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In response to the Mayor of Georgetown’s call for the Government to pay up the more than $6 Billion owed in taxes to the City Council, Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo has claimed that the money owed appears to be inflated, and the Government through various programmes has been injecting money into the nation’s capital city. […]
The Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the People’s National Congress, has ordered an external probe into the unauthorized removal of Central Processing Unit (CPU) of a main computer system from the party’s General Secretary’s office. The CPU which was found in another office at the party’s head office, contains critical data pertaining to the party’s […]
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G), Olive Sampson today said while the Guyana Government supported the call for a Second Decade for People of African Descent at the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, it has fallen short in outlining a clear […]
By Svetlana Marshall A number of Amerindian leaders from Regions 2, 6 and 9, have issued a call on the Government to establish an impartial Commission of Inquiry to investigate the growing number of allegations of rape, sexual abuse and misconduct in indigenous villages by persons, including those in position of power, who have been […]
Egyptian-born, American Billionnaire, Ramy El- Batrawi, who had submitted the leading bid twice to purchase the Guyana Marriott hotel under his company, has died suddenly, according to close relatives and friends. He was in the process of finalizing the purchase of the hotel and had complained about the length of time it was taking for […]
Explaining to Senior Officers of the Guyana Fire Service that the country is facing challenging times, Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn today said human activities continue to be the primary cause of fires across the country, as he ruled out spontaneous combustion. He noted that those actions have resulted in deaths, injuries, and […]
Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill made it clear today that while vending will be allowed along the Georgetown Seawall, there will be no room for lawlessness to be tolerated, as he reaffirmed that all fixed structures, including containers and sheds will be removed. “The law is the law. So, I am making it […]
The Georgetown Hospital is seeking to locate the relatives of a number of patients who have been discharged, but continue to be housed in the wards of the hospital since no one has returned to pick them up. The majority of the patients are elderly persons. In a statement, the GPHC said it has observed […]
With the rainy season settling in, the Georgetown Mayor and City Council is taking stock of all public infrastructure projects, in particular road and bridge projects, to ensure that they do not contribute to flooding in the capital city of Georgetown. During Monday’s statutory meeting, Mayor Alfred Mentore ordered the City Engineer Colvern Venture to […]
The Ministry of Housing and Water, through the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA), has set out to distribute 1,000 house lots along the East Coast of Demerara. The allottees, whose applications have been in the system since 2019 and before, are being allocated lands in Non Pariel and Enterprise on the East Coast of […]
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