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Mayor of Georgetown Alfred Mentore met today with close to one hundred workers from the Solid Waste and General Workers’ Departments of the City Council, who are at risk of retiring without their pension or any other benefit. The workers said they were told that they could face the hurdle because they are not on […]
The Government of Guyana has signed a US$45 Million agreement with the World Bank for the Coastal Adaptation and Resilience Project, which seeks to ramp up efforts to strengthen the country’s flood adaptation and resilience. The project will see the rehabilitation or complete replacement of more than 45 kokers/sluices across Guyana to enhance flood risk […]
Former Chairman of the Police Service Commission and Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police, Paul Slowe, has indicated that the allegations of corruption that have been leveled against some members of the top brass of the Guyana Police Force, (GPF) has no precedence, and therefore should be properly investigated. Slowe said the public image of the […]
By Svetlana Marshall A National Judges’ Forum on HIV, Human Rights and the Law opened today at the Guyana Marriott Hotel with judicial officers being urged to protect the rights of people living with HIV. Addressing the forum organized by the Judicial Education Institute of Guyana in partnership with the Judicial Education Institute of Trinidad […]
The two senior members of the Guyana Defence Force who were arrested last week after they were allegedly found in possession of 154 pounds of marijuana in their military vehicle, were charged and remanded to jail on Monday. The two non-commissioned officers, Staff Sergeant Adisa Higgins and Sergeant Colvis Sam appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce […]
City garbage collection contractor, Guyana Waste Solutions (GWS) is at risk of having at least one of its five waste disposal contracts with the Georgetown City Council terminated, as piles of garbage continue to buildup in the commercial zone, and other areas of the city due to the company’s repeated failure to meet its contractual […]
An 18-year-old medical technologist lost her life tragically this morning in an accident along the Kiltairn Public Road in Corentyne, Berbice. The young woman, Bibi Aleah Ali, was the passenger in the car that was being driven by her 24-year-old boyfriend, Niraz Sukdeo. The Police said the car was proceeding along the road at a […]
Opposition political parties, the People’s National Congress and the Alliance For Change, are calling for an investigation to be conducted into $397 Million Pariuma Airstrip project in Region Seven. The newly rehabilitated airstrip was completed just over three months ago, but there have been a number of incidents of airplanes becoming stuck in the bitumen […]
ExxonMobil Guyana Limited, has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for an environmental authorization to undertake its seventh project offshore Guyana at its Hammerhead location. The proposed hammerhead project will be implemented in multiple stages, which include, drillings and completions, mobilizations and installation of subsea equipment, installing of facilities for Floating Production, Storage and […]
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry has issued a call for an independent probe into allegations of corruption and financial impropriety within the Guyana Police Force. In a statement this afternoon, the GCCI said it has grown increasingly concerned over recent revelations of the high level of corruption and financial impropriety within the Police […]
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