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The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS), through its Product Compliance Department, has seized and destroyed more than 11,500 pieces of substandard electrical fittings and equipment, as part of its continued effort to tackle the sale and distribution of substandard electrical fittings and equipment. In a press statement, the GNBS said the seized items include […]
The Guyana Tourism Authority has announced that the country continues to see an increase in visitor arrivals when compared to same period last year, crediting the development to the recently held T20 Cricket World Cup as well as the re-branding of several of the country’s tourism products. In its half-year sector update report, the Tourism […]
Investors and business executives from across the Caribbean region are in Guyana for the Caribbean Investment Forum, and they have been urged by President Irfaan Ali to seek out opportunities in Guyana. Addressing the opening of the 3rd Caribbean Investment Forum at the Authur Chung Convention Centre on Wednesday evening, the President encouraged the delegates […]
In response to a letter writer in one of the daily newspapers, the Guyana Elections Commission today made it clear that it has no authority to remove the Leader of The New Movement part, Dr. Asha Kissoon, from the National Assembly, although the Commission is still actively discussing her presence in the Assembly and the […]
Minster of Governance, Gail Teixeira, has stressed the need for public servants, especially high-ranking officials, to conduct their functions more diligently in order to promote good governance and effective management of the systems to ensure equitable access, fairness, and transparency in Guyana. Speaking at the opening of a round table discussion on ethical behaviour within […]
By Svetlana Marshall A Legal Conference on Criminal Justice Reform opened at the Mariott Hotel this morning with President Irfaan Ali highlighting the issue of “predictability” in the Justice System. At the conference, which has brought together legal luminaries from Guyana and the region, the President said there must be consistency in decisions handed down […]
An investigation has been launched by the Police as well as the Child Care and Protection Agency, after a 14-year-old boy lost his life by drowning on Tuesday afternoon at the National Aquatic Centre at Lilliendaal. The dead youth has been identified as Joel Adams, who lived at the Sophia Care Centre, which is managed […]
The Guyana Police Force has announced that it has dismantled a criminal network with the arrest of three Chinese nationals who it is suspected, were linked to gold smuggling and money laundering. In a statement last evening, the Police explained that the three were arrested during an inter-agency intelligence operation at a city hotel. According […]
Maintaining that ExxonMobil Guyana abides by the laws and regulations of the country, the President and CEO of the company, Alistair Routledge today ruled out any issue of there being a conflict of interest emerging from ExxonMobil’s relationship with the Hughes, Fields and Stoby Law Firm, now that one of the partners in that firm, […]
The first meeting of the new Constitutional Reform Commission took place today at the Commission of Inquiry Secretariat on Middle Street in Georgetown. At the meeting, Minister of Governance Gail Teixeira was voted in as the Vice Chairperson of the Commission, which has retired Chancellor, Justice Carl Singh as its Chairman. Teixeira was nominated by […]
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