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A Major investigation is underway into the possible involvement of Customs and other security officers in the smuggling of raw gold out of the country. A number of businessmen who have an interest in the gold mining sector have been fingered in a multi million dollar gold smuggling ring. Most of them have businesses in […]
The Public Servants Staff College which was promised by President David Granger days after being elected, will become operational next month. The President has been lamenting the need for public sector reform to build what he envisions to be a neutral and professional public sector. In an invited comment on Wednesday, President Granger announced that the […]
The Guyana Government has been called upon yet again to put its money where its mouth is, as it convened a historic national conference to chart the way forward for a new gender and development policy. United Nations Resident Representative in Guyana, Ms. Khadija Musa gave the government a tap on the back for calling […]
(Weather.com) Tropical Storm Erika has brought deadly flooding and mudslides to parts of Dominica in the Lesser Antilles, washing out roadways and collapsing at least one building. The Associated Press said 4 people have been killed in the flooding and mudslides created by Erika’s torrential rain. A blind elderly man and two children were killed […]
While most of the country was fast asleep this morning, just after 3 o’ clock, the National Assembly passed the Budget following a marathon consideration of the budget estimates. Some amendments were made to ensure a number of agencies that have been removed from under government ministries, now have their own funding. On August 10, […]
The United States government through the local embassy and US security agencies, has been working close with Guyana’s Customs Anti Narcotics Unit and the Special Organised Crime Unit to step up the fight against money laundering, smuggling and drug trafficking which are all considered international crimes. News Source understands that the visas for at least […]
A visiting staff team delegation of the United States Congress is in Guyana and has been meeting with the political leaders. On Wednesday evening, the visiting delegation along with the Chargé d’ Affaires at the US Embassy Bryan Hunt and other embassy officials met with Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo and a PPP parliamentary team. The […]
The government is to move ahead with its election promise to upgrade and expand the existing maternity ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) with the approval of budgetary allocations in the National Assembly on Wednesday. A total of $59.3 million was approved on the capital side of expenditure for the GPHC through which […]
A Dynamic Airways flight from Georgetown, Guyana was forced to make an emergency landing in Puerto Rico on Tuesday evening after a male passenger became unruly and disruptive and reportedly made threats to the flight crew. According to one of the other passengers on the 767 Boeing aircraft, the man was noticed walking up and down […]
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo is upset with the front page of today’s edition of the Guyana Chronicle and believes the state-owned newspaper was not objective in its reporting of yesterday’s consideration of the budget estimates. The front page of the Tuesday August 25th edition of the Chronicle screamed “Govt. blunders on budget estimates…violates laws assented […]
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