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With teachers, sugar workers and public servants all receiving a 10% across the board salary hike for this year, workers attached to the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) were expecting the same increase. However, the company is offering them a 7% increase, triggering threats of industrial action by the workers of the country’s main […]
The Georgetown Mayor and City Council has announced that it has started to ramp up the collection of waste across the city for the Christmas Season, with the hope of keeping the city clean. The Director of Solid Waste Management, Walter Narine explained at a media conference this morning that garbage collection is done once […]
Farmers across the country are in line to benefit from $2 Billion in free fertilizer from the Government, President Irfaan Ali has announced. During a meeting with farmers and residents in the town of Anna Regina this morning, the President stated that the Government intends to purchase and distribute the $2B worth of fertilizer to […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo fired back at the Opposition today over its criticism of the 10% salary agreement reached between the Government and the Guyana Public Service Union. The agreement also covers an 8% increase for 2025. The opposition People’s National Congress has stated that the across the board increase will only further widen the […]
The Guyana Revenue Authority has warned that it will not allow the abuse of duty-free concessions by persons and some auto dealers who are bent on robbing the state of duty for the importation of high-end luxury vehicles. In a statement, the GRA said while it notes the recent ruling of the Chief Justice surrounding […]
Acting Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken has noted that while the Guyana Police Force has experienced its fair share of challenges this year, it has also recorded a long list of success stories, ranging from better traffic management, overall better policing and new crime fighting strategies. Mr. Hicken made the comments while speaking at the Guyana […]
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has announced that it has successfully concluded a three (3) year wage/salary agreement with the Guyana Sugar Corporation, which guarantees what the union sees as ‘significant” wages and salary increases to sugar workers. In a statement, GAWU said the agreement will ensure sugar workers receive the recognition […]
The leadership of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) have agreed to work towards the formation of a coalition to contest the 2025 General and Regional Elections. The two sides reached the agreement during a meeting today, which they have said represented the first in a series of meetings […]
The opposition, People’s National Congress Reform has hammered the across the board 10% salary increase for public servants as giving more to the wealthy while giving less to the poor. The party stated that those at the top end of the scale will be seeing a far bigger retroactive pay cheque than those at the […]
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall has declared that the Acting Chief Magistrate, Faith McGusty had no authority to grant Adonika Aulder – the wife of embattled Assistant Commissioner of Police Calvin Brutus, permission to leave the country as she remains before the Court as a defendant. But the Magistrate simply released […]
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