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The governments of Guyana and Antigua and Barbuda yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding for economic cooperation in eight areas, including tourism, financial services, agriculture, air transportation and energy.
The housing construction assistance agency announced by President Irfaan Ali on Monday will begin taking applications from May 30th.
Two more COVID-19 deaths were reported yesterday by the Ministry of Health.
A 17-year-old boy of Tucville Squatting Area, Georgetown was shot on Thursday by a rank of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) during a chase.
It may become necessary to initiate a lengthy closure of the Demerara Harbour Bridge in order to execute vital maintenance works by the end of August.
The Sophia woman who died after falling under a moving truck on Thursday had suffered a stroke and had begun using a stick to get around.
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Institute of Private Enterprise Development Ltd (IPED), on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for training in a range of areas including improving financial literacy.
The restoration works on the historic City Hall building are moving apace and are on schedule, according to Deputy Mayor of Georgetown, Alfred Mentore.
Amid a public outcry, the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) this afternoon explained its decision to terminate a private criminal charge brought under the Racial Hostility Act by police corporal Shawnette Bollers against attorney Nirvan Singh.
Less talk and more tangible work towards realistically achievable targets is what is needed if the region is to meet its ‘25 per cent by 2025’ food import reduction bill, President Irfaan Ali yesterday declared as he laid out plans this country has and recommendations for the region.
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders yesterday agreed that regional trade barriers must be removed and investments in shipping are required if they are going to achieve food security and the goals of 25 by 2025.
With the Full Court divided in its finding on the appeal filed by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo to the $20M default judgment granted against him to former government Minister Annette Ferguson that decision currently stands.
Acres of cane under the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) field research programme at LBI were recently cleared for housing development.
A pedestrian is now dead after falling under a moving garbage truck.
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ordered the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to repay more than $45 million in taxes deducted from James Ramsahoye in a decades-old action which had its genesis in the 1998 termination of his employment by the now-defunct Linden Mining Enterprise (LINMINE) and Bauxite Industry Development Company Limited (BIDCO).
Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday met with the Chair and Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to discuss the proposed amendments to the Representation of the People Act (RoPA).
The Ministry of Health yesterday said that one new COVID-19 death has been reported.
Due to the increase in the price of raw materials and inputs, Bounty Farm Limited has increased the price of its chicken.
Guyana will continue to support Baroness Patricia Scotland for the post of Commonwealth Secretary General, Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud yesterday announced.
At a pre-sentencing hearing yesterday morning for former mason Adjuke Josiah, the court heard from the victim impact statement of the 15-year-old girl he raped back in 2018, of the pain and shame with which he has left her.
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