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On Saturday, Conservation International Guyana, with support from the Ministry of Natural Resources, concluded a three-day, three-village consultation that started in Parshaou and Hiowa and ended in Nappi Village, North Rupununi aimed at developing a management plan for the recently constructed Nappi Reservoir.
Two men have been taken into police custody following reports of a shooting at Farm Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara yesterday morning.
Volda Lawrence was minutes after midnight today declared the new Chairman of the PNCR.
PACARAIMA, Brazil, (Reuters) – Fearful Venezuelan immigrants lined up in smaller numbers to enter Brazil today at the only border crossing between the two countries one day after violent protests by Brazilian residents drove hundreds back across the frontier.
GuySuCo has not yet received any funds from the $17 billion that was secured by the Special Purpose Unit (SPU) since May to revamp its operations and as a result it cannot begin the implementation of any of its modernisation plans, newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer Dr.
Under pressure to comply with a court order requiring that he operationalise the Judicial Review Act, Attorney-General (AG) Basil Williams SC has issued a commencement order to bring the legislation into force, albeit at the beginning of next year.
The proposed Indigenous Peoples-based political party is slated to be launch-ed on September 28th to cap off Indigenous Heritage Month, former Vice-Chairman of the National Toshaos Council Lenox Shuman has revealed.
If teachers from across the country proceed with a planned strike next week, they will do so with the support of this year’s top students at both the Carib-bean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Pro-ficiency Examination (CAPE).
With the legality of the award of the contract for a feasibility study and design for a new bridge across the mouth of the Demerara River now under scrutiny, a former member says it cannot be legally binding as the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DBHC) board never approved the project and the funding was not approved by Parliament, even as Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson maintains that all decisions taken were above board.
A Surinamese national was yesterday morning nabbed at the No.78 Foreshore, Corentyne, Berbice, after a search unearthed a quantity of cocaine and ecstasy among her possessions.
Pulmonary edema has been given as the cause of death of Yogeeta Persaud, the one-time top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) student, who collapsed and died in Peru last Sunday while on a medical outreach.
The request made by opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira for a comprehensive investigation of the award of a contract to Dutch firm LievenseCSO for a feasibility study for a new bridge over the Demerara River is engaging the police’s attention, the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) says.
The Executive Chairman of the Canadian oil and gas exploration company, CGX Energy, Suresh Narine yesterday stated, that some eight to ten international studies have shown that Crab Island, located on the bank of the Berbice River, is the most strategic location for a deep water port and the company is embarking on major works there.
A Court of Appeal decision delivered last month has upheld a High Court ruling that the present occupant of the building housing the popular Shanta’s Restaurant has no legal authority to do so.
A 26-year-old miner died on Friday shortly after he was struck to his head while working in a mining pit at Apanda Mines in Kamarang, Region Seven.
Joint Services ranks conducted a raid yesterday morning at the New Amsterdam Prison, where they discovered illegal items, including phones and improvised weapons.
The Georgetown City Council has agreed to offer a one-day amnesty on interest on property rates as part of its observation of the city’s 175th anniversary this week.
City Councillor Malcolm Ferreira will not be seeking re-election at the upcoming local government polls.
“When people ask me what I do, I tell them I sell dreams,” says Canadian-born Guyanese architect Mikhail Ahmad, “because that’s really what I used to do.
Renata Chuck-A-Sang is passionate about her country and she is concerned that the systems that are there to move Guyana forward are failing but she wants to contribute where she can even if it is just to speak up when things go wrong and take responsibility as a citizen for her part in the country’s growth.
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