Saying that there have been no talks between the two opposition coalition partners on naming a nominee to the National Resource Fund (NRF) Board, the Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday announced that once given an opportunity it will identify a competent and qualified person for the position as it would not be giving up the opportunity to scrutinise how the country’s oil monies are spent.
Complaints by employees at the Chinese company, Guyana Man-ganese Inc (GMI) of dire working conditions are engaging the attention of the Ministry of Labour.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised the police to institute a murder charge against the suspects in the murder of Edith Reuben, the Yarrowkabra housewife whose body was found hanging from a mango tree in her yard one week ago.
Alex Douglas who stabbed his reputed wife to death back in 2012 and later attempted to commit suicide, will be sentenced on March 3rd, after pleading guilty to the capital offence yesterday morning.
A governance and democracy report done for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says the most promising entry point for programming in Guyana may be to encourage dialogue around a new national development strategy.
Two more COVID-19 deaths were recorded yesterday.
This was revealed by the Ministry of Health in a press release which stated that the country’s total deaths increased to 1,196.
One of the two young men accused of the 2017 killing of school-boy, Brian Charles Yearwood, was yesterday freed of the charge after a no-case submission was upheld in his favour; while the other will know his fate on Thursday after facing the jury.
The Alliance For Change (AFC) has cautioned the government against getting involved in the direct marketing of crude oil, saying it does not have the expertise, administrative infrastructure nor logistics to successfully undertake such an initiative.
Motorists traversing on the East and West Banks of Demerara were faced with traffic disruption yesterday afternoon heading into last night after a truck broke down on the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB).
One month after announcing that samples were to be sent for genomic sequencing to ascertain whether the Omicron variant was present in Guyana, Health Minister, Dr.
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