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Public servants including constitutional office holders, teachers, and members of the Disciplined Forces will be getting a 7% increase in their salaries for the year 2021. The increase will be retroactive to January and will be taxed. The salary increase announcement was made by the Senior Minister responsible for Finance Dr. Ashni Singh in a […]
A drug eradication operation by the Police in the Upper Berbice river area unearthed over 500,000 marijuana plants, 2000 pounds of dried marijuana and 100 pounds of marijuana seeds along with four nurseries. In a statement, the Police pegged the total cost attached to the marijuana at just over $2 Billion. The operation was carried […]
Five men were charged and remanded to prison today for the murder of 54-year-old Berbice resident, Bheem Evans. Evans was beaten, chopped and stuffed in a rice bag last Friday when he attempted to stop the men from attacking his son. The men were reportedly looking for the same Evans initially, accusing him of stealing […]
Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonnette Cummings has revealed that over 3000 cases of gender-based violence have made their way to the Courts so far for this year. Describing the situation as a cause for concern, the Chancellor made a call for there to be a special department set up to deal specifically with […]
On the eve of the start of the campaign to vaccinate children between the ages of 5 to 11-years-old against COVID-19, the Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony has raised concern about a noticeable slowdown in the vaccination rate among children ages 12 to 17-years-old. At the start of the teenage vaccination campaign, thousands of […]
The recent call from civil society group Article 13 for the government to ban the exportation of logs and provide full disclosure on foreign companies working in Guyana’s forestry sector, has been cut down by the Guyana Forestry Commission which sees the call by the group as “emotional”. The group made the call following President […]
Opposition Leader Joe Harmon wants to see the Police come clean with the reality of the crime situation in the country. With the Police Force recently indicating that serious crimes in Guyana are at their lowest in 10 years, the Opposition Leader said the figures may be presenting a false narrative as the Government fails […]
Although new infections are being recorded daily at a rate of over 50 per day, Guyana continues to record a reduction in the overall number of positive COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across the country and the vaccination campaign is being credited for the sharp decline. Last week the Minister of Health announced that Region Three […]
The race for the next Leader of the People’s National Congress is now in top gear as seven members of the party have been officially nominated for the position of Party Leader. In a statement today, the People’s National Congress announced the nominations of Aubrey Norton, Richard Van West Charles, Sharma Solomon, Volda Lawrence, Joe […]
There appears to be growing tension between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the former Minister of Foreign Affairs over the local team of experts dealing with the border controversy case. The former Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge was retained by the PPP Civic government as an advisor on the matter following last year’s […]
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