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Gov’t clamps down on unlicensed day care facilities
CPA Director Ann Greene The Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) is urging day care service providers to get their facilities...
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First Bauxite promises improved education facilities for Sand Hills students
A new school building with more modern facilities will be constructed in the Sand Hills community in Region Three (Essequibo...
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Local gov’t minister calls for accountability at City Hall, effective constituency representation
Minister of Local Government, Ronald Bulkan (standing) and Mayor of Georgetown, Ubraj Narine Local Government Minister, Ronald Bulkan on Monday...
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Surinamese rice exporter gunned down in Guyana after huge cocaine-in-rice bust
A Surinamese rice exporter was shot dead in Guyana, days after law enforcement agents in Suriname busted 2,300 kilogrammes of...
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Charrandass Persaud willing to take lie detector test on no-confidence ‘Yes’ vote; admits negotiating gold purchase
Malaika Clarke asking a question at the Town Hall teleconference meeting with Sasenarine Singh and Charrandass Persaud Former government parliamentarian...
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Marijuana, hemp decriminalisation on Guyana’s election agenda
A day after the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) promised to decriminalise cultivation of marijuana and hemp, Guyanese police announced...
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Guyana won’t sell subsidised crude oil to private refinery
Department of Energy Head, Dr. Mark Bynoe The Guyana government ruled out selling subsidised crude oil to a privately-owned oil...
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No-confidence motion-poisoned-environment forces businessman out of new political party
Managing Director of CAMEX Ltd, Terrence Campbell Co-founder of A New and United Guyana (ANUAG), Terrence Campbell on Monday announced...
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Wind stations being installed to explore wind generation potential on Guyana’s coast
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MOPI) has begun installing four wind measurement stations along the Atlantic Coast at a cost...
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Venezuela’s military incursion forces ExxonMobil to stop seismic data gathering
ExxonMobil's Stabroek Block concession offshore Guyana. The Norwegian company, Petroleum Geo-Services, has stopped 3-D seismic oil exploration activities offshore Guyana...
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