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The Public Relations Officer at the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission, Royden James was this morning fired with immediate effect with the Commission declaring that his position has been made redundant with a restructuring plan that is taking place. The Assistant to the Public Relations Officer was also dismissed, thereby disbanding the entire public relations […]
A 46-year-old woman from here in Region Four became the country’s latest COVID-19 fatality when she passed away late yesterday. The woman’s death has taken Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll to 107. In its dashboard report, the Ministry of Health today reported 31 new cases. The total number of active cases now stands at 975 with […]
The Guyana Sugar Corporation continued the flooding of its lands at Success on the East Coast of Demerara this morning in its efforts to force squatters off. Despite many of the squatters pleading with the state-owned company, thousands of gallons of water was released on the lands this morning to destroy the small shacks that […]
Lead Counsel for the APNU+AFC in the election petition cases and Opposition Member of Parliament, Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde believes the two election petition cases which have been filed could be completed within months. During a virtual press conference this morning, Mr. Forde explained that the two petitions which have been filed by supporters of […]
Three illegal mining tunnels were discovered and destroyed during a joint operation by the Guyana Defence Force, the Police and the Geology and Mines Commission in the South Rupununi region. In a statement, the Guyana Defence Force said the massive mining operation was discovered in the New River Basin area, which is about 50 miles […]
The Georgetown City Council moved in on vendors at the Stabroek Market this afternoon and unearthed hundreds of expired food items being sold. The items were seized and dumped by the City Council that had one of its garbage trucks parked nearby during the exercise. Some of the canned and bottled food items carried expiring […]
The government has terminated the services of Attorney and former Magistrate, Dawn Holder-Cush, as Director of the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission. She was appointed to head the body in 2015. Today she received a letter from the new Chairperson of the Commission, Dhanwanti Sukhdeo, who explained that her services were being terminated by the […]
Citing lack of consultation on key decisions in the party, longtime member of the People’s National Congress Reform, Basil Blackman, has tendered his resignation from the Central Executive Committee of the party. In his resignation letter to the party’s General Secretary, Amna Ali, Mr. Blackman said his decision to resign was done with a heavy […]
The Guyana Public Service Union has renewed its call for all health workers to be classified as frontline workers and therefore be eligible for risk allowances and other benefits. The Union’s position has been bolstered by health care workers in Regions 3, 5, 6 and 10 and at the Georgetown Public Hospital who share the […]
The Guyana Police Force is seeking at least four suspects who it believes are responsible for a daring armed robbery at the Eugo Supermarket in Melanie on the East Coast of Demerara last evening. After attacking the owner of the business, the armed men carted off $1.4 million in cash, the surveillance video recorder, and […]
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