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The National Data Management Authority (NDMA), today announced that it has initiated a comprehensive review of access controls, audit mechanisms, and system governance protocols to strengthen existing safeguards across all digital platforms in light of a recent breach of the Tint Waiver Application System. In a statement, the Data Management Authority confirmed that two of […]
Prime Minister Mark Phillips has issued the commencement order for the Government’s Digital ID- Card Act, effective yesterday. In a video broadcast, the Prime Minister said the commencement order marks a significant step in modernising Government services in Guyana. He explained that while the enrollment process focuses on specific and relevant data already held within […]
Several automotive and tint applications shops in the city were packed today as the new tint regulations took effect, allowing all vehicles to carry a specific level of tint on the windows and back windscreen. The regulations do not allow for any front windscreen tint, even with a tint waiver permit. Appearing on the New […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall has indicated that in addition to the more than 50 city streets that the Government has taken over from the Georgetown City Council, it will also be moving to take over empty spaces in the city, as it seeks to rectify what he called “grave incompetence” from City Hall. Speaking during […]
More than 40 persons, mostly Cuban nationals, have been left homeless after a fire ripped through a three-story apartment building in Fifth Street, Alberttown on Tuesday evening. The Guyana Fire Service was alerted to the blaze just before 7pm and responded with multiple fire tenders. The mostly wooden building was completely engulfed in flames when […]
The Guyana Hydromet Service is warning that over the next three days heavy rainfall is expected across Guyana with the potential for significant flooding in a number of communities, especially low-lying and flood prone areas. The advisory is expected to remain in place until Friday night. In a statement last evening, the Civil Defence Commission […]
The National Defence Institute has launched a Certificate in Defence Studies Programme. The 16-week long programme, is already in its 10th week, and has brought together 14 members from the Joint Services to undergo extensive training in Defence Security and Development Research. The programme is intended to foster innovation, and is expected to also help […]
Two employees of the National Data Management Authority have been dismissed after it was discovered that they had breached the online tint waiver application process and fraudulently used the signature of the Minister of Home Affairs to grant tint waiver permits to themselves and at least one other person. Minister of Home Affairs Oneidge Walrond […]
Nine months after he was sanctioned by the United States Government, Senior Superintendent of Police, Himnauth Sawh, remains on administrative leave as the investigation into his alleged involvement in an international drug ring continues, Minister of Home Affairs, Oneidge Walrond has disclosed. Sawh was among four Guyanese sanctioned by the US Treasury Department in June […]
U.S Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot, has indicated Guyana’s acceptance of third country deportees and refugees from the United States is still on the cards, explaining that there are benefits to derive from such an arrangement. Appearing on the SOURCES programme on Sunday, Ambassador Theriot said the U.S is still in discussion with Guyana and […]
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