Armed bandits rob overseas-based Guyanese at #73 Village
Two bandits armed with guns yesterday morning robbed an overseas-based Guyanese and her relatives in the Upper Corentyne Area.
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Two bandits armed with guns yesterday morning robbed an overseas-based Guyanese and her relatives in the Upper Corentyne Area.
Two unvaccinated men are the country’s latest COVID-19 fatalities. This was reported by the Ministry of Health in a press release yesterday which stated that the country’s total deaths as a result of the virus increased to 897.
Guyana’s draft Local Content Bill is currently being ‘fine-tuned’ and Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC says that it will be laid in Parliament before year-end as promised by government.
An East Bank Demerara (EBD) resident was taken into custody yesterday following the alleged discovery of more than $4.7M worth of cannabis in his motorcar.
A Region Two rice farmer is now counting millions in losses due to flooding of 50 acres of his rice cultivation by continuous rainfall.
The Justice Institute Guyana (JIG) has written the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) warning it that the Request for a Thematic Hearing set for today “contains a number of factual and legal errors with respect to Guyana including misrepresentations on the land rights of indigenous peoples in Guyana.”
Tenders were on Friday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the emergency reconstruction of the Eastern Highway Bridge in Region Four.
A man who was allegedly held by Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) ranks with 44.5 grammes of cannabis was yesterday charged and granted bail.
The Guyana Government is currently reviewing proposals on reforestation of 6000 acres of mined out lands, an activity that had its genesis after the removal of large swathes of mangroves earlier this year.
Rice lands in Dartmouth in Region Two are currently inundated as the region continues to experience high rainfall.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) today said that as October 24, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.
Lyng Street, Charlestown, vendor Carl Cameron, 48, was yesterday stabbed to death by a 30-year-old man.
In collaboration with the private sector, the Department of Education, Region Three on Friday recognised the top performers at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).
The National Commission on Disability (NCD) is issuing special identification cards which will enable its users to expedite services available from commercial banks, hospitals, post offices and other providers countrywide.
As the race for the leadership of the PNCR heats up ahead of the party’s December congress, current leader and former President, David Granger and current Chairman, Volda Lawrence are mum on contesting, although party insiders say neither will be contesting.
The lifeless body of a Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo shop owner was yesterday morning discovered bound and gagged and his home ransacked.
Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC yesterday said that the Guyana Government and Digicel have amicably resolved their issues and lawsuits that had been filed by both have been discontinued.
Three more civil society activists have objected to the EPA’s decision not to require an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for ExxonMobil’s offshore Kaieteur Block drilling programme and they also lambasted the government agency’s waiving of EIAs “for all manner of projects at an unprecedented level”.
The local affiliate of the Dutch offshore contractor and maritime services provider – Boskalis Guyana Inc – has pulled out of the race to build the new Demerara Harbour Bridge but has not given government a reason, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill says.
The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of October 23, 2021, one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died.
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