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Narcotics Police Detectives in Jamaica are working along with Guyana Customs Anti Narcotics Unit and the Customs Department of the Guyana Revenue Authority, to investigate the discovery of over 100 pounds of cocaine in a container that was shipped to Jamaica from Guyana. Police investigators in Jamaica are reporting that the cocaine was discovered in […]
The Labour, Occupational, Safety and Health Department of the Ministry of Social Protection is making moves to educate City employers more about the country’s labour laws, their obligations and the rights of their employees. On Wednesday, the Department hosted a seminar for several businesses and companies. It featured presentations on the importance of record keeping, the […]
As pregnant NCN News Anchor, Natasha Smith, returns to the airwaves of the state broadcaster on Wednesday evening, President David Granger has made it clear that women going through a pregnancy should not be treated as if it is something strange. Smith had been removed from the anchor’s chair as her baby bump started to […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched a probe into reports that recently appointed Guyana Ambassador to Kuwait, Dr. Shamir Ally, may have been convicted in the United States in 2003 for the dissemination of false financial information by the Acrodyne Communications, Inc. (“Acrodyne”) in press releases and Commission filings in 1998, 1999 and 2000. […]
The Guyana Forestry Commission has announced that it will be moving to repossess concessions currently being held by the Chinese company, Baishanlin International Forest Development Inc. (BIFDI). In a statement on Tuesday night, the Forestry Commission said the decision came after the company failed to deliver on agreed actions to introduce investors to the Commission and […]
The Private Sector Commission on Tuesday issued a call on the Government, “to move swiftly to address the establishment and operationalisation of those institutions that mitigate perceptions of corruption and the furtherance of the evolution of a truly democratic society.” The PSC said it wants to see the Public Procurement Commission and the Integrity Commission […]
Following a meeting with the Chief Executive Officer of the National Communications Network, the Guyana Press Association has now issued a call for the Chairman of NCN and the Office of the Prime Minister to intervene and look into the operations of the state-owned radio and television network. At the end of the meeting, the […]
Members of the media through the Guyana Press Association joined women rights activists in a protest outside the state-owned National Communications Network on Tuesday midday. The protest came just hours before a schedule meeting between the GPA Executive and the Chief Executive Officer of NCN over the network’s decision to suspend a sports editor without […]
The nephew of the Cummings Lodge woman who was found murdered in her house on Sunday night has reportedly confessed to the crime and is expected to face murder charges this week. Police investigators nabbed the young man as evidence linked him to the murder scene. During police questioning, he reportedly confessed to murdering the […]
The Guyana Press Association is expected to meet on Tuesday with the Chief Executive Officer of the state-owned National Communications Network over recent developments at the network involving two female journalists. The Association is expected to seek a clear explanation from the CEO about the suspension of Sports Editor, Jocelle Archibald and the removal of […]
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