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As the multi-million dollar Aurora Gold Mines (AGM) officially poured its first bar of gold on Tuesday, President David Granger announced that government was determined to stamp out corruption in the mining sector and address severe environmental degradation. “The days of the free-for-all are over and we need to be more environmentally conscious if we are to hand this country ...

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo on Tuesday announced that there would be major policy reforms at the State-owned radio, television and newspapers. He made the announcement as he named the new Board of Directors for the National Communications Network (NCN) and the Guyana National Newspaper Limited (GNNL) which owns the Guyana Chronicle newspaper. The board members were presented with their instruments ...

Guyana is about to benefit from a major Canadian-funded training project that could help increase the number of convictions. Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General, Basil Williams Monday afternoon met with a team from the Justice Education Society (JES) to discuss the two year Government of Canada funded Strengthening the Guyanese Criminal Justice System (SGCJS) project. Minister Williams indicated ...

Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson is weighing his options on whether to set up an escrow account, which will give the Ministry leverage to fast-track the removal of utilities that encumber road projects. He made this disclosure at a recent news conference when questioned about the delay in the Caribbean Development Bank funded Vreed-en-hoop to Hydronie road project, West ...

Guyana wants the San Francisco-based technology giant, Google, to erase certain place names in Essequibo that indicate that they are part of Venezuela. “We have to get technical advice as to get Google to remedy it apart from writing them. We have to see how Google can be made to be responsible; maybe they are not aware,” Foreign Affairs Minister ...

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo says he is willing to consider any option to get the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) up and running, after government left the door open for the appointment of nominees that had been approved by the last Parliament. Government said Jagdeo might be approached to consider a motion to appoint the nominees that had been approved by ...

A shipment of 75 tons of rice will leave the shores of Guyana early Tuesdaymorning for the Island of Dominica, which was severely hit by Tropical Storm Erika a few weeks ago, according to the Ministry of the Presidency. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, was present at the Guyana National Industrial Company Incorporated (GNIC) Wharf earlier today, along with representatives of ...

A special team from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) today located and secured the body of the tourist who had been reported missing at the Kaieteur National Park (KNP). She is Gyaneshwarie ‘Laleta’ Sivanand. The body, which was first spotted by a KNP ranger late Saturday afternoon, was found in a rocky area at the base of the Falls, which had previously ...

A beautician and taxi driver, who were intercepted on their way to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) allegedly with a quantity of cocaine, were Monday refused bail and remanded to jail. Appearing before City Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan were 26-year old Chrishell Browne of 32 Lamaha Park, Georgetown and 33-year Andre Shawn Pilgrim of 83 Lamaha Street pleaded not ...

A woman, who allegedly paid a man to kill her ex husband, was Monday arraigned on a charge of murder. She is 46-year old Beverley Persaud of 56 Diamond New Scheme, East Bank Demerara. Appearing before City Magistrate, Ann Mc Lennan, the woman appeared calm. She was remanded to prison until October 3, 2015. She is accused of the murder ...