Guyana Manganese Inc. (GMI), which is currently mining in Region One, is scheduled to begin exporting shipments by March this year, Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh announced on Wednesday.
The Attorney General’s Chambers has received the first shipment of copies of the completed Consoli-dated Index of Statutes and Subsidiary Legislation updated to 1st January 2021.
The Guyana Police Force earlier this week arrested a man with suitcase filled with cannabis after the minibus he was travelling in was stopped at the Weldaad Public Road, in Region Five.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – A teary-eyed Rafa Nadal felt his tennis career was “alive” again after yesterday’s victory over Italian Matteo Berrettini took him to the Australian Open final and left him one win away from a men’s record 21st Grand Slam title.
The Guyana Police Force, led by Commissioner (ag) Nigel Hoppie, today met with security experts from ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited at the Commissioner’s conference room where a range of security issues were raised and discussed.
A policeman died last evening in an accident at the Mocha Access Road, East Bank Demerara, according to the Commander of ‘C’ Division, Mahendra Sewnarine.
Acknowledging that the authorities are still “wrestling” to find the best approaches to reform the prison system, Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn yesterday said that the overall aim is to improve the living conditions in the country’s prison facilities.
Ranks from the Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) are investigating the death of a young construction worker who yesterday succumbed while at the Infectious Diseases Hospital after having been stabbed by his stepfather.
To further its target of providing 50,000 house lots by 2025, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic government has allocated $12.4 billion for the further development of the sector, according to Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh.
The government has announced that it will be increasing the number of Community Service Officers (CSOs) under the Youth Entrepreneurship and Apprenticeship Programme (YEAP) in Amer-indian communities by 500, taking the total to 2,500.
The services of the Guyana Marketing Corporation, which offers a market place for local agro processing businesses, will be decentralised with the planned creation of new shops across four regions, according to Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh.
With the aim of creating 1,500 jobs by 2023, government will be investing in the construction of two buildings to house call centres, Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh announced on Wednesday.
A man accused of raping a woman he befriended on Facebook and who later went to his house to cook for him, was yesterday acquitted following the conclusion of his trial at the Georgetown Sexual Offences Court.