Man remanded for stealing pressure washer
Twenty-nine-year-old Vishal Jones, a mason, of Lot 121 Mandela Street, Zeeburg, West Coast Demerara was on Monday slapped with a larceny charge when he...
Lawyer denies hurling racist slurs at cop, awaiting court’s decision
Attorney-at-Law Nirvan Singh has broken his silence over allegations made against him by policewoman Shawnette Bollers who once performed security duties at the home...
Small Business Bureau distributed over 1,400 grants last year
The Small Business Bureau (SBB) has surpassed its grant distribution target by 631 in 2022.
The agency had a budgetary allocation for the sum of...
Food and Drug Dept warns proprietors against repackaging medications in Ziploc bags, envelopes, cups
See below full statement from the Government Analyst- Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD):
REPACKAGING OF MEDICATION IN ZIPLOC BAGS AND STORAGE CONDITIONS
The Government Analyst-Food and...
DHBC mounts $1B+ lawsuit against Panamanian company over recent collision
The Demerara Habour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) has filed an over-a-billion-dollar lawsuit against the vessel—MT Tradewind Passion—which collided with the floating structure on October 8,...
Local swine producers eye more int’l markets as Govt invests heavily in industry
The establishment of a new swine abattoir is expected to positively impact Guyana’s swine industry, as it would finally make way for Guyana to...
Free tertiary education: Waiving of loans will be a “retroactive application”
With provisions to waiver outstanding student loans acquired within its current term in office and give free tertiary education, Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo...
Father of 2 gunned down in home invasion
A father of two was in the wee hours of Sunday shot dead after four armed men invaded his Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara...
2 more Covid-19 deaths take toll to 233
The Ministry of Health (MOH) regrettably informs that as of March 31, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Berbice hire car operators protest for increased fares
Several hire car operators plying the New Amsterdam to Rose Hall route today staged a picketing exercise at the Lewis Manor Police outpost along...
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Fmr. PNC General Secretary, Oscar Clarke passes
Former General Secretary (GS) of the People's National Congress (PNC) reportedly died on Wednesday after complaining of feeling unwell. He died at a private...
GMSA urges T&T authorities to resolve ‘breach’ swiftly
Full statement below:
The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) has taken note of the recent denial of entry into the Republic of Trinidad and...
Guyanese exporters have been subjected to unfair treatment by T&T for decades – GOGEC
say latest development is blatant violation of free trade embodied in the Treaty of Chaguaramas
The Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber (GOGEC) has...
GCCI calls for removal of NTB following T&T’s refusal to import milk, water from...
Full statement below:
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) notes, with strong consternation, the attempts by Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) to frustrate the...
MoA procures 100 Vessel Monitoring Devices for fisheries sector
The Agriculture Ministry through its Fisheries Department recently procured 100 Vessel Monitoring Devices (VMDs) as part of its monitoring strategy for artisanal fisheries in...
CARICOM Trade Ministers meet in Georgetown for 58th COTED
CARICOM Ministers with responsibility for trade began a two-day meeting on Tuesday, May 14 at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana.
Minister of Trade and...
MoE issues warning letters sent to 9 contractors for failing to meet deadlines, substandard...
The Education Ministry has issued several warning letters to nine contractors for breaching their stipulated contractual deadlines as well as for producing substandard work.
This...
Security officer shot dead after allegedly opening fire on Police
A security officer attached to Kalibur Security Service was on Tuesday shot and killed after he opened fire on a team of police officers...
Long Creek smash-up claims 6th victim
A sixth person has succumbed to his injuries following the horrific smash-up at Long Creek Linden-Soesdyke Highway on Monday which has already claimed the...
High Court throws out BK’s challenge of quarry licences granted to Hadi’s World Inc.
An application made by BK Quarries Incorporated, challenging the quarry licences granted to Hadi’s World – a company owned by businessman Nazar “Shell” Mohamed...