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The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) on Thursday said it has plans to meet with Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan to discuss the possible granting of an amnesty to miners who are currently non-compliant with their taxes. The matter came up at a statutory meeting at the GGDMA Headquarters where it was noted […]
Talks today between the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) to discuss the Annual Production Incentive (API) for the industry’s workers ended in deadlock with both parties agreeing to go the route of conciliation. According to the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Errol Hanoman, a conciliation meeting with […]
The Joint Services, which comprise the Guyana Defence Force, the Guyana Police Force, the Guyana Prison Service and the Guyana Fire Service, has launched “OPERATION DRAGNET”, and there is a call for citizens to be supportive of the operation as there will be enhanced security presence throughout the country. In a statement last evening, the Joint […]
As the world gathers in Paris for the UN Climate Change conference, the United States government is once again giving its commitment to assisting Guyana in its efforts to tackle climate change. In an op-ed by US Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway, he stated that “Guyana has been a consistent leader in the global effort […]
Minister of State Joseph Harmon has announced that he intends to make a massive revelation about former President and now Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo and convicted US-based Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad as early as next week. Earlier in November, Harmon had threatened to make the revelation while addressing party supporters during a regional conference at […]
The Board of Directors of the state-owned Guyana National Newspapers Limited which publishes the Guyana Chronicle and Sunday Chronicle, announced today that it has sacked the General Manager and Editor with immediate effect. According to a statement from the Board, the unanimous decision was made at a meeting on Tuesday December 1, 2015 to discontinue […]
Cabinet has approved the reinstatement of tax-free overtime benefits for all workers currently employed in Guyana’s bauxite industry. The decision was taken at Tuesday’s meeting of Cabinet and announced on Wednesday by State Minister Joe Harmon. Workers in the bauxite industry had enjoyed the benefits from 1998 up to 2007 when it came to a […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party has raised concerns over the appointment of some 30 persons in the United States of America and Canada to serve as Advisers on Diaspora Affairs to the government. The opposition party on Wednesday criticized what it said was a lack of transparency in the appointment of these individuals. The PPP was […]
Thirty-three year old, Guyanese national, Broderick Owen Layne is now an inmate of the Brooklyn Metro Detention Centre after he was busted at New York’s JFK Airport with a quantity of cocaine in his carry on suitcase. The man, who lived in Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara, arrived on a flight from Guyana on November […]
The Guyana Government on Wednesday announced the start of a joint service operation to combat any terrorist or other criminal threat that Guyana may confront over the next six months. The operation which is code-named “Dragnet” commenced on December 1, 2015 and will run until June 2016. State Minister Joseph Harmon told media operatives during […]
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