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Renovation and alteration works have commenced at the former Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Customs House building at Main and Hope Streets, Georgetown. Back in 2014, the former People’s Progressive Party government had advertised the building for sale through NICIL. The former Custom House building had served as the headquarters of the Department of Customs for […]
Management of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) along with members of the Board have taken a decision to send Matron Colleen Hicks on administrative leave as complaints continue to mount against her alleged intractable behaviour. Board Chairman Max Hanoman made the announcement on Thursday and said the decision was taken to allow for a […]
(BBC) The Roman Catholic Church in Argentina has launched an investigation into whether four nuns helped to hide a hoard of cash and jewels. The probe leader Reverend Tom O’Donnell, said they would try “to determine if there was a canonical crime”. Last month, a former government minister was arrested outside their convent near Buenos […]
The lone investigator probing claims of corruption which were levelled against the Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) by self confessed drug lord, Barry Dataram has found no proof to support those claims. The report was recently handed over to the government and is to be made public after a review by Cabinet. But even before […]
(BBC) Brazilian police have arrested 10 members of a group alleged to be preparing acts of terrorism, two weeks before the start of the Olympic Games. They were not members of so-called Islamic State but had tried to make contact with the group, officials said. The justice minister said the group was in the planning […]
The government said on Thursday that it was considering the possibility of waiving the interest on outstanding loans by students of the University of Guyana as it seeks to recover outstanding balances. During a post cabinet media briefing on Thursday, Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman said the administration is hoping it can be generous and […]
In an attack of rage, a teenager murdered his stepfather at Crane, West Coast Demerara, just before noon on Thursday. The dead man has been identified as Euscaue Williams, 70 years, a pensioner, of Crane Housing Scheme. According to reports, the man and his 16-year-old stepson were involved in a confrontation during which the boy used […]
One day after international experts urged Guyana to relinquish the death penalty as a form of punishment for criminal activity, the Guyana Government said it was not rushed to abolish such laws. Only recently, Guyana’s National Assembly passed legislation to fight money laundering and terrorism financing and prescribed death as a form of punishment. Government […]
Guyana’s National Assembly has passed the Telecommunications Bill, allowing for a more open and competitive sector, but the full effect of the provisions within the legislation could take another three months before service providers and customers begin to benefit. Public Telecommunications Minister Catherine Hughes spoke to News Source on Thursday and explained that not only […]
As wage talks continue between the government and the Public Service Union, a proposal recommending differentiated salary increases for public servants has been put forward. Finance Minister Winston Jordan said the government does not believe that across-the-board increases for public servants is the solution at this time. According to a release from the Government Information […]
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