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Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has announced that the Government has undertaken a review of the procurement system in a bid to stamp out corruption and to ensure that the procurement laws are being followed. At a press conference at his party’s headquarters, the Vice President said the review will focus on Government Ministries, Agencies, Statutory […]
The technical assessment for the effective implementation, and utilization of the regional ferry service that is being undertaken by Guyana, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago, is expected to be completed within the coming days. On the sidelines of the Private Sector Commission’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday, the President told reporters that the assessment […]
The International Decade for the People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) has secured funding from a US-based organisation and is set to issue US$110,000 in small grants to 25 agriculture-based member organisations and small-scale farmers under its ‘Enhanced Economic Participation and Development Project.’ The IDPADA-G’s Project Coordinator, Roxanne Myers said under the ‘Enhanced […]
The Government is seeking the overturning of the full decision handed down by Justice Sandil Kissoon in the case that was brought against the Government by the Guyana Teachers Union. In his ruling, the Judge blocked the Government from cutting the salaries of striking teachers, and also ordered the Government to continue deducting dues from […]
President Irfaan Ali today blasted the local Banking Sector for them not being “proactive” in the evolution of the country’s business sector. In his address at the Private Sector Commission’s (PSC’s) 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Guyana Marriott Hotel, the President said while the Private Sector has jumped at existing opportunities both in […]
Inspectors of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) Legal Metrology Department are currently conducting surveillance exercises at shops and markets countrywide to ensure that measuring instruments used in retail trade were verified. In a release today, the GNBS said that more 160 unapproved and unverified instruments have so far been seized and removed, with […]
Attorney General and Secretary to the Defence Board Anil Nandlall has rejected claims that the Government has politicised the Armed Forces, particularly the Guyana Defence Force. It was Opposition Member of Parliament, Amanza Walton-Desir, who during a debate in the National Assembly last week, called out the government for developing what she considered to be […]
Pockets of teachers returned to the streets today in Georgetown, expressing anger over the Government’s “failure” to compromise on a wage package for them, which was submitted four years ago. Outside of the Ministry of Education’s Brickdam Office, First Vice President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) Mariska Williams told News Source that teachers are […]
The Head of the Guyana Defence Force is now known as the Chief of Defence Staff. Previously, the Head of the Military was known as the Chief of Staff. President Irfaan Ali announced the plan to change the title earlier this year, and on Friday, Prime Minister Mark Phillips presented an amendment to the Defence […]
President Irfaan Ali today announced a series of plans to ramp up food production in Bonasika. Those plans include the construction of a processing facility in the farming community located in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara District. In making the announcement during a visit to Bonasika today, the President said while the community is producing approximately […]
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