Daily Archives
July 18, 2016
PPP protests sharing of information between GECOM and Ministries
The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Monday has expressed concerns with the recent decision by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to share its database with the Ministries of Education and Social Protection.
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Consumer Alert: Expired Tunnock’s Caramel Wafer chocolate bars being sold
The Government Analyst- Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) is alerting consumers of the circulation of expired Tunnock’s Caramel Wafer chocolate bars that were expired on March 31, 2016.
The department says the shelf life of…
FIU Director and Deputy Director shortlisted
A recommendation has been made by the Parliamentary Committee of Appointments for Matthew Edward Hugh Langevine, be appointed as Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) within the Anti-Money Laundering and countering of financing…
Findings of 2012 Census shows proportionate decline in the populations of main ethnic groups
The findings of the 2012 Census, as published in the recently released Compendium Two highlights a continued proportionate decline in the populations of the main ethnic groups and a compensatory increase among the Mixed-race and Indigenous…
Speaker disallows motion to send Gov’t Ministers before Privileges Committee
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr. Barton Scotland on Monday disallowed a motion submitted by Opposition Chief Whip, Gail Teixeira to send Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman and Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo to the…
379 graduate from YEST programme
Three hundred and seventy- nine persons are now trained in the areas of cosmetology, Information Technology, masonry, carpentry, welding, and mechanics, among others after successfully completing the Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training…
Guyana striving to reestablish most effective Foreign Service in Western Hemisphere- Carl Greenidge
Newly appointed Heads of Mission were today urged by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge to keep abreast with developments in the country, as this is critical to their roles.
The Heads of Mission are undergoing a week…
CCJ to implement electronic judicial processes
President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Sir Charles Dennis Byron informed participants of the Hague Convention Conference that the CCJ is in the final stages of developing programmes that would reduce the use of paper in judicial…
Nelson Mandela address General Assembly in 1990
United Nations - The UN marks Nelson Mandela International Day each year on 18 July — the day he was born — as a tribute to the man who devoted 67 years his life to the service of humanity. His words to the General Assembly in 1990 still…