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CH&PA begins review of housing application backlog to determine those more in need

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA), has begun the sanitisation of the government housing programme’s application backlog. The exercise...

Taxi driver caught dropping unlicensed gun remanded

Following a high speed chase on Thursday, during which a 38-year-old taxi driver was caught by police ranks dropping a...

Gold declarations fell 19.4% below original projection – Mid-year Report

In the first half of 2018, declared gold production fell to 288,114 ounces, which translates to 19.4 percent below the...

US$460M pre-contract cost not audited due to lack of capacity-Jordan

The controversial US$460M pre-contract costs that ExxonMobil has charged Guyana is yet to be audited. And while Finance Minister, Winston...

Jagdeo says Finance Minister will have overall control of National Resources Fund

Government’s Green Paper which outlines the procedures for the management of proceeds from the oil and gas industry, places the...

CARICOM to address migration of Nurses, midwives from the Caribbean

The call for urgent action to address the migration of nurses and midwives from the Region was made during the...

‘Green’ initiatives to be included in ministries’ 2019 National Budget proposals

Several government ministries are expected to include green energy programmes within their 2019 National Budget proposal to further boost the...

GDF acquires two planes to be used in search and rescue, tactical observations

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has acquired two Britten-Norman Islanders. The planes arrived in Guyana on Wednesday. According to the...

Linden gets $30.6M Passport Office

In a matter of weeks, residents of Region 10, Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice, will be able to access some fundamental services...

Otisha committed to stand trial for raping boy,14

Almost three months after one of Guyana’ most popular cross dressers, Otis “Otisha” Pearson was charged with rape of a...

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