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Mediation between Health Minister Dr. George Norton and Board Chairman of the Georgetown Public Hospital, Dr Carl Max Hanoman has started and is expected to put an end to the impasse between the two over the reinstatement of the Chief Executive Officer of the Georgetown Hospital. Attorney General Basil Williams was appointed by Cabinet last week as […]
The appointment of a Deputy Registrar for the Deeds Registry by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is being met with stern rejection by Attorney General Basil Williams who believes that the new Deputy Registrar is inadequately qualified for the post. During a press conference on Monday, Williams joined other staff members at the Deeds Registry, […]
A frustrated Linden Mayor came before the national media in Georgetown on Monday morning, with supporting councillors by his side, to urge that the Town Clerk, Jenella Bowen, be removed from office. Mayor Carwyn Holland, who has been in office for just over four months, said while he does not like to see someone being […]
Four East Coast Demerara residents are in custody as Police investigators continue to probe the beating and chopping death of a 13-year-old boy. The teen, Daveand Sanchar, of Triumph, East Coast Demerara was chopped and then beaten to death after he got involved in a heated argument on Sunday night with a group of men. […]
General Secretary of the opposition People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee, has issued a call for Health Minister Dr. George Norton to be fired as the party continues to express dissatisfaction with his behavior in the National Assembly recently and in his management of the health sector. The Party has also responded with dissatisfaction to the government’s […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party on Monday confirmed that Member of Parliament Charles Ramson Jr. will tender his resignation from the House as he prepares to take up a Chevening Scholarship that has been granted by the British Government to study abroad. Party General Secretary Clement Rohee told News Source that discussions surrounding Ramson’s political […]
Embattled Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Presidency Omar Shariff, has broken his silence about the ongoing investigations against him by the Special Organised Crime Unit. In a statement on Saturday night, Shariff, who has remained silent since the probe began, denied any involvement in the embezzlement of public funds and he also lashed out […]
The Ministry of Finance in a Saturday afternoon statement said it has noted with absolute disgust, a report in another section of the media indicating that the government has hiked taxes on steel imports. The article quoted Opposition Member of Parliament and the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Irfaan Ali as saying that “Finance Minister […]
The level of mental health care offered by the Ministry of Public Health will be improved and the Mental Health Unit will seek to further decentralise its service to the community level. Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings, speaking on the issue of decentralisation said, “The Ministry of Public Health has […]
Mabaruma in Region One, Monkey Mountain, Princeville and Campbelltown in Region Eight and Rupertee, Wowetta, Marcanata, Kumu and Shulinab in Region Nine are among those areas that benefitted in the first half of 2016, under the administration’s drive to increase access to potable water in the hinterland. At a recent press briefing at the Guyana […]
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