID-19 vaccines in an attempt to improve access to vaccines in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Guyana has recorded another COVID-19 fatality along with 100 new cases of the virus.
Police on Thursday detained a number of motorcyclists and pedal cyclists, who were found in breach of various traffic offences.
The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) on Friday said power outages that affected Kingston and contiguous areas in Georgetown on Thursday may have been caused by an excavator coming into contact with primary conductors near its Kingston Power Plant.
Staff of the Maritime Administration (MARAD) that were granted time off to be inoculated against the COVID-19 virus are back at work, Communications Officer Akousa McPherson said yesterday.
The hull for the Prosperity Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit is now moored next to the Liza Unity at the Keppel yard in Singapore as SBM Offshore prepares to commence with the next phase of construction.
A man involved in the attack carried out on a labourer on Tuesday night at Co-op Crescent, Mackenzie, Linden, was yesterday remanded to prison on an attempted murder charge.
A man was yesterday fined $80,000 after he pleaded guilty to wounding another man in what he said was a knife fight.
A man was recently granted bail after denying a charge of robbery with aggravation.
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