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Three officers of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) were Thursday afternoon arrested in a sting operation after they allegedly certified a fuel tanker in exchange for a large sum of cash. Police said the GNBS staffers were nabbed at their Sophia Exhibition Site office moments after the owner of the truck tanker handed over at least GUY$150,000. DemWaves ...

The Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST) has been playing a major role in transforming Guyana to an environmentally friendly economy, through the recycling of a variety of ‘waste materials’.   Director of the IAST, Professor Dr. Suresh Narine, sought to shed some light on some of the recycling procedures and activities being undertaken by the institute, during a ...

The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) on Thursday cautiously welcomed the decision by the Ministry of Education to accept younger children into nursery schools but cited the need for more teachers and smaller classes. GTU President, Colin Bynoe said the overwhelming view among parents and teachers was that most young children were capable of performing certain tasks at nursery school because ...

A driver employed by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) was Thursday placed on GUY$2 million bail after he pleaded not guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and several other charges. Shawn Ravindra Ramai of 15 Norton Street, Lodge, Georgetown denied that on February 26, 2014 he drove motor pick up PRR 292 in a manner dangerous to the public ...

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) on Thursday dissociated itself from the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (COI) , saying it was possibly designed to whip up East Indian bitterness against the Peoples National Congress (PNC) and appeared to be the “worst form” of electioneering by the incumbent administration. That rights organisation took issue with one of the Terms of ...

The Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR) is uncertain whether any of its senior members would be testifying in the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry because of concerns that one of the commissioners is a government lawyer. Chairman of the PNCR, Basil Williams said his party’s executive would shortly meet to make a decision. “We would therefore make that assessment as ...

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall  on Wednesday assured that government would spare no effort in resolving the recent decision of the Council for Legal Education to not automatically place 25 University of Guyana (UG) Bachelor of Law (LLB) students at the Hugh Wooding Law School. As part of an agreement between the Council for Legal Education ...

GEORGETOWN,The U.S. Embassy brought together leaders of the World Wildlife Fund Guianas and the Guyana Wildlife Division with faculty and students from the University of Guyana to celebrate World Wildlife Day, the mission said in a statement. World Wildlife Day is celebrated annually in March throughout the world to raise awareness of issues relating to the protection of plants and ...

The Permanent Representatives of Guyana and Norway have been appointed by the President of the United Nations General Assembly to lead a UN process on financing for development, the Foreign Ministry here announced on Wednesday. Ambassador George Talbot of Guyana and his Norwegian counterpart, Ambassador Geir Pedersen, have been mandated to conduct inclusive and transparent intergovernmental consultations, with the participation ...

A businessman was Wednesday fined convicted and fined GUY$20,000 for abusing and threatening Colwyn Harding. Harding, who has accused police of sexually assaulting him with a baton last November, was not in court when the case was called. City Magistrate, Geeta Chandan-Edmond fined Sylvanus Jasper of 70 Adelaide  Street, Charlestown adfter he was found guilty of both charges. Police said ...