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The Berbice Bridge Company has moved to the High Court in an effort to reverse the move by the Government to take control of the operations of the Bridge. Earlier this month, the Government through the Minister of Public Infrastructure took over the operations of the bridge over public safety concerns in keeping with the […]
Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform, Volda Lawrence, today said she stands by her views on the issue of jobs and unemployment in the country. In a statement she said measures are being put in place for the young and industrious to be afforded the opportunity of becoming self employed or gaining meaningful employment. […]
Four members of the Guyana Fire Service appeared in Court today and were charged in connection with the theft of several items from the crashed Fly Jamaica plane. 38-year-old, Fire Service section leader, Collis Williams was charged with Simple Larceny and placed on $100,000 bail. He was also ordered to lodge his passport and report […]
APNU Member Waneka Arrindell was today re-elected as the Mayor of Linden moments after the new Linden Council was sworn into office. Arrindell edged her party colleague, Deron Adams for the top spot on the Linden municipality. The two were nominated for the post and the Council voted that the ballot be done secretly for […]
Guyana and the United Kingdom are working to build relations and cooperation for the emerging oil sector in Guyana. Guyana’s High Commissioner to the UK, Frederick Hamley Case and the British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn, are leading a delegation to the Scottish city of Aberdeen, which is aimed at building relationships to support […]
While still dealing with a probe over the crash of a Fly Jamaica plane after an emergency landing in Guyana, the airline has found itself now facing a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit has been filed in Canadian courts by two Canadian law firms, Howie, Sacks & Henry and Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman. The filing […]
Former Minister of Housing and Water under the People’s Progressive Party government, Irfaan Ali, has been slapped with several charges related to the sale of government lands to PPP government officials and the development of the same lands to accommodate them. He was arrested at his home this morning by agents of the Special Organised […]
A 30- year-old woman of Swan village, Kuru Kururu, is clinging to life this morning after she was attacked and badly chopped to her body by her common law husband yesterday. The man later took his own life, a short distance from where he attacked the woman. According to a Police report, the victim has […]
The Ministry of Finance has indicated, that along with the Government and the Bank of Guyana, it will be carefully considering several issues that would be related to the move by Republic Bank to acquire Scotiabank, as announced earlier today by the two banks. In a statement today, the Finance Ministry said the agreement raises […]
Finance Minister Winston Jordan announced on Monday that the Government plans to invest $52.2 billion in the education sector in 2019. He said that represents a 15.6 percent increase over the 2018 allocation. According to the Minister, the budget will address disparities in the education sector such as bridging the gap between coastal and hinterland […]
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