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Residents of Region 10 will be able to renew their passports, without having to travel to Georgetown as soon at next month , August, as the government moves to decentralise passport related services. Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix made this announcement on Friday during the Meet the Public Day Initiative held at the McKenzie Sports […]
President David Granger, today, reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring that a ‘good life’ is provided for all Guyanese, as he ushered in his 71st birth anniversary. The President, who began his day at a special breakfast organised by the People’s National Congress, at Congress Place, Sophia, said that this celebration only serves to renew his drive […]
The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) is defending workers of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) who it believes are being made to work in a hostile and insecure environment that is resulting in low morale and motivation. The Union is blaming the “external interference” of Mr. Rawle Lucas, Chairman of the Governing Board of the […]
Retired Guyana Defence Force (GDF) woman Colonel Windee Algernon was on Friday morning sworn in as the sole Commissioner who will probe the deaths of two young boys while in the care and custody of the state. Algernon was sworn in before Magistrate Fabayo Azore in the Georgetown Magaistrates’ Court and is expected to begin […]
A fire at Parika, East Bank Essequibo on Thursday night claimed no lives but completely destroyed a two-storied house and has left some ten persons homeless. Among those homeless are several school aged children. The occupants of the home believe that the fire may have been the work of an arsonist. One […]
The negotiations between Government and the Guyana Public Service Union have entered another phase with a counter-proposal by the union body still to be made. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon during his post-Cabinet media briefing on Thursday said, that Government is still to receive a formal counter- proposal to what Government has offered. The two sides […]
Almost two years after one of Guyana’s most famous landmarks and heritage sites was completely gutted by fire, the doors to a new Umana Yana were opened on Thursday. Contractors had missed the April month-end deadline for its completion but remained committed to completing the conical-shaped structure and making it available to the Guyanese people. […]
The Finance and General Purposes Committee (F&GPC) of The University of Guyana (UG) at its statutory meeting on Monday, took several major decisions as part of efforts to improve the university’s financial condition and services to students. Among other things, the F&GPC meeting approved the proposal by Vice-Chancellor Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith to implement an annual […]
State Minister Joseph Harmon on Thursday cautioned Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo against accusing the APNU+AFC government of lacking transparency. The Minister had a stern message for the Opposition Leader in which he informed Jagdeo that he should not attempt to run the affairs of government from the opposition party’s headquarters, commonly referred to as Freedom […]
No excuses were accepted by Magistrate Judy Latchman on Thursday when the case involving self-confessed drug lord Barry Dataram was expected to get underway before her in the absence of his Attorney. Dataram’s Lawyer, Glen Hanoman failed to report to the court for the hearing and even Dataram could not offer any plausible explanation for […]
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