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Almost a year after seizing a large quantity of “deceptive” milk from a local distributor, the Food and Drug Analyst Department on Thursday had its case dismissed in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court. Back in October 2015, the Department had seized more than 17,000 cans of Milko brand evaporated filled milk with deceptive labels from Ganga […]
(GINA) The Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have taken a strong position in support of a juridical settlement for the peaceful resolution of the long standing claim on Guyana’s territory by Venezuela. President Granger, during the closing Press Conference of the 37th Regular Meeting of the Conference of the Heads of Government of CARICOM […]
The Ministry of Social Protection has started to sanitize the old age pension register after discovering that there are over 8,000 Guyanese livi ng outside of Guyana who are benefitting from the monthly old age pension payments. The laws governing the old age pension disqualifies persons who are not resident in Guyana from benefiting from […]
CARICOM Leaders have wrapped up their Regular Meeting in Georgetown and have agreed to work much closer to tackle the crime problem facing many member states. Member states are now expected to work much closer in the area of security. As part of that effort, CARICOM will be looking to introduce a regional arrest treaty. […]
The United States and Guyana are celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations and that milestone comes at the same time that the US is celebrating its 240th Independence Anniversary. At a reception on Wednesday evening, U.S Ambassador to Guyana Perry Hollaway offered advice on protecting Guyana’s own freedom and liberties of Independence. The U.S envoy said citizens […]
The Ministry of Social Protection is enforcing the point that for persons to be eligible for the Old Age pension, they must meet the residency and other requirements. “Old Age Pension is not an entitlement from employment, as in the case of Government Pension and National Insurance Scheme Pension, but rather Old Age Pension is […]
Fours Months after being slapped with 24 charges of stealing money from the government, the trial of former Minister of Public Service under the PPP, Jennifer Westford and her former Personnel Officer Margaret Cummings got underway in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. But within minutes of the commencement of the hearing, Magistrate Judy Latchman […]
A pregnant woman was on Wednesday sentenced to jail-time, days after she was busted with cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. The woman was found with the concealed in a sanitary napkin between her legs and in the handles of a straw bag. When she appeared in court this morning, 26-year-old Patrima Isaacs, also […]
(MOTP) President David Granger, on Tuesday, met with the President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, on the sidelines of the Thirty-seventh Regular Meeting of the Conference of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to discuss matters of mutual interest on the bilateral, regional and international agenda and his impending trip to Chile later […]
As Leaders of the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) prepare to wrap up their 37th Regular Meeting today in Guyana, the absence of women representation at the table is being called into focus. Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has expressed disappointment, saying that the absence of a female face as the Head of a CARICOM state tells a […]
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