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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 […]
A Durban Street taxi driver and a woman from A-Field Sophia have been taken into custody after more than 30 pounds of marijuana was found stashed in the car they were in. A Police statement said the two were held at a roadblock on the Mahaicony Public Road on Tuesday afternoon. The Police conducted a […]
Chairperson of the People’s National Congress Volda Lawrence was this morning charged with two counts of conspiracy to defraud, one day after she was questioned by the Police on issues pertaining to allegations of fraud at the March elections. Ms. Lawrence is accused of conspiring with the Region Four Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo to declare […]
An investment team from the United States led by the the US International Development Finance Corporation completed a visit to Guyana yesterday with hopes and plans to bring more investment to Guyana under the US Government’s Growth in the Americas Initiative. The agency was formed two years ago. The Development Finance Corporation is the development […]
The Cheddi Jagan International Airport welcomed its first schedule flight today as it reopened for regular operations under strict Coronavirus guidelines. An Eastern Airlines flight touched down this afternoon from Miami, bringing in 46 passengers. Two larger flights are expected tomorrow, one from the New York and the other from Toronto. All of the passengers […]
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