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Nineteen prisoners were released on parole in 2016 after they were reviewed by the Parole Board and none of them have since found themselves in trouble with the law. This was according to acting Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels who told the Government Information Agency (GINA) that the Parole Board continues to play a key […]
As Guyana prepares for a fast track entry into the oil and petroleum market, more good news is being released about the prospects of the industry. The Exxon Mobil Corporation announced this morning that there have been positive results on the Snoek well offshore Guyana, confirming a new discovery on the Stabroek Block. Drilling targeted […]
Well-known Guyanese Educator and former Head of Unesco in Guyana, Ms. Carmen Enid Peterkin Jarvis, has died. Her family announced this morning that she passed away early last evening in Atlanta, Georgia. “She passed peacefully in her sleep. My mother was a phenomenal woman – a tower of love and strength to her immediate and […]
President David Granger has informed ExxonMobil’s Executives of Government’s commitment to the development of Guyana’s oil and gas sector in an atmosphere of transparency and trust so that the Parliamentary Opposition and the people of Guyana are fully involved in the process and view the development of a petroleum industry as one of natural interest […]
Minister within the Ministry of Communities with responsibility for Housing, Valerie Adams-Patterson is assuring citizens that the units to be built as part of the government’s new housing programme are very modern and would not mark a return to the days of range houses and tenement yards. Seven hundred and fifty-eight units are to be built […]
A 33-year-old woman from Plaisance who came to the City to do some shopping found herself far away from the shopping district and in front of a City Magistrate after she was charged with possession of counterfeit money and using that counterfeit money to make purchases. The woman, Samantha DeSouza, appeared in Court this morning and […]
President David Granger on Wednesday urged renewed vigilance as he handed over the keys to two new Metal Shark Aluminum boats to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard. The vessels which were acquired from the USA were bought by the Guyana Government and is intended to boost the capacity of the Coast Guard to […]
While not committing to offering an apology, as requested by Justice Franklin Holder, Attorney General Basil Williams SC., has indicated that he is not “unprepared” to work with the Judge to “resolve what was a fleeting engagement after the business of the day was completed”. In a letter to Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice […]
A prison guard attached to the Georgetown Prison has been arrested and will face charges for marijuana possession and attempting to smuggle the same marijuana into the Camp Street prison. Officials at the prison have confirmed the arrest of the prison guard who has been in the employ of the Prison Service for the past […]
The Guyana Police Force has been called in to investigate a massive fraud at the Suddie Public Hospital. The Ministerial Task Force visited the hospital yesterday and the authorities there could not account for several items that were sent last Tuesday by the Materials Management Unit (MMU) of the Health Ministry. The missing items were […]
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