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A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Thursday said it would not tie its support for changes to financial crimes legislation to the establishment of the Public Procurement Commission (PPPC). APNU parliamentarian Joseph Harmon said that his party’s decision to give Guyana a “good” rather than a “piecemeal” AML/CFT law was not contingent on the PPC being established. “That’s right. ...

The Guyana Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory that will have the capability to test, detect and diagnose diseases that may affect animals and the public’s health is 45% complete, and is expected to be commissioned in approximately four months, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported on Wednesday. This US$2.5M investment, which is located at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara will be equipped ...

A logger was Tuesday morning crushed to death in Ituni by a tree, relatives said.  He has been identified as 37-year old Steve Daw of Coomacka Mines, Linden.  Relatives said he was cutting a tree when it fell and crushed him around 7 AM Tuesday. The body was brought out from the logging concession late Wednesday night and placed at ...

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) stakeholders in the field of energy, as well as International Development Partners that are active in the regional energy sector will gather in Barbados 11 July, 2013, to discuss initiatives and activities identified as part of the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Roadmap and Strategy (C-SERMS) Phase 1 Study. The Guyana-based Caricom headquarters says tyhe stakeholders will participate in ...

A man, who went ‘missing in action’ during the time of his trial at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, has been sentenced to two years in prison. According to reports, on April 15 2013, Steve Mohan made his first court appearance, facing the charges of unlawful wounding and breaking and entering with larceny. The allegation against Mohan is that on March ...

Transport Minister Robeson Benn has poured cold water on a suggestion by the opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) that the 15 percent travel voucher tax be slashed by five percent to cushion the impact of rising international airfares. Benn said the tax was crucial to the upkeep of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) based at Timehri, East ...

Chief Justice Ian Chang on Wednesday dismissed his own order to block the Guyana Elections Commission from deciding not to renew Gocool Boodoo’s contract as Chief Elections Officer. Chang told the High Court sitting that Boodoo’s court action against each of the six commissioners and the Chairman Dr. Steve Surujbally could not be entertained because the commission is a collective ...

The Guyana Public Service Union Women’s Organisation is calling for the senior Region Three official accused of sexual harassment to be removed from duty until an investigation is completed. The call came on Tuesday at a news conference held at the GPSU Headquarters on Regent Street. “We are demanding an investigation by the honourable Minister of Public Service since she ...

St. John’s Antigua.-LIAT wishes to advise its customers and the general public of the following flight cancellations for Wednesday as the airline’s operations continue to be impacted by the passage of Tropical Storm Chantal: ·         LI 704 – Trinidad/Grenada ·         LI 761 – Grenada/Trinidad ·         LI 760 – Trinidad/St. Vincent ·         LI 766 – Barbados/St. Lucia/Antigua LI 309 has been ...

Crime sleuths were up to Tuesday interrogating a suspect in connection with the multi-million dollar robbery and homicide committed on an East Coast Demerara gas station owner and his employee in Georgetown, police said. Chief of Criminal Investigations, Deputy Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud declined to say whether the detainee was a prime suspect.  The man was held several hours after ...