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An operator of a Crane lost his life after being crushed by the heavy duty machinery moments after he jumped from it as it flipped while piles were being planted at the construction site for a shore base facility on the East Bank of Demerara. The dead crane operator has been identified as Shawn Joseph. […]
By Svetlana Marshall Chief Fire Officer, Gregory Wickham was roasted this morning over the Fire Service’s poor response to the Mahdia School Dorm fire which claimed the lives of 20 children. The Fire Chief appeared before the Commission of Inquiry and was questioned about the many challenges that faced the Mahdia Fire Station that were […]
The High Court has dismissed an application filed by private citizens, Vanda Radzik and Elizabeth Deane-Hughes, against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to cancel the permit for the gas-to-energy project. The two citizens approached the Court back in March seeking an order to quash the Permit granted for the pipeline component of the project. They […]
The award of an $865 Million contract for the construction of a Pump Station at Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara, has been coming under scrutiny, with the APNU+AFC Opposition claiming that the company awarded the contract did not meet the requirements set out by the same Tender Board. The company that won the bid is […]
The Guyana Power and Light has announced that it will be removing large industrial customers from its grid between 6pm and 10pm daily in a bid to stabilize power supply, which has been causing headache for the power company. While the company has not indicated the total number of high usage customers that will likely […]
Fifteen persons who lived in a 3-story Howes Street, Charlestown building have been left homeless following a Wednesday night fire that ripped through the apartment building, completely gutting it. Screams that there was a fire on the top floor of the building were heard just after 6:30pm on Wednesday. As persons rushed to get everyone […]
With the election fraud cases against a former APNU+AFC government minister, and a number of ex-election officials moving at snail’s pace, the Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, while expressing his disappointment in the process, said he supports the Prosecution’s call for a consolidation of the cases. Special Prosecutor, Darshan Ramdhani on Tuesday, told the National Communications […]
The Guyana Public Service Union today broadsided the Government of Guyana over the President’s recent direct meeting with a group of Headteachers and Deputy Headteachers on salary and non-salary issues, while still not meeting with the Guyana Teachers’ Union on salary negotiations. In a statement, the GPSU described the President’s actions as “provocative and unlawful” […]
The recent award of a $865M contract to construct a Pump Station at Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara, has once again called into question the criteria used by National Tender Board in awarding such large contracts. Opposition Member of Parliament, David Patterson has already written to the Public Procurement Commission asking for a probe […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, David Patterson, has lashed out at the government over the current spate of power outages that have gripped the Georgetown, Berbice and Bartica areas. Patterson, who oversaw GPL as the Minister of Public Infrastructure in the APNU+AFC Government, said clear mismanagement at the level of the Ministry of Public Works and […]
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