The Sectoral Committee on Natural Resources will not pursue disciplinary measures against Natural Resources Minister Robert Persaud over his neglect to reveal the granting of a permit to Muri Brasil Ventures Inc for surveying in the New River Triangle area.
Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett has ordered a full investigation of the Guyana Consulate in Boa Vista, Brazil after receiving a letter citing various irregularities involving property and assets.
A jury was yesterday empanelled before Justice Franklyn Holder to preside over the murder trial of Satnarine Jaikarran along with his two nephews Neville and Randy Crawford.
A batch of 30 health care workers who completed six weeks of training in basic Information Technology, graduated on Wednesday at a ceremony held at the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre.
Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA), retired chancellor of the judiciary Cecil Kennard says he should be finished with the file on the Colwyn Harding baton sodomy matter by tomorrow the latest.
A Linden miner, facing a simple larceny charge for a second time, was remanded to prison when he appeared in the city courts yesterday on a charge that he stole a motorcycle.
Dunston La Fleur, who was shot by a Rural Constable during what is suspected to have been the attempted robbery of an Annandale, East Coast Demerara home last month, is slowly recovery at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
Public Works Minister Robeson Benn says that he expects permanent sea defence works at Mosquito Hall, East Coast Demerara to commence in early March, even as residents continue to feel threatened by the sea.
Government assets worth $890,449 were stolen from the National School of Dance as a result of the neglect of guards from Strategic Action Security Service.
Guyana opened its first diplomatic mission on the African continent after a 23-year absence, with Ambassador Barbara Haley being appointed acting High Commissioner in Pretoria, South Africa.
Donna Taylor, who was found dead on Friday night with her throat slit and her hands tied behind her back in her yard at Agricola, died of shock and haemorrhage from multiple injuries.
With three convictions already behind him, Mark Singh yesterday earned himself a fourth stint in prison after pleading guilty to threatening to kill his wife.
The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) has announced to the Guyanese public and the Muslim community that the month of Rabbi-uth-Thani 1435 AH started last Saturday February 1, 2014.
Executives of Earthmoving Company LUNA N.V. Of Suriname met today with the Natural Resources and the Environment Minister, Robert Persaud to discuss opportunities within the gold mining and bauxite sectors.
At about 0730h today, police say that the decomposing bodies of fishermen Sahadeo Bhagwandat, 47 years, and Ramdeo Sijogie, 46 years, both of Meten-Meer-Zorg, WCD, were found in a canal at De Kenderen, WCD.
The Ministry of Health should revisit the evaluation criteria set out in new prequalification documents in consultation with all potential suppliers of pharmaceuticals, former Auditor-General Anand Goolsarran says.
Construction is underway at the Memorial Gardens and Crematorium at the Le Repentir Cemetery in the city after the Environmental Protection Agency determined that no Environmental Impact Assessment was required.
During investigations into an armed robbery committed on Devanand Ramdial on January 31, 2014, at his residence at South Amelia’s Ward, Linden, the police arrested six men between Saturday and yesterday, a release from the police said.