New requirements for granting powers-of-attorney; $5 million fine, imprisonment for fraudsters
The Guyana government is about to amend the Deeds Registry Act to make it harder to grant a power-of-attorney as...
Health sector workers charged with COVID vaccination card forgeries
Teneka Pollard ...
Possession of ecstasy, other designer drugs to be illegal
The possession of designer drugs such as ecstasy, methamphetamines and other 'designer drugs would now be made illegal with an...
Police to be legally empowered to take DNA samples from suspects; carry non-lethal weapons
Guyana Police Force investigators will soon be able to take DNA samples from suspects who have been arrested, according to...
Larceny suspect shot and injured by police
A man has been shot and injured after he attacked police with a cutlass and broken bottles, the Guyana Police...
Teleperformance poised to expand to the Caribbean; Finance Minister urges bigger “footprint” in Guyana
Luis Barreto Teleperformance, Guyana’s largest international call centre, is planning to expand its operations to the Caribbean, but Finance Minister...
PNCR’s Congress faces possible postponement
The People's National Congress Reform's (PNCR) long-awaited congress to elect a new leader and 15-member executive might be postponed, amid...
EPA seeks satellite images to probe fishermen’s reports of sea pollution
Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, Kemraj Parsram. Guyana's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun taking steps to obtain...
Guyana gov’t cannot afford higher wage increases- financial analyst
Joel Bhagwandin The Guyana government cannot afford a 20 percent wage and salary increase because the public sector wage bill...
Top Surinamese military officer arrested with cocaine
A top Suriname military officer has been arrested allegedly with more than 500 kilogrammes of cocaine, Surinamese media reported Sunday....
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