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In an address to the nation from the garden at State House, President David Granger this afternoon assured public servants that the government is in their corner as he announced increases in salary and allowances for public servants. “Public servants’ minimum wage will be increased to $70,000 from $64,220 per month. This represents a nine […]
The Government of Guyana is getting set to announce salary increases for public servants on Thursday. News Source understands that those public servants working for the minimum wage to $99,999 per month will enjoy a 9% salary increase. Public servants earning between $100,000 to $999,000 per month will enjoy an 8.5% increase and those making […]
A member of the Joint Services along with a businessman are among three men who have been arrested following a Monday afternoon robbery at Matthew’s Ridge in Region One. According to a Police statement, at around 1:30pm on Monday, four masked gunmen robbed three miners of a large quantity of raw gold at the Matthew’s […]
Two vagrants who slept on the pavement along Regent Street were murdered over the past 48 hours and Police investigators have arrested a 24-year-old man from Cummings Street in connection with the crime. The suspect is believed to be behind both murders. One of the murders took place in the early morning hours of Monday […]
The recently formed Change Guyana party wants to change the taxation system in Guyana and is promising that if it is elected to government, there will be a complete overhaul. At the party’s weekly press conference today, the focus was on fixing the tax system. Presidential Candidate for Change Guyana, Robert Badal, said when it […]
A Caribbean Airlines plane that departed Guyana on Saturday afternoon for a non-stop flight to New York was forced to make an emergency landing in The Bahamas as the plane developed a mechanical problem with one of its engines. The flight, BW 526, had 134 passengers and 7 crew members on board. In a statement, […]
A 26-year-old former resident of West Ruimveldt was this morning sentenced to 14 months in jail after being found guilty of breaking into a home and carting off more than $1 million in jewellery and electronic items. The sentence was handed down by Magistrate Rhondel Weaver after she found Ceon Isaacs guilty of the crime. […]
The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission has indicated that while the Commission will go ahead with the publishing of the names of over 20,000 persons who have not collected their ID Cards in since 2008, those persons will still be allowed to vote if they show up on elections day with some other form […]
Days after their arrest in neighbouring Suriname, authorities there have handed over the two Guyanese fishermen who are wanted in Guyana for that deadly attack on a fishing vessel that left four fishermen dead. The two wanted men, 22-year-old Anonth Boodrage of Belvedere, Corentyne and 21-year-old O’brien Fraser of Eversham Village, Corentyne were handed over to local Police on […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is threatening to call out his supporters to restart protests if the President does not dissolve the parliament soon as preparations for elections swing into high gear. At his weekly solo press conference today, the Opposition Leader said the dissolution of Parliament must take place soon. “He has to dissolve the […]
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