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The Guyana Rice Development Board has announced that rice millers across the country who supplied rice shipments to Panama back in September and October, have been paid in full. Rice farmers are now expected to benefit from the early payments. GRDB’s Acting General Manager Nizam Hassan explained on Saturday that “this is the payment that […]
Tours of the Kaieteur Falls national park have once again been suspended after a 21-year-old woman plunged to her death over the 741 ft. waterfalls. The incident took place midmorning on Saturday during a tour to the area. The woman has been identified as Roshinee Pagwah. According to reports, she was among a group of […]
Well known Guyanese pilot, Captain Alvin Clarke has died. He passed away early Saturday morning in Canada, just two weeks after going there for a medical evaluation following a cancer diagnosis a few months ago. Captain Clarke served the Guyana Defence Force for several years before joining Roraima Airways as its Chief Pilot. He remained […]
The Chief Education Officer, Olato Sam, has informed other Education Officials and Headteachers that the Grades Two and Four Assessment tests will no longer add weight to the outcome of the Grade Six Assessment aka Common Entrance. In an October 28, 2015 circular, Mr. Sam said the weight of the two assessments will come to […]
The United States Embassy in Georgetown has welcomed the announcement of a date for Local Government Elections by the APNU+AFC government. The last time local government elections took place in Guyana was in 1994. On Friday, Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan announced March 18, 2016 as ‘E’ Day for Local Government polls. Responding to this […]
The APNU+AFC government on Friday clarified that no new diplomatic appointments have been finalised other than that of Guyana’s Ambassador to Venezuela, Career Diplomat Cheryl Miles. Responding to reports in sections of the media which named several outstanding Guyanese as being individuals tipped for diplomatic posting, State Minister Joseph Harmon offered clarifications. He first noted […]
Minister of State Joseph Harmon, on Friday issued a public apology to all Guyanese who felt personally offended by his statements regarding the Government’s decision to offer its Ministers and Members of Parliament salary increases. Harmon had attracted a slew of criticism, being one of the first Ministers to respond to the outrage over the […]
Local Government Elections will be held on March 18, 2016 as announced by Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan. Bulkan held a special press conference on Friday morning to announce the date for the long overdue elections. The last time Guyana hosted local government elections was back in 1994. The PPP administration never called the elections […]
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced that it will soon commence the new motor vehicle registration series “VV”. In a statement, the GRA announced that the Commissioner General of the GRA, Mr. Khurshid Sattaur, in his capacity as Chief Licensing Officer has given his approval for the new series to be introduced. The current […]
Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix, has announced that his Ministry has uncovered “a series of corrupt practices, which had existed in the areas of birth registration and immigration under the former administration”. In a statement, Felix, justified the need for a Ministry of Citizenship, noting that the issues, which have to be fixed are numerous and […]
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