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Following years of protest, it appears as though Sweeper/cleaners can finally look forward to better working conditions and remuneration, as the Government is moving to regularise their employment as Public Servants. Sweeper/cleaners are a category of workers employed by the Ministry of Education to maintain a clean and healthy environment in public schools. State Minister […]
The cash-strapped Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is expected to sell off large swaths of its lands to the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) in an effort to meet its financial obligations. State Minister Joseph Harmon made the announcement on Thursday and said the sale of land will be facilitated by Minister within the Ministry of Finance, […]
Guyana will be working along with the British Government to get much needed supplies faster to the hurricane ravaged Caribbean islands. Guyana’s Minister of State Joe Harmon, on Thursday announced that the British Government, through the local High Commission, has indicated that it will make a C-130 military aircraft available to take supplies from Guyana […]
Fifty-nine year-old Seeta Rampersaud opted not to waste the Court’s time and pleaded guilty to trafficking more than five pounds of cocaine. She was sentenced to four years in jail and fined $6.2 million. Rampersaud was preparing to board a New York bound flight on September 18, 2017, when agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics […]
A 16-year-old youth, who was on the run for close to a year for the murder of a Baramita Farmer, made his first appearance in Court today and was immediately remanded. The Teen appeared before Chief Magistrate, Ann Mclennan and was not required to plea to the charge to murder. The Court heard that on […]
A handyman who admitted in Court that he damaged a section of the house owned by State Minister Joe Harmon, was sentenced to six months in jail today. 30-year -old, Samuel Green, made his first appearance in Court and admitted to the offence. The charge stated that on the 15th September at Mazuruni Street, Guyhoc, […]
The findings of the Commission of Inquiry into the plot to assassinate President David Granger supports the conclusion by Police Legal Adviser, Claudette Singh that the allegations made by businessman, Andriff Gillard, that he was offered money by Nazim Khan to Kill the President was tenuous. However, the report lashed out at the Police for […]
On Wednesday morning, President David Granger once again used his address to the United Nations GeneraI Assembly to raise concern over Venezuela’s continued claim of Guyana’s territory. Mr. Granger told the World Leaders that Venezuela’s claim to Guyana’s territory has not diminished or been diverted and Guyana remains imperiled. According to the President, the […]
Guyana is prepared to offer Dominica as much help as it could, as the small Caribbean Island has been left bruised and battered by Hurricane Maria. There are reports coming out of Caribbean media agencies that at least six persons may have been killed on the island following the passage of the Category 5 Hurricane. […]
Just two weeks after the government said it was in possession of information that suggests some level of collusion between the Police and persons who landed an illegal aircraft in the North Rupununi, Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan has confirmed the removal of several ranks stationed in the area. He said the removal from the area […]
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