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The National Milling Company (NAMILCO) has found a shopkeeper in the mining town of Linden retailing counterfeit flour packaged in NAMILCO’s bags, the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) said in a statement on Wednesday. The discovery was made in April and the company immediately alerted the Food and Drug Analyst Department (GFDAD).  NAMILCO simultaneously conducted a comprehensive analysis in ...

A man, who allegedly embezzled GUY$1.58 million from his employer in the interior, was Wednesday granted GUY$250,000 bail. Clive Nero,32, of Blue Sackie Drive, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, denied the charge when he appeared before Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. He was placed on his own recognizance for allegedly assaulting Eric Gordon so as to cause him actual bodily harm. The cases ...

Junior Finance Minister, Bishop Juan Edghill on Wednesday denied that he uttered hate speech against homosexuals but insisted that he is opposed to children being adopted by same-sex couples. “It’s unnatural for two people of the same sex to procreate and to raise children,” he said. A day after the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) announced that it has ...

ASTANA TIMES – Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in conjunction with the KazakhstanUnion of Journalists, announced the winners of the first international journalism competition, “Kazakhstan in the eyes of foreign media,” on July 1. The competition, which ran from April 1 to June 15, aimed to encourage, promote and reward high-quality and objective international journalism on Kazakhstan’s economy, trade, culture, ...

A Guyanese gay rights group on Tuesday called on government to sack Junior Finance Minister, Juan Edghill because he allegedly uttered hate speech against the homosexual community. The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination’s (SASOD) call is contained in its 11-page submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review. In the report titled “On Devil’s Island: A UPR ...

Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, Dr. Steve Surujbally on Monday debunked claims by the three ruling party-nominated commissioners that the local government elections machinery was rusty and could lead to disenfranchisement. Surujbally insisted that the commission was “fully prepared and committed” to move into election mode with “immediacy” whenever the Local Government Minister issues an order after consulting with ...

For the second year in a row, Guyana will host the Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency (CULP) Program, as part of the longstanding partnership between the Florida National Guard, the U.S. Army Cadet Command, the U.S. Embassy in Guyana’s Security Cooperation Office, and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), according to the American Embassy here. The CULP Program in Guyana is ...

In a cooperative effort between the United States and Guyana to improve global maritime transport security, the US Embassy in Georgetown facilitated a week-long workshop on auditing management systems, the American Embassy here said in a statement. This training was conducted in partnership with the United States Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration of Guyana (MARAD).  It represents the third ...

Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources, Robert Persaud on Monday said offshore exploration in areas being contested by neighbouring Venezuela is facing “some setback.” In apparent reference to the expulsion and temporary seizure of the Malaysian seismic research vessel, RV Teknik Perdana, by Venezuela’s Navy last year, he told a bipartisan House Committee on Natural Resources that Guyana was depending on ...

A bandit was shot dead and a handgun recovered during an armed robbery at an auto spares store on Sheriff and Duncan Streets, Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Leslie James said. Police said in a statement that the unidentified man was shot by a businessman who was robbed of GUY$1.7 million while at Ramchand Auto Spares to transact business. ...