Month: January 2016

Georgetown : The National Assembly last evening was passed the Law Reform Commission Bill 2015 that seeks to establish a Law Reform Commission. As outlined in the explanatory memorandum of…

Georgetown :  Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI)  signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST), University of Guyana, today  which will mark a special collaboration between the…

Georgetown : The Ministry of Natural Resources in collaboration with the Tax Concession Review Committee (TCRC) today, started its first series of hearings for applicants for duty-free concessions in the mining…

Georgetown : President David Granger said 2016 presents a new opportunity for Guyana to “hasten economic development” by diversifying the traditional sectors and venturing into more value-added enterprises that will promote sustained…

Georgetown : The police this evening issued a wanted bulletin for Devon Stephen called ‘Water Dog’ or ‘Water Cat’, Jevon Scott, Ronald Rodney and Alex Croal. All are wanted by the…

Georgetown : Cabinet has approved the sum of seven hundred million dollars for the purchase of essential drugs and other medicine supplies for health facilities in all ten administrative regions. The…

Georgetown : Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton has disclosed that the first case of the zika virus has been detected in Guyana. Addressing the National Assembly, Minister Norton explained…

Georgetown: A significant step in the fight against crime was taken today, January 14, 2016, when the Demerara Harbour Bridge Company, under the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, commissioned its wireless…

Georgetown : Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence said that this year, the ministry will be improving on its human resources capacity, so that officers of the various departments can…

A subtropical storm has formed far out in the Atlantic Ocean and has been classified as the first named storm of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season. It is only the…