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The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on Saturday commissioned several new body and baggage scanners. The new security equipment carries a cost of $400 million. During the commissioning ceremony, Public Works Minister, Juan Edghill said the new scanners are expected to boost the efforts to fight the trafficking of drugs and other illegal items through […]
The Alliance For Change (AFC) which is part of the APNU+AFC Coalition has issued a call for a full Police investigation of the fuel import scandal that has rocked the state-owned oil company, GUYOIL. Last Wednesday, President Irfaan Ali announced that a Board Director and the Finance Director of the company were removed for their […]
For the third day this week, Guyana recorded more than 100 new cases of Coronavirus within a 24-hour period. The Ministry of Health reported this afternoon that 177 new cases of the virus were recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of active cases in the country to more than 1700. Another […]
The Guyana Police this morning revealed that it was the 15-year-old sister of the missing Linden woman who led investigators to the buried body after explaining to them how her sister was killed. According to the Police, the sister of the dead woman Shonnette Dover, during an on-camera interview in the presence of social workers, […]
The body of the 21-year-old Linden woman who went missing three weeks ago has been found buried in a shallow grave in her boyfriend’s backyard in Canvas City Linden. The young woman, Shonette Dover was last seen alive on the 3rd April when she reportedly left home for work. Her workplace however said she never […]
A Soesdyke man was today found guilty of bigamy and fined $100,000. If he fails to pay the fine, he will face 12 months in jail. The 35-year-old man, Michael Taylor, was charged for marrying one woman last year, while he was still married to another woman. It was in May last year that the […]
As the number of new Coronavirus cases across the country continues to climb and concern mounting in some communities about the low vaccination rate, the Ministry of Education has decided to keep schools closed for in-person learning. Education Minister Priya Manickchand today said in-person classes will only take place for those students preparing for the […]
While hinting that it may not be able to meet the demands of the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employee (NAACIE) in relation to salary increases for its workers, the Guyana Power and Light Inc, (GPL) has stated that it is committed to resolving the issue but wants the Union to act reasonably. […]
In the aftermath of last evening’s devastating fire which completely gutted the Sharon’s Mall building on King Street, the Home Affairs Ministry is reminding building owners of the need and the importance of having sprinklers and other fire prevention equipment installed at their buildings especially high-rise buildings. In a statement, the Home Affairs Ministry also […]
Hundreds of millions of dollars in losses went up in flames on Wednesday evening as fire gutted the Sharon’s Mall on King and Charlotte Streets. A number of small businesses and law offices were housed in the building and all were destroyed. The Fire Service was first summoned to the four-story complex just after 5pm […]
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