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The 2019 graduating class of the University of Guyana has been encouraged to stay in Guyana and get ready to take advantage of what will be coming Guyana’s way as the country gets into oil production. Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Yonette Cummings delivered the feature address at the 53rd Convocation of the University of […]
Police investigators in Lethem are probing the suspected murder of a Brazilian national in the community. According to a statement, the headless body of the Brazilian man was found lying along the roadway on Sunday morning in Lethem. The town of Lethem is located on the border with Brazil. The dead man was identified based […]
Two weeks after he was sentenced to 22 years in prison over the rape of a 6-year-old girl, former Linden resident Selwyn Lancaster has appealed the case. The sentence was handed down by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall. The man’s Attorney is appealing the sentence on the grounds that the trial Judge made an error in summing […]
Chairman of the People’s National Congress, Health Minister Volda Lawrence today said the APNU will not be negotiating with the AFC in the media. Lawrence who has been heading the APNU’s team in the Cummingsburg renegotiation talks told reporters this morning that issues are still being discussed and it would not be wise at this […]
The Alliance For Change today announced that next Monday will be the last day for the renegotiation talks with A Partnership for National Unity on the Cummingsburg Accord. Party Treasurer Dominic Gaskin at an AFC press conference today said one deadline has already been missed and the AFC does not intend to extend the deadline […]
Finance Minister Winston Jordan today made it clear that the workers of those semi-autonomous government agencies will also benefit from the salary increases that were announced by the President yesterday. There was some concern among workers of the Guyana Revenue Authority and other semi-autonomous agencies that the increases might not trickle down to them since […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today encouraged public servants to collect the salary increases since they were already budgeted for by the government in the last budget. At his weekly solo press conference, Mr. Jagdeo said he is more concerned about contracts that the government may be signing while it is an interim government. “I say […]
The Director-General in the Ministry of the Presidency Joe Harmon today announced that he is no longer the holder of U.S citizenship and like other Guyanese nationals, will have to apply for a visa the next time he wants to travel to the U.S. Mr. Harmon was among four Government Ministers who were forced to […]
While the government has given the approval for Eastern Airlines to begin its scheduled service between New York and Georgetown, the U.S based carrier will have to lodge US$450,000 with the Guyana government before it begins operations. According to the Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency Joe Harmon, of that amount US$250,000 will be […]
A team of American Airlines workers, who all have a Caribbean background, is currently in Guyana as part of the airline’s Caribbean Employee Business Resource Group. This afternoon the group hosted will a “Safety in Aviation Seminar” at the Art Williams & Harry Wendt Aeronautical school for the students of the school. According to Guyanese Abina […]
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