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The probe into how land was allocated at ‘Pradoville 2’ to PPP/C government officials, including current Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, and the cases that were subsequently filed have all been terminated and the office which was pursuing the matter under the former APNU+AFC administration has been disbanded, according to Attorney General Anil Nandlall.
As the probe into last week’s multi-million dollar robbery at gold trader Wallison Enterprise widens, investigators have recovered evidence at the Sophia home of one of the suspects.
Under the newly gazetted civil aviation health and safety regulations, travellers seeking entry to Guyana will only be required to have been inoculated with a single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
The Health Ministry has spent the last 10 months rebuilding its monitoring system to ensure it is effective in its forecasting in order to avert drug shortages, according to Permanent Secretary Malcolm Watkins.
Guyana was one of 13 CARICOM countries that objected to and threatened boycott of a hastily called special virtual meeting by the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) to address the situation in Cuba as it believed it would serve no purpose, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd has confirmed.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday announced that two more persons who were infected with COVID-19 have died.
Insurance coverage for the planned US$900 million gas to energy project will be dependent on the findings of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) should the project be approved, Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Kemraj Parsram has said.
With the topside integration phase completed and the onshore commissioning campaign making significant progress, SBM Offshore is currently mobilizing the Liza Unity Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) oil platform for departure to Guyana planned for the end of this month.
Although the Animal Welfare Act states that persons committing offences against animals will be liable to fines and prison time if convicted, suspected perpetrators are rarely if ever brought to justice.
Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has announced that the eligibility deadline qualifying new entrants into the public education system for the Government of Guyana’s “Because We Care” cash grant has been extended in order to benefit more students.
Blossom Inc in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) last month conducted outreaches on Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) and Sexual and Gender- Based violence (SGBV) in the Moruca sub-district of Region One.
A youth was on Friday sentenced to 30 months behind bars after he pleaded guilty to using a cigarette lighter to burn a two-year-old girl.
Still committed to retrieving the over $1 billion owed by the Panamanian government to the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) for rice sold to the country, Minister of Agricultural Zulfikar has requested the assistance of Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd to spearhead talks.
Topping up his phone with $1000 or more Digicel credit everyday saw Coldingen resident, Mahendra Samar, being the first person to win a new Toyota Rush SUV as part of the Digicel’s Guyana ‘Summa Rush’ promotion yesterday.
A Mon Repos man has been reported missing by his family, which has not heard from him for nearly three months.
The Guyana Police Force is yet to make an arrest over the murder of Venezuelan national Ilan Antonio Singh, who was found dead in an alleyway behind SleepIn Hotel on Church Street one week ago.
The Region Two Administration is working assiduously to upgrade dumpsites in order to improve solid waste management within the region, according to the Regional Vice-Chairman Humace Oodit.
Residents of Monkey Mountain and nearby communities in Region Eight will soon be able to access the bridge and foot trail to Mountain Foot, which are set for $7.1 million in repairs, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported on Saturday.
Minister of Education Priya Manickchand today announced that the eligibility deadline qualifying new entrants into the public education system for the Government’s Because We Care cash grant has been extended to July 31, 2021.
The Ministry of Health today said that as August 06, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.
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