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Nine months after a fire gutted a section of the Police Headquarters Annex at Eve Leary, destroying part of a building that housed the Office of Professional Responsibility, the Guyana Fire Service has finally revealed that an electrical issue in the wooden building was the cause of the blaze. In a statement on Friday, the […]
Leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan today joined calls for Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO), Sasenarine Singh to resign from his position or be fired, declaring that there is no future for the sugar industry under the current CEO. Ramjattan, who is also the Opposition spokesperson on Agriculture […]
Political analyst and Executive Member of the Working People’s Alliance Dr. David Hinds, has issued a call for the fair and equitable distribution of the country’s oil resources. Speaking at an Opposition coalition organized rally earlier this week in Georgetown, Dr. Hinds said there are already signs of certain sections of the Guyanese society not […]
With concerns about the literacy level among Guyanese students, the Ministry of Education has established a special department which is focusing solely on literacy. The new department already has an Assistant Chief Education Officer for Literacy overlooking its operations and plans. In a statement, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand said literacy will now receive specialised […]
High Court Judge Damone Younge this morning started to hear the case filed by the suspended Opposition Members of Parliament against the Attorney General and the Speaker of the National Assembly over their suspension. The MPs are contending that the suspension should be thrown out as questions about its fairness, legality and due process have […]
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) is calling on the Local Content Secretariat of the Ministry of Natural Resources to look into the issue of contract bundling by some of the major companies in the local oil sector. Contract bundling refers to the consolidation of several contracts into a single one, thereby allowing […]
Longtime business executive and Agronomist Anthony Vieira has announced his resignation from the Board of the Guyana Sugar Corporation where he served as Vice Chairman. Mr. Vieira announced his resignation in a letter to the press, pointing out that GuySuCo has numerous problems which cannot be addressed by its current management, which he described as […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, Amanza Walton- Desir, has issued a call on Guyanese to rise up and stand against a culture that discriminates against a group of people. During the coalition’s Tuesday rally, the MP said citizens must speak out against the forms of neglect they are facing and must demand better from the government […]
The Civil Society group Article 13 is not impressed with the performance of the Government over the past two years and believes that the country is once again seeing the rise of corruption under the PPP. In a statement to mark the Government’s 2nd year in office, the civil society group said before assuming office […]
The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association is concerned about the overloading of trucks traversing the roads to the interior region. The concern comes on the heels of the collapse of two sections of one of the main roads to the interior region and damage to bridges in recent months. In a statement last evening, […]
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