The Office of the Auditor General has raised concerns about the composition of the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), which it says contravenes the guidelines set in the Procurement Act.
A Crane, West Coast Demerara man was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the armed robbery committed on the Sun Beam Hangout Bar and its patrons last week.
The town of Bartica has announced the appointment of Phoebe Wallerson as Town Clerk of the Municipality, a release from the Ministry of Communities said yesterday.
The Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) hosted a sensitisation conversation yesterday to improve its relationship with customs officers.
A man, his wife and their three children are in need of help after a fire of unknown origin gutted their home in Lesbeholden, Black Bush Polder.
The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) is seeking legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to determine if charges should be instituted against persons implicated in an alleged fraud committed during the construction of the New Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) headquarters.
A man who was allegedly caught with an unlicenced firearm and matching ammunition in the Palmyra area was remanded to prison on Monday.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition-led National Assembly voted yesterday to open a political trial against President Nicolas Maduro for violating democracy, but the socialist government dismissed the move as meaningless.
MOSCOW/BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Russia said yesterday it would extend a moratorium on air strikes on Syria’s Aleppo into a ninth day, but a monitor and a civil defence official said that rebel-held parts of the divided city had been struck in recent days.
The Ministry of Business yesterday said that consultations were held with stakeholders in January this year on the importation of frozen chicken.
Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the rehabilitation of the Wakenaam Stelling.
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The United Nations likely refused to accept legal responsibility for a cholera outbreak in Haiti that has killed thousands in the past six years because it was a position pressed by the United States, an independent U.N.
COCONUT CREEK, Fla., (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton warned her supporters yesterday against complacency as opinion polls show her holding a clear lead over Republican rival Donald Trump with two weeks left until the Nov.
The mother of a missing Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara teenager is seeking the public’s help to ensure her safe return home.
Guyana and Chile on Wednesday signed an Open Skies Air Services Agreement and a Reciprocal Visa Abolition Agreement at the Palacio de la Moneda, the seat of the President of Chile in Santiago.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A U.S. judge yesterday approved one of the biggest corporate settlements on record, Volkswagen AG’s $14.7 billion deal arising from its diesel emissions cheating scandal, and the German automaker said it would begin buying back polluting cars in mid-November.
The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) will soon be approving regulatory guidelines for the debarment of those contractors who have failed to perform.
A 60-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with being in possession of over 50 pounds of ganja.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Paul Beatty was yesterday named as the first American to win the prestigious Man Booker fiction prize, for “The Sellout”, a biting satire on race relations in the United States.
MANILA/TOKYO, (Reuters) – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte lashed out anew at the United States yesterday and said it could forget a bilateral defence deal if he stayed in power long enough, in the latest jarring statement from Manila about the future of the alliance.
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