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Following a meeting between the Guyana Press Association (GPA) and the management of state broadcaster National Communications Network (NCN), journalist Natasha Smith, who was reportedly pulled off air because of her pregnancy, has agreed to resume anchoring duties, while a call has been made for the agency’s board and the Office of the Prime Minister to look into its operations.
The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) employee, who granted access to the airport’s VIP lounge to a couple accused of plotting to traffic a large quantity of cocaine aboard a Fly Jamaica flight early last year, yesterday testified that he allowed them in although the documents they presented did not correspond with their flight details.
The Ministry of Legal Affairs (MLA) has levelled a series of allegations, including engaging in subterfuge, against the former Permanent Secretary (PS) Indira Anandjit, who has rejected them all while expressing disappointment at what she calls its latest attempt to smear her.
The two communities of Lethem and Tabatinga in Region Nine will soon be able to benefit from easier access to goods and services as the township is working towards the construction of a $60 million access bridge by the end of the year.
Devendra Singh, a GuySuCo Training Centre lecturer, was last Tuesday sentenced to four years in jail after he was found guilty of killing a pedal cyclist.
An Annandale tailor is presently nursing several stab wounds about his body after he was attacked by two young men at his home.
The Buxton man who was stabbed on Monday by his child’s mother and is currently in a stable condition in hospital, says it wasn’t the first time that the woman had attacked him and whenever he had reported the incidents to the police they would not take him seriously.
Several vendors who have for years plied their trade in the vicinity of the Bourda Market are today mourning the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars in produce after the city administration decided to stop all vending on Robb Street between Alexander and Bourda Streets.
The Ministry of Public Health is being threatened with litigation by a taxpayer if it does not cancel the controversial contract for rental of the Sussex Street bond, at a rate of $12.5M per month, for the storage of pharmaceuticals.
An America Street money-changer is now in critical condition after he was shot and robbed yesterday morning during an attack by a gunman, a short while after exiting a speedboat at the Georgetown stelling.
Parbhudyal Tarchand, the Albion man who was on trial for the second time at the High Court in Berbice for allegedly strangling his wife, was found not guilty on Thursday last by a jury.
Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall has said that he had previously told the government that using the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) to investigate matters outside of financial crimes may violate Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations but was ignored.
The trial of driver Ron Cole, who is charged with causing the death of traffic officer Nakosi ‘Kelvin’ La Fleur, who was struck down while on duty, continued on Monday with the testimony of the crime scene photographer.
The Ministry of Natural Resources, yesterday announced Government’s intention to establish an onshore oil and gas facility in Guyana to fully optimise opportunities for the country in the area of petroleum exploration and production.
In the aftermath of the freak storm at Blenheim, Leguan, the residents have been able to repair the damage done to their homes, except for one senior.
Billion-dollar bids were opened yesterday for the Design, Supply and Installation of Water Treatment Facilities and the Upgrade of Reticulation at Utivlugt, Diamond and Sheet Anchor.
The National Air Transport Association (NATA) has raised concerns over congestion at the Eugene F Correia International Airport, whose spokesman Kit Nascimento has called the claims “nonsense.”
The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) says it recently completed a year and a half of data gathering in wind measurement.
Minister of Public Health, Dr George Norton, over the weekend delivered drugs and other medical supplies to 15 health facilities which had reported drug shortages in the Moruca Sub-Region in Region One.
A porter was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in jail after he admitted to snatching a woman’s money out of her hands just as she exited a city ATM.
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