Over 250 exhibitors were facilitated at the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s “We Lift 4” women-owned business exhibition at the National Aquatic Centre on Saturday and yesterday.
Kevin Mohamed, called ‘Pumpkin’, a 28-year-old farmer of Good Hope, East Coast Demerara was charged on Thursday with the possession of a firearm and ammunition without licence.
After recently expressing disappointment at the Speaker of the National Assembly for not approving funds for members of the Economics Services Committee to conduct outreaches in alignment with their duties, Committee chair Shurwayne Holder has said that he will re-engage Manzoor Nadir on this subject.
The 115 Defiant monohull patrol vessel, designed and built by US company Metal Shark, has arrived in Guyana to join the Guyana Defence Force’s fleet, a release from the Office of the President said.
-following court ruling
Now that the court has ruled that the strike launched by the GTU for collective bargaining was legal and justified, General Secretary Coretta McDonald said that the union will now re-engage the Ministry of Education to discuss the way forward.
-wants restructuring of NPTAB
The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Friday called for the resignation of the government nominees on the procurement commission over their failure to sanction a pump station contract to Tepui Inc and it also called for a restructuring of the national tender board.
The Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) says it yesterday performed the first successful Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI), also known as Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), in Guyana.
The Opposition APNU+AFC considers as a significant reaffirmation of workers’ rights, the ruling on Friday by High Court Judge Sandil Kissoon that the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) led strike was legal.
By Mia Anthony
The recent deaths of children in Berbice have brought back harrowing memories for a West Demerara family whose five-year-old daughter died last September
Umawattie Gonace, mother of five-year old, Jai-devi Gurdyal told the Sunday Stabroek that her daughter’s case is now at a standstill.
Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran is standing by his assessment that the report by VHE Consulting on US$7.4b in expenses by Exxon and its partners is deficient.
The body of a miner, Exley Boyal, a 40-year-old from Batavia Village, Cuyuni River, was found at about 5.30 pm on Friday floating in the Essequibo River.
A People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Regional Councillor and party activist on Wakenaam Island, Region Three, Sadiq Ahmad, has been recorded threatening to remove recipients from the April Cash Grant list if they did not support the PPP/C’s hotdog sale.
While the Attorney-General is seeking to bring all civic and political factions together in a Consti-tutional Reform Commit-tee, other elements in the State apparatus are busy driving them apart, according to the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA).
The Central Housing and Planning Authority will be conducting a Pile Driving exercise which will affect electricity supply for customers in the areas of Agricola to Nandy Park.