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The Human Services Ministry is to construct a shelter to house victims of human trafficking as the government intensifies efforts to combat the illicit trade, the Government Information Agency (GINA) has reported.
The University of Guyana (UG) Council terminated the contracts of Bursar John Seeram and Chief Accountant Hazel Bentick on a recommendation given by Vice Chancellor Jacob Opadeyi, says University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) President Patsy Francis.
As if 10-year-old Nandesh Nardeo had not suffered enough at age one when he was burnt with a steel wool, he recently lost sight in one eye when he was injured with a fishing hook.
Guyanese Dereck Anthony Springer has been appointed Director of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP).
An 88-year-old woman was yesterday tied up and robbed by a man wielding a toy gun at her Strathspey, East Coast Demerara home.
The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is installing 5000 new meters and service connection upgrades in Berbice from today, as it expands its metering programme.
A taxi driver yesterday denied charges that he assaulted another driver with whom he was involved in an accident.
Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc., (BGGI) and the Hururu village council, Region 10 yesterday signed a new lease pact and a Memorandum of Amendment to the existing mining agreement between the two sides.
The Ministry of Health yesterday unveiled the National Plan for Infection Prevention and Control 2012-2016 and the Infection Control Manual.
Police were yesterday still seeking a businessman in connection with the Tuesday night gunning down of biker Kirk Davis at Eccles.
A jury was yesterday empanelled to preside over the trial of Orpheus Johnson, who is accused of killing a Kaneville, East Bank Deme-rara (EBD), resident in 2009.
The students of the L’ Aventure Secondary School, at Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara which was partly destroyed by fire on Wednesday, will be relocated to a building in the area, according to the headmistress Althea Daniels-Stuart.
A man considered the prime suspect in the murder of elderly Robb Street pharmacist Harold Rachpaul was recently captured after being on the run for two years, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud has confirmed.
A man was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with breaking and entering the home of another man and stealing three laptop computers.
A woman was yesterday arraigned at court on charges of threatening and abusing her sister.
This year’s GuyExpo expects 85 international exhibitors, some 50 more than last year.
Zimeena Azealia Rasheed and Yogeeta Persaud, both of the Anna Regina Secondary School, Region Two, were rewarded with all-expenses paid trips to Kaieteur Falls for being the country’s top perforers at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.
A study done in 2011 of hydrology studies over the years concluded that the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project would have year-round river flow to enable it to produce at least 884 gigawatt hours annually even in periods of low rain and hence low river flow volumes.
Guyana has marginally improved its ranking on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Competitiveness Index, rising from a ranking of 109 out of 144 countries in last year’s report to 102 out of 148 countries in the current report.
Call centre company, Qualfon, yesterday embarked on a massive expansion of its business here which will see US$4M ($800M) spent in the first phase on a complex at Providence with a promise of 6,000 new jobs in about three years.
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