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Former Minister of Public Service, Jennifer Westford and her former personnel officer, Margaret Cummings are both expected in court this morning to face up to 24 charges in relation to a $600 Million fraud that occurred at the Public Service Ministry while Westford served as a Minister. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has confirmed that the […]
The Guyana Police Force continues to step up its fight against illegal narcotics. On Saturday police ranks conducted a drug eradication operation in the Onderneeming Backdam on the Essequibo Coast and discovered a two-acre size field of marijuana plants. The plants were under cultivation and they were all destroyed. Over 4,200 plants were found with […]
The driver and porter of a confectionary and snacks sales truck, have been arrested and will be charged in the new week, after admitting that they had staged the robbery of the sales truck and three other men were involved in the scheme. A police report stated that last Thursday, investigators responded to a report […]
Days after Guyana was listed among 24 countries where the Zika Virus exists by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Guyana Government is making a case that there is no outbreak of the virus here. Guyana has also been added to the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) travel advisory watch list, but […]
A Queens man died after setting himself on fire in front of his apartment house Friday night, authorities said. Firefighters found the victim, identified by family as Sunildatt Seudatt, already dead on the concrete yard outside 172-41 90th Ave. in Jamaica at around 9 p.m. Neighbors told family members that they tried pouring water on […]
The umbrella trade union body in Guyana, the Guyana Trades Union Congress has blasted Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection Keith Scott, over reports that he had consulted with a number of trade unions and an agreement was reached that there will be one united Labour Day rally on May 1. The GTUC in […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources has announced that it has terminated the services of Rickford Vieira as the Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission. The move is following up on the advice of the Board of the GGMC. Mr. Vieira had been sent on administrative leave until the Natural Resources Minister would have […]
Minutes after Finance Minister Winston Jordan wrapped up his 2016 budget presentation, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo took to the media, describing the annual fiscal plan as “anti-development, anti-poor and disappointing”. Jagdeo decried the $230 Billion financial plan and trashed the theme, saying the measures were no guarantee for the restoration of confidence or the stimulation […]
The Government of Guyana has announced sweeping changes in the taxes associated with the importation of motor vehicles that it hopes will trigger better care for the environment. Finance Minister Winston Jordan on Friday announced that the government will remove the excise tax on motor vehicles that are under four years old and which would […]
There was no announcement on salary increases for public servants in the 2016 National Budget, despite calls from the opposition People’s Progressive Party for substantial increases to be offered. Finance Minister Winston Jordan told the National Assembly that those increases will have to await the conclusion of discussions with the relevant unions. “The Government understands […]
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