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The National Insurance Scheme (NIS), under the leadership of a new Board headed by Dr. Surendra Persaud, on Thursday re-launched its online contribution checking system with new features that allows an employee to check their contribution and make queries online. The online database was last updated on October 31 and reflects contributions posted up to […]
The two St. Lucian women who were busted with cocaine in their vaginas at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on Wednesday have pleaded guilty to the drug trafficking charges and will not be heading home for the holidays. The two women, 43-year-old Andree Willy and 38-year-old Chermisa Wheeler appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this […]
Finance Minister Winston Jordan on Wednesday disclosed that discussions are ongoing with officials in Norway to procure another review for the Amaila Falls Hydro Power Project as he restated the government’s commitment to providing cheap and reliable energy. Speaking to a room full of leading Guyanese businessmen and women, Jordan said Norway seems keen to finance […]
Guyana’s President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, retired Brigadier David Granger, has dismissed criticism from former President Donald Ramotar over the new government’s handling of the crime situation. The APNU+AFC coalition headed by the President was elected to office six months ago and has faced a rising crime situation in the country. Earlier this […]
A Festival City, North Ruimveldt man died at a city hospital while nursing a gunshot wound to his buttocks and another to the palm of one of his hands, after he was targeted in what police believe was an execution. The incident took place just after 5 o’ clock this afternoon. The man has been […]
President David Granger has picked retired Major General Michael Atherly to head the new National Anti Narcotics Unit. Mr. Atherly who retired as Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force back in 2004 currently serves as the Head of the Task Force on Drug Trafficking that is based at the Ministry of Public Security. […]
Two St. Lucian women who travelled to Guyana last week for a vacation will remain in the country as guests of the Customs Anti Narotics Unit. They were arrested after being busted with a quantity of cocaine stashed in their vaginas. The women, ages 38 and 43, were arrested by agents of the Customs Anti […]
Former Minister of Home Affairs under the PPP Civic administration, Ronald Gajraj, is suing PPP Member of Parliament and former Home Affairs Minister, Gail Teixeira, and the Guyana Chronicle over revelations recently released in leaked US government documents from 2005. In the lawsuit which was filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Gajraj, who also […]
President David Granger on Wednesday, signed the Book of Condolence at the French Consulate in Georgetown in memory of the 129 people who lost their lives in the terrorist attack in Paris on Friday, November 13. In a statement over the weekend, the Government said it has joined with the rest of the international community […]
As Guyana moves to host local government elections for the first time in over 20 years, the Guyana Elections Commission is hoping that the U.S government through the local embassy could assist the Commission in several critical areas. During a meeting on Tuesday between US Ambassador Perry Holloway and the Chairman of GECOM, Dr. Steve […]
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