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A new Board has been installed at the Georgetown Hospital with Health Law Consultant and Attorney, 34-year-old Kesaundra Alves, being appointed as the Head of the Board. The last board which was headed by Dr. Carl ‘Max’ Hanoman was dissolved in November 2016, by the Health Minister at the time, Dr. George Norton. The new Chairperson, Kessaundra Alves, […]
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) wants the Guyana Sugar Company to pay up those severance packages to workers who were displaced by the decision to close the Wales estate. The union said it was puzzled by recent reports which stated that some 650 workers from the recently closed Wales Estate would be […]
One hundred and fifty nursing students from the nursing schools across Guyana are to re-sit the multiple choice aspect of the 2016 State Final Examination for Professional Nurses. The Ministry of Public Health after holding discussions with the General Nursing Council and student representatives arrived at an agreement to address the pending issue and move […]
Police investigators are seeking the public’s help for any information that could lead to the arrest of the suspects in the stabbing death of a destitute man, which took place Sunday morning in the Kitty area. According to a Police statement, 42-year-old Sunil Singh aka “Grey”, was beaten and stabbed to death by three men […]
Mini-bus driver, Robert Grant, will have to spend the next 56 months in jail after being found guilty for causing the death of an East Bank Demerara man, by dangerous driving. The verdict and sentence were handed down on Friday by Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates Court and they came less than a […]
Two of the leading organisations that represent the interests of the majority of the business community in Guyana, have issued a call for the Government of Guyana to jump into the fray over the implementation of the parking meter system by the Georgetown City Council. The Georgetown City Council has been coming in for criticism […]
With growing complaints from citizens about the fluctuating speed of the DSL service, local telecommunications company, GTT is guaranteeing that by June 30, 2017, its DSL customers will experience new, improved and faster service. During a media cocktail on Friday evening, GTT Chief Executive Officer, Justin Nedd, said the company has been continually improving the […]
The Deputy Solicitor General, Pritima Kissoon, has been asked to proceed on 72 days of leave by the Public Service Commission for there to be a full review of how she handled cases. The move comes even as criticism has been dumped on the Attorney General for his public statements about the Deputy Solicitor General […]
Guyana’s Attorney General, Basil Williams, has indicated that as Guyana moves towards establishing its own Law School, two committees are to be formalized which will collaborate on getting all of the systems in place for the school’s establishment. The committees will address many of the issues that may be required by the Council of Legal Education. The […]
Over three hundred persons braved the midday sun and staged a large protest outside City Hall on Friday against the Council’s introduction of parking meters. But the protesters against the parking meters, found themselves being protested against by a smaller group that supported the meters. Although they did not clash, chants for and against the […]
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