Following recent investigations of continuous pollution of the Essequibo River by some operators who discharge tailings waste into the waterway, more stringent actions against miners guilty of such breaches will be taken by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC).
The PPP is calling on the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) to make every effort to collect all monies owed from all parts of the country and to stop losses owing to inefficiencies in distribution.
Parliament Office is tasting its way through a variety of dishes towards selecting a caterer to provide culinary delights to Guyana’s lawmakers, this newspaper understands.
A United Kingdom group is calling on its supporters to write to Guyana and implore the authorities here to get rid of the death penalty altogether.
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has established an online facility that allows employers to submit the information required for Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TIN) on behalf of their employees, according to a press release yesterday.
The house to house registration exercise intensified yesterday and saw registration teams dispatched to several communities countrywide accompanied by scrutineers from the two major political parties only.
Government is facilitating a public consultation on the University of Guyana to allow stakeholders a chance to voice their opinions on the challenges facing the institution in its critical role in the sustainable growth of the country.
In less than two months, Guyana will have its first substance abuse rehabilitation centre for women as a result of US$125,000 funding provided by the US State Department’s International Narcotics Legal Affairs unit (INL) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS).
The agriculture ministry and the Maritime Administration Department are collaborating with the fishing community to standardise fishing practices and the first licensing exercise is expected to start in February.
The woman, whose body was found in a septic tank at a Campbellville home on Sunday died as a result of strangulation and blunt trauma to the head, a post- mortem examination has found.
The PPP hopes that municipal and local government elections, delayed since 1997, could be held by mid-year, by which time it is also optimistic that reforms to local government legislation will be completed.
Four meteorological technicians are set to undergo training in weather forecasting in Barbados at a cost of $7.2M, the Ministry of Agriculture said in a press release.
The Culture ministry says it intends to include more choreographed dancing among the Mashramani revellers and special attention will be paid to crowd control while en route to the National Park.
The Muslim Youth League of Guyana (MYL) says Pakistani Muslim scholar Maulana Hafiz Noorul Hadi Haleem, who served in Guyana for four years, has died.
The National Federation of and for Disabled People said the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) won its recently held domino competition with 81 games.
A MOU will be signed between the home affairs and agriculture ministries in keeping with plans to revitalize agriculture in the prisons.
-escape in waiting car Three gunmen on Saturday stuck-up and robbed a businessman, his wife and staff at the gift shop he operates at Kersaint Park, La Bonne Intention.
Traffic Chief Neil Semple said although many drivers continue to flout the traffic laws he is optimistic that ‘Operation Safeway’ will boost the department’s enforcement capacity and reduce the number of road deaths.
The determination of the Chairman of the Number 66 Fish Port Complex to assist fishermen who lost their engines to piracy has led police to recover two suspect stolen engines so far.
Magistrate Oneidge Waldron-Allicock set the commencement of the preliminary inquiry into the sex assault charges against businessman Kevin Jordan for January 31, when he appeared before her yesterday.
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