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The Opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) today said it fully supports the position of the Guyana Teachers’ Union and all teachers in rejecting the government’s 10% salary offer. After the union agreed to shelve its 2019-2023 proposal and negotiate for 2024 to 2026, the Government is offering a 10% increase for this year, along […]
The Ministry of Home Affairs today handed over contracts totaling more than $270 million to three contracting companies that will begin work on the construction of new training facilities for the Police Force’s Academy at Dora, along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway. The three companies awarded contracts for the job are D&S Construction, Orin’s Supreme, and Green […]
An audit by the International Civil Aviation Organisation, which was conducted earlier this year has found that Guyana has achieved an overall score of 66.36% in the effective implementation of the International Civil Aviation standards. In a statement this afternoon, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority, said Guyana’s performance this year has surpassed its 2007 ICAO […]
One day after the Guyana Teachers’ Union rejected Government’s 10% salary increase offer, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo declared that the rejection does not reflect the position of teachers. After weeks of negotiation and getting the union to shelve its 2019 to 2023 proposal, the Government proposed a salary increase by 10% for this year, with […]
The Guyana Water Incorporated believes it is on track to have the situation with the quality of water in Georgetown and other communities return to some level of normalcy by this weekend. The company has blamed a build-up of sludge in the canal at its Shelter Belt operations for the issue, which has been plaguing […]
With declining gold declaration figures, the Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat, appears confident that there will be a turnaround soon in the country’s gold industry that will result in increased production and declarations. At a press conference on Wednesday, the Minister said the Government has already signed an agreement with Reunion Gold Company that […]
By Svetlana Marshall Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat has announced that the Government of Guyana has finalized the new Production Sharing Agreement, and has retained all of its fiscal terms. Under the new model PSA, the Royalty on all petroleum produced and sold by the contractor has been increased from 2% to 10%. […]
The Alliance For Change (AFC) has indicated that qualitative data from its ongoing “listening and grounding campaign” has so far revealed that a large percentage of Guyanese are living in poverty, and more than five years after the production of oil, citizens are still to reap the benefits. In a statement today, the AFC said […]
52-year-old US-based Guyanese, Ganesh Rampersaud, is having his visit to Guyana extended, but he is spending the extra time behind bars. Rampersaud, who was holidaying in Guyana, was arrested by the Police on the 2nd August in the Corentyne area, after lawmen found him with an unlicensed weapon along with unlicensed ammunition. The man reportedly […]
In the absence of its President, Mark Lyte, the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) today officially rejected the Government’s offer of a 10% across the board salary increase for teachers for 2024. The Government, through the Ministry of Education, had also proposed an 8% increase for 2025, and a 9% increase for 2026 as part of […]
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