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The Guyana National Bureau of Standards seized more than 150 unapproved dial scales during weights and measures surveillance visits at more than 1000 shops and retail outlets on the East Bank and East Coast of Demerara, and areas in Regions 2 and 6. In a statement, the GNBS said its inspectors continued to encounter the […]
The Government Analyst – Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) today announced the immediate recall of the locally made frozen JR Chicken Burger Patties due to contamination with Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella spp. The product is produced by JR Original Burgers and sold in supermarkets in Georgetown. The Food and Drug Analyst Department said that to […]
Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat announced today that his Ministry is putting necessary measures in place to ensure that Guyanese benefit from the oil and gas sector with its new Local Content Legislation. During a consultation on the Local Content Policy, Minister Bharrat said a Local Content Secretariat has already been established to serve […]
Guyana has signed an agreement for accounting and consulting services for the cost recovery audit and validation of the Government of Guyana’s Profit Oil Share. The consortium of Ramdihal and Haynes Chartered Accounting and Professional Services Firm, Vitality Accounting and Consultancy Inc., and Eclisar Financial & Professional Services have been contracted for the audit. The […]
The Opposition is again accusing the government of stymying the work of the Public Accounts Committee after all Government members on the PAC failed to show up for the scheduled PAC meeting on Monday forcing a cancellation. The Government recently passed amendments that changed the requirement for a quorum for a PAC meeting to take […]
Opposition Chief Chip Whip, Christopher Jones, has moved to the High Court to scrap the appointment of Mr. Clifton Hicken as acting Police Commissioner while seeking an order to render all actions taken by Mr. Hicken as acting Top Cop, null and void. In a Fixed Date Application (FDA) filed by Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde […]
Heavy and consistent rainfall in Region Nine has resulted in significant flooding in a number of communities, forcing at least several families into shelters. In a statement, the Civil Defence Commission said due to the consistent rainfall in the area, water levels continue to rise from deep South to the South Pakaraimas. The Regional Democratic […]
Hours before an exhibition featuring Guyana’s move to Independence in 1966 was set to open at the National Library, the organizer of the event, The Burnham Foundation was told that the National Library could no longer host the independence exhibition. In a statement this morning, the Chairperson of The Burnham Foundation, Vincent Alexander said permission […]
The Governments of Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago this morning signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in a number of critical areas including agriculture, trade, tourism and culture. The MoU was signed by the Foreign Ministers of the two neighbouring CARICOM states at State House under the eyes of President Irfaan Ali and Trinidad […]
The Government of Guyana on Friday signed two documents of cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO). The agreements addressed the country programme framework for Guyana 2022-2026 and Guyana’s hosting of the 38th Session of the Regional Conference for Latin America and Caribbean in 2024. The agreements were signed on the heels of the Inaugural […]
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