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Attorney General Anil Nandlall has filed a $4.1 million lawsuit against 28-year-old Norton Street, Georgetown resident, Troy Humphrey, seeking damages and compensation for the damage to a section of the Eccles “Jaguar” roundabout, that was caused when a car being driven by Humphrey slammed into the recently commissioned structure. The incident took place on the […]
The Ministry of Public Works has been working around the clock to complete emergency repairs to the section of the Providence Red Road which crumbled and bulged yesterday as the earth beneath the road shifted under the weight of more than 30,000 tonnes of stone that were being stored nearby by the same Ministry of […]
With the government moving ahead with hundreds of infrastructure and other development projects nationwide, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has admitted that it is becoming difficult to monitor the projects for corrupt activities. “There may be corruption because with thousands of new contracts now, it is hard to police,” the Vice President told reporters during a […]
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton today said that based on information he received from the ExxonMobil company during a recent meeting, the decision to slash the questionable expenses that were highlighted in an oil audit report, followed an agreement between the Government and the ExxonMobil company. While the Government has shifted all blame to the Head […]
While the Government has indicated that the Head of the Petroleum Unit will face disciplinary actions over the oil audit fiasco, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday shied away from offering details on the disciplinary actions that will be taken, instead directing all queries to the Permanent Secretary of the Natural Resources Ministry. The Petroleum […]
With no move by the Government to continue negotiations on the proposed salary increases for teachers, the Guyana Teachers’ Union has written to the Chief Labour Officer Dhaneshwar Deonarine, requesting that the process be moved to arbitration. The request follows an earlier request a few weeks back for conciliation talks to begin. Those talks were […]
The stockpile of over 30,000 tonnes of stone by the Ministry of Public Works near the Providence Red Road entrance shifted the earth beneath the road this afternoon, resulting in a massive bulge and the road bursting open in several sections at the entrance. Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill and several Government engineers rushed […]
The former Regional Education Officer (REDO) for Region 8, Annesta Douglas took the stand at the Mahdia School Dorm Commission of Inquiry today and admitted that she never read the fire inspection report on the Mahdia Secondary School Male and Female Dormitories, which was completed months before the deadly fire back in May. She told […]
A one-year-old child who went missing on Wednesday afternoon during a family outing at Top Side Paruima Falls in Region Seven was found dead late last night in the Kamarang River. Family members of the toddler, Romeil Delgado, launched an all night search after he went missing after being left in the care of a […]
CARICOM countries will be using the upcoming Guyana Agri- Investment Forum as a springboard to help stimulate the high food prices in the region as well as to seek out investment, according to Agriculture Ministrer, Zulfikar Mustapha. CARICOM members are seeking to reduce the region’s US$5 Billion food import bill by 25% by 2025. At […]
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