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While admitting that he has been listening to both sides of the argument over Professor Clive Thomas’ suggestion for part of Guyana’s oil earnings to go directly to citizens through a cash transfer, British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn, believes the country’s main focus should be to fix the infrastructure across the country. Responding […]
Three months after he reached a financial settlement with a youth he had shot in the mouth when the youth was 15-years-old, resulting in an attempted murder charge being dismissed, interdicted Police Cadet Officer, Franz Paul was back in Court today, this time facing illegal firearm and issuing death threat charges. The Policeman who is […]
As the GTU wraps up its information session with teachers across the country on the planned strike action, it has found itself heading back to the negotiating table with the Ministry of Education as the two sides are set to meet on Friday afternoon to begin conciliation under the Ministry of Social Protection, which overlooks […]
President David Granger and a Government team met this morning with a visiting delegation of US Congressmen and other US officials. The issues of Guyana’s emerging oil and gas sector as well as the border controversy with Venezuela were among the items that were discussed, according to a statement from the Ministry of the Presidency. […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo admitted on Thursday that he did not receive any request to meet with the team of US Congressmen who wrapped up a two-day visit to Guyana today, but he wants to know why there was so much “secrecy” surrounding the visit and the meetings with the Government. At a Thursday afternoon […]
Two former Chiefs of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force will now be sitting on the Executive of the People’s National Congress Reform. Retired Rear Admiral Gary Best and Retired Brigadier Edward Collins have both been elected to the party’s Executive Committee. The two are among the new faces on the PNC’s highest decision making […]
A US Congressional team is in Guyana on an official familiarsation visit. The visiting Congressmen held talks yesterday with Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman. Today they will meet with President David Granger and are expected to depart later today. The US Embassy has been tightlipped about the visit, but the Government of Guyana has welcomed […]
Loud screams of disbelief shattered the Wednesday quiet of Freeman Street, Georgetown when it was discovered that a security guard had stabbed his lover to death. Dead is 24-year-old Shanice Lawrence. She was discovered with a knife stuck in her neck. Her reputed husband, Jermaine Bristol, surrendered to the Police at the Brickdam Station after […]
Over three hundred teachers in the mining town of Linden turned out at the LICHAS building at Mackenzie today to show their full support of the move by the Guyana Teachers Union to begin a nationwide strike action from next week. GTU President Mark Lyte and a team from the Union traveled to the community […]
With the Government holding firm to ensuring a liberalised telecommunications sector by the end of this year, local telecommunications giant, GTT, says it is ready to embrace a liberalised environment. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Justin Nedd, hosted a press conference this morning and said the process is moving forward and GTT is prepared for […]
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