Reduce mercury use will not affect miners – says consultant
Georgetown: Miners and persons connected to the local gold mining industry have been assured that the government’s plan to reduce the use of mercury, in the process of gold production,…
Month: November 2019
First batch of locally-trained psychiatrists
Georgetown: The first batch of locally-trained psychiatrists will be among the graduates at the 2019 Convocation of the University of Guyana (UG). These students would have enrolled in the university’s…
Local Authorities trained on Land-Use, Responsibility and Roles
Georgetown: Local authority representatives in the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region recently participated in a training programme on land-use planning and the roles and responsibilities of local authorities. The training exercise was held…
“No one should have any doubt about that, free fair elections” – GECOM Chair
Georgetown: Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Justice (re’td) Claudette Singh has assured that measures have been put in place to ensure that March 2, 2020, General and Regional…
Indigenous Peoples’ Commission reports for 2013-2016 handed over
Georgetown: The Speaker of the National Assembly and Member of Parliament (MP), Dr. Barton Scotland on Friday received the annual reports spanning 2013 to 2016 from the Indigenous Peoples’ Commission.…
New technologies introduced at Construction Conference
Georgetown: The Ministry of Public Infrastructure on Thursday hosted an Engineering and Construction Conference in collaboration with SCL Group Holdings Limited at the Umana Yana, geared towards educating contractors, engineers,…
Unverified registrants to be published this weekend
Georgetown: The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will publish the names of over 20,000 persons who have not collected their identification cards, in the four daily newspapers. The persons on the…
Expired goods from Canada denied entry, charges pending
Georgetown: Four containers filled with an assortment of expired food items from Canada were denied entry into Guyana, according to the Government Analyst Food and Drug Department on Wednesday. The…
Malaria Day in the Americas launched in Reg. 1
Georgetown: Persons residing in communities across Barima-Waini, Region 1, were encouraged to join the campaign to eliminate the dreaded illness – malaria. The call was made during the launching to…
6th Tourism Award this year
Georgetown: Destination Guyana has won its sixth award for 2019, this time, it won the Silver Prize in ‘Best of Adventure’ from the International Travel and Tourism Awards for its…
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