Budget taps $14.4B from Norway funds
Some $14.4B to be drawn from Guyana’s forest agreement with Norway has been included in this year’s budget.
Some $14.4B to be drawn from Guyana’s forest agreement with Norway has been included in this year’s budget.
Police have captured two members of a gang that is believed to have been burglarising homes in the Parfait/Harmonie housing development on the West Bank Demerara, over the past few months.
With financing pegged to be settled by the end of the second quarter of this year, construction of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Plant (AFHP) should start late in 2011, Finance Minister Dr.
A Brazilian man, who is one of two men suspected of murdering 14-year-old miner Elton Thompson last week, was arrested by police on Monday.
Bharrat Narine Samaroo, a welder/fabricator of Stewart-ville, West Coast Demerara, yesterday took to the witness box and testified as the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of 16-year-old Neesa Gopaul continued.
Small business owners and persons interested in starting small businesses are invited to participate this evening in a special Advertising and Small Business Programme with an emphasis on Website Designing at the Anna Catherina Islamic Complex, West Coast Demerara, at 6:00pm.
Former First Lady Joyce Hoyte was taken to a private city hospital yesterday afternoon and has since been admitted for tests.
Justice James Bovell-Drakes has ordered businessman Gerry Gouveia to remove structures encroaching on the property of his neighbour, Pavnik Press proprietor Toral Kowlessar.
Two men were hospitalised yesterday following a collision along the Mabura trail.
M&M Fast Food and Snackette hosted a drawing ceremony for six lucky winners of their 2010 Christmas ‘Give Back’ promotion on January 1 and Desiree Prince of Craig, East Bank Demerara, was fortunate enough to cop the $200,000 grand prize.
$6.6 billion will be invested this year towards the purchase of equipment and construction, rehabilitation and operational works of the national drainage and irrigation system, Minister of Finance Dr.
A mother of one yesterday appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court where she pleaded not guilty to a charge of unlawful wounding.
A man was yesterday remanded to prison after he pleaded not guilty to gun and ammunition charges read to him by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
The Ministry of Health says Regional Health Officers (RHOs) did a commendable job meeting challenges last year but it called on them to publicise training programmes it offers throughout the year so that health professionals can benefit, thereby boosting the quality of care offered.
During this year the government is expected to advance the implementation of the Single Window Automated Processing System (SWAPS) at the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).
Two Crabwood Creek Primary School students are patients of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) following an accident on Monday morning.
Visitor arrivals rose last year to 150,141, representing a 6.3% rise over the previous high, recorded in 2009.
The Guyana Mangrove Restoration Project (GMRP) in collaboration with the Education Ministry on Monday launched its website to increase public awareness and educational campaigns which commenced last year with regional consultations in Regions 1 to 6.
The Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice man who tried to save his sister during an attack by her estranged husband says he is feeling “okay” as he recovers in the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital.
A salesgirl who appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday on a charge of simple larceny was placed on $80,000 bail.
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