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Noting that this year’s budget allocates resources for the ongoing partnership with the Mount Sinai Hospital of the United States in the area of oncology, Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, today said there is now a programme that offers strong support to oncology and he is hoping that more men and women will get […]
The privately owned Stabroek News has announced that it is closing its doors and will cease printing in mid-March. After being in operation for more than 39 years as an independent newspaper, Stabroek News announced today that it will cease printing from March 15th this year and begin the process of voluntary liquidation. In a […]
By Svetlana Marshall Director of the Critchlow Labour College, Lincoln Lewis threatened to bulldoze the fence of the College building in Woolford Avenue this morning to gain access to the premises, which he said has been seized by Dr Stanley Paul of the University of Excellence and Business Administration. Paul rented a section of the […]
Drug Enforcement agents in Beligum and Colombia have informed their counterparts in Guyana about the discovery of two container shipments from Guyana that were nabbed with cocaine in those two countries. One of the shipments contained rice, while the other contained chemicals. In a statement this afternoon, Guyana’s Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit said while the shipments […]
Some 225 small and medium scale miners are set to benefit from 50 acres of mining lands each, Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat has announced. Appearing before the Parliamentary Committee of Supply on Wednesday, Minister Bharrat said 100 small miners were allocated lands at Issano in Region 7, where Troy Resources closed its operations. […]
As the Special Organised Crime Unit of the Guyana Police Force continues its probe of suspected illegal cambio operations at the Mohamed’s Enterprise building on Lombard Street, an additional undercover video recording of a transaction between an unidentified person and a worker at the Mohamed’s building was released this morning. In the video recording, which […]
In a statement late on Wednesday night, the Guyana Police Force indicated that charges will be laid shortly following an operation at the Lombard Street, Georgetown location of Mohamed’s Enterprises, a business place owned by sanctioned businessmen, Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed. The Police said the Special Organised Crime Unit conducted a targeted joint law enforcement […]
Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill today disclosed that the Government of Guyana is finalizing an agreement for the complete acquisition of the Berbice River Bridge. The Minister made the disclosure this afternoon as the Parliamentary Committee of Supply considered the $227.2 Billion budgeted for the Ministry of Public Works. “I can indicate to you […]
Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken today said notwithstanding the achievements made by the Guyana Police Force, an analysis of the Force’s performance has revealed that the pace of police investigation remains low in some areas. Commissioner Hicken made the disclosure while addressing the opening of the Annual Police Officers’ Conference. “We must also acknowledge that […]
Opposition Leader and sanctioned businessman, Azruddin Mohamed, lashed out at the Government and the Special Organised Crime Unit of the Guyana Police Force as Police Officers executed a search warrant at his Lombard Street business place this midday. Three persons who reportedly work at the location were taken into custody and an undisclosed quantity of […]
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