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Former Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson and former General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge, Rawlston Adams appeared in Court this morning to face fraud conspiracy charges related to a contract for a feasibility study for the new Demerara Bridge that was signed more than three years ago. Both Patterson and Adams were granted […]
Two Guyanese registered fishing vessels and their crew have been detained by the Venezuelan Navy after being seized offshore Guyana within Guyana’s Exclusive Economic Zone. The Government of Guyana is looking for answers and wants the vessels and their crew released by Venezuela. The interception and detention of the fishing vessels, Lady Nayera and Sea […]
Most of the squatters who occupied lands at South Success on the East Coast of Demerara have left, leaving behind uninhabited shacks. However, there are still persons who have found alternatives ways to stay even though portions of the lands are inundated. Those persons who continue to occupy the lands after it was flooded, sought […]
More than three years after a probe was conducted into the awarding of a contract for a feasibility study for the new Demerara bridge, the Guyana Police Force through the Special Organised Crime Unit has filed a criminal charge against former Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson. According to Police sources, Mr. Patterson is expected […]
The Ministry of Health has sent several samples taken from Guyanese to the Caribbean Public Health Agency for testing for the new Coronavirus variants. Guyana has not recorded any case of any of the new variants, but Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and neighbouring Brazil have all reported the presence of the faster spreading variant in […]
In a financial year that was mostly ravaged by the Coronavirus pandemic, local conglomerate Banks DIH Limited has still been able to record hefty profits. In the 2020 annual report of the Company, BANKS DIH Chairman and Managing Director Clifford Reis, reveals that the company saw an increase in its after-tax profit by $747 million […]
Following revelations that as Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson accepted birthday and other gifts from agencies under his purview, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill wants him to step down as Chairman of the powerful Public Accounts Committee in the National Assembly. Edghill has indicated that based on documents and receipts, during his time […]
The Liberty and Justice Party has disowned one of its own regional candidates and according to LJP Leader, Lenox Shuman, the party no longer has confidence in the candidate, Jimmy James. James’ served as the regional candidate for the party in the last elections and was submitted by the party as its representative for the […]
Guyana continues to rank high among the countries in the Americas most affected by cervical cancer. While figures for the last two reporting years are not immediately available, in 2018 there was an age-standardized incidence rate of 32.7 per 100,000 women. Between 2013 and 2017, cervical cancer was listed as the second most frequently-diagnosed cancer […]
Guyana today surpassed 7000 recorded cases of coronavirus since the first case was recorded in the country last March. Based on the latest information coming out of the Ministry of Health, 65 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours. Those new cases take the number of active cases in the country to 543 […]
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