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The lines were long today at a number of locations as the state-owned company, Guyana Marketing Corporation launched its sale of sugar at a reduced price. The GMC is selling packaged sugar at $150 per pound as supermarkets that have the commodity available are asking for as much as $300 per pound. But despite assurances […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, Dawn Hastings- Williams today pleaded with her colleagues on the government side to urgently announce a salary increase for public servants, amid the high cost of living. The Opposition MP said the cost of living issue is now becoming unbearable and the government must intervene to ensure that citizens can afford […]
Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir this morning denied a request by Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton for the House to debate his motion calling for an international investigation into bribery and corruption allegations made against Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo. The Speaker ruled that the Parliament cannot engage the motion at today’s sitting because the […]
Boasting spacious rooms, conference facilities, large restaurants and expansive living quarters that oversee the Atlantic, the US$100 Million Pegasus Suites and Conference Centre has officially opened in Kingston Georgetown. The facility which was built just next to the original Pegasus Hotel is owned by businessman Robert Badal. He described the opening as momentous while declaring […]
Twenty-seven new officers of the Guyana Defence Force Standard Officers Course and 40 Reserve Officers of the Reserve Officers Course were commissioned this afternoon having successfully completed their courses and now attaining the rank of 2nd Lieutenants in the case of GDF members and Cadet Officers in the case of the other services. Second Lieutenant […]
On the eve of the long-awaited sitting of the National Assembly, the Speaker of the Assembly, Manzoor Nadir has informed the Opposition that he will no longer be allowing its motion on the rise in the cost of living to be presented and debated. The motion was first presented to the Assembly by Opposition Member […]
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton has submitted a motion to the National Assembly, calling for an international investigation to probe the bribery and corruption allegations that have been leveled against Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo in a US news report. The Vice President has repeatedly denied the allegations. Mr. Jagdeo became the center of a corruption scandal […]
The St. George’s High School went up in flames this afternoon resulting in the displacement of more than 420 students and several teachers. The Guyana Fire Service was summoned to the early afternoon blaze after the security and a teacher raised an alarm when smoke was seen billowing from a section of the two-story wooden […]
While noting that the Guyana Government continues to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts to fight the trafficking of persons, the US State Department’s 2022 Trafficking-in-Persons report highlighted the fact that for the first time in four years, there were no convictions of persons involved in trafficking in persons. The US State Department’s International Trafficking-in-Persons report […]
As part of the efforts to prevent cases of suicide in Guyana, the Government will present a Bill to the National Assembly to address preventative measures to combat suicide and mental health awareness. A section of the Bill will also seek the repeal of the law which makes attempted suicide a criminal offense in Guyana. […]
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