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Seated from left to right, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr. Karen Boyle, Junior Public Health Minister, Dr. Karen Cummings, Senior Minister Volda Lawrence, Registrar of the General Nurses Council of Guyana Donette Kellman, and Chairperson of the Council Linda Johnson, flanked by other members of the newly installed board of the General Nurses Council of Guyana. (Department of Public Information Photo)
Seated from left to right, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr. Karen Boyle, Junior Public Health Minister, Dr. Karen Cummings, Senior Minister Volda Lawrence, Registrar of the General Nurses Council of Guyana Donette Kellman, and Chairperson of the Council Linda Johnson, flanked by other members of the newly installed board of the General Nurses Council of Guyana. (Department of Public Information Photo)

Breathe new life into Nurses Council of Guyana

The new board of the General Nurses Council of Guyana has been encouraged to “breathe new life into the council,” by Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence who welcomed the new body during yesterday’s installation ceremony.

The White Castle Fish Shop building, located at the corner of Hadfield and John streets, Werk-en-Rust.
The White Castle Fish Shop building, located at the corner of Hadfield and John streets, Werk-en-Rust.

Woman charged with setting fire to White Castle Fish Shop

The common law wife of Jermaine Langevine, proprietor of White Castle Fish Shop, which was gutted by fire in April, was this morning charged with arson and granted bail.

Winston Brassington Ashni Singh
Winston Brassington Ashni Singh

Brassington, Singh being questioned on more land sales

Former Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh and former Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington are currently at the headquarters of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) being questioned.

Winston Brassington (right) and Ashni Singh, shackled at the hands on their way to the court lockups.

Political victimisation -Singh, Brassington charge

Denying any wrongdoings while they were in office, former Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh and former Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington yesterday charged that they were victims of political victimisation.

APNU and AFC in preliminary meeting on local gov’t polls

The Alliance For Change and A Partnership for National Unity – the governing coalition partners – on Monday held an ice-breaking meeting and are set to begin substantive talks this weekend that will determine if they will contest local government elections together.

Ministry of Public infrastructure website hacked

Anyone attempting to access the Ministry of Public Infrastructure website last evening was greeted by a message declaring the space owned by Egyptian Hackers, a development which has crystalized a fear expressed by local technological experts that Government’s Cyber security is not up to par.

[Video] Singh, Brassington placed on $6m bail each

Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh and former Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited, Winston Brassington were yesterday granted a total of $6m bail each after being read three counts of misconduct in public office when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s court.

The seized chicken and mosquito coils (GRA photo)

GRA sting yields chicken, mosquito coils

On May 2, 2018, following another sting operation on the Atlantic Ocean, Officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) intercepted a Motor Vessel containing hundreds of boxes of foreign chicken and mosquito coils.

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