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Guyanese youths are being encouraged to get more involved in science and technology, especially robotics. That encouragement came from First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, who attended the Second Annual Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Robotics Exhibition on Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The event was hosted by STEM Guyana in collaboration with […]
It was a busy week in the maternity ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital as Doctors and Nurses joined parents in welcoming the births of one set of triplets and three sets of twins in the same week. Twenty-six-year-old Mandisa McKinnon is now the proud mother of three boys, all born on Friday, July 6. […]
A 19-year-old woman is among four persons currently in custody following the break up of a cocaine pellet swallowing ring by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit. The young woman was busted on Friday evening at the Cheddi Jagan Airport while she was preparing to board a New York bound flight. She was questioned and taken […]
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has announced that Sunday July 8, 2018 is the final day for persons to register and make claims and objections. As such, the elections regulatory body is urging all Guyanese who are still to register or make claims or objections to do so before this date. According to GECOM, these […]
Local content in the emerging oil industry took centre stage during a parliamentary engagement with US oil giant, ExxonMobil and the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Natural Resources on Friday. Grilled on its commitment to local content, Exxon’s Country Manager Rod Henson, told the Committee that he believes there were misalignment expectations for local content in Guyana […]
The ExxonMobil company today expressed strong objections to claims by at least one Opposition Member of Parliament in Guyana that the US Oil Company was funding a political initiative of the Government that has not been approved by the National Assembly. During the Company’s appearance before the Parliamentary Sectoral Natural Resources Committee, PPP MP Pauline Sukhai […]
Laws which impose a judicial sentence for the possession of small quantities of marijuana could soon be struck down, President David Granger has announced. The President made this announcement on Thursday on the sidelines of the 39th meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government (HOG) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Montego Bay, Jamaica. […]
The cosmetologist who was busted at the Cheddi Jagan Airport with a packet of cocaine stashed in her vagina and cocaine pellets in her stomach appeared in Court today and was sentenced to three years in jail after pleading guilty to the cocaine trafficking charge. 37-year-old, Natasha Blair of Grove, East Bank Demerara, appeared before […]
Two weeks after a 12-member jury found Delon Henry aka Nasty Man guilty of murdering footballer Dexter Griffith, the Judge in the case handed down a 51 year jail sentence today. The murder took place in 2015. “Nasty Man”, who has also been fingered in a number of other crimes, waved to persons outside the […]
Cabinet has approved the second tranche of severance pay for retrenched sugar workers, in keeping with its promise to do so within a specified timeframe, according to State Minister, Joe Harmon. He made the announcement during his Post Cabinet briefing on today and said the payments will commence soon. Mr. Harmon explained that efforts to have several […]
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