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With no move by the Government to continue negotiations on the proposed salary increases for teachers, the Guyana Teachers’ Union has written to the Chief Labour Officer Dhaneshwar Deonarine, requesting that the process be moved to arbitration. The request follows an earlier request a few weeks back for conciliation talks to begin. Those talks were […]
The stockpile of over 30,000 tonnes of stone by the Ministry of Public Works near the Providence Red Road entrance shifted the earth beneath the road this afternoon, resulting in a massive bulge and the road bursting open in several sections at the entrance. Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill and several Government engineers rushed […]
The former Regional Education Officer (REDO) for Region 8, Annesta Douglas took the stand at the Mahdia School Dorm Commission of Inquiry today and admitted that she never read the fire inspection report on the Mahdia Secondary School Male and Female Dormitories, which was completed months before the deadly fire back in May. She told […]
CARICOM countries will be using the upcoming Guyana Agri- Investment Forum as a springboard to help stimulate the high food prices in the region as well as to seek out investment, according to Agriculture Ministrer, Zulfikar Mustapha. CARICOM members are seeking to reduce the region’s US$5 Billion food import bill by 25% by 2025. At […]
A health forum on regulatory systems for health products in the European Union (EU) and the Caribbean opened today at the Pegasus Hotel with a renewed commitment from Guyana to establish a biomedical hub to meet the vaccines and pharmaceutical needs of the region. Speaking at the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Instrument Regional Workshop, […]
The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has announced a partial amnesty for interest accumulated on ratepayers’ accounts. In a statement, the City Council said the Amnesty Programme, which is guided by a Municipal Amnesty Policy, will end on the 31st October, 2023. The initiative is intended for both residential and commercial ratepayers of Georgetown […]
The Guyana Power and Light company has announced that it has gotten approval from the Public Utilities Commission to implement a “Time of Use” tariff for the company’s industrial and large scale customers. The tariff increase took effect on the 1st October and will remain in place until the end of January. According to GPL, […]
The Former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Mae Toussaint Jr Thomas appeared before the Mahdia Dorm Fire Commission of Inquiry today and testified that she cannot recall ever receiving a report from the Officer in Charge of the Mahdia Fire Station, detailing the challenges that the Fire Station was facing as a […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde has written to the Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, requesting a copy of the investigation report conducted into the unauthorized negotiations between the head of the Petroleum Unit, in the Ministry of Natural Resources and the ExxonMobil company over the audit report and the change to […]
On the heels of a decision by the United Nations (UN) Security Council to send a Kenyan-led multinational security force to Haiti to restore peace and order, the Haiti Support Group here in Guyana mounted a protest outside of the CARICOM Headquarters, calling on the regional body not to support an international security force moving […]
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