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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 […]
The National Data Management Authority (NDMA) discovered and blocked several attempts to hack the Guyana government’s database earlier this year, but the agency denies that there was a successful cyber espionage campaign. This announcement from the National Data Management Authority follows a recent report by Researchers at the Slovakia-based cybersecurity firm ESET. The Researchers identified malicious […]
Chief Education Officer (CEO) Saddam Hussain today told the Mahdia Commission of Inquiry (COI) that the Region 8 Regional Education Officer (REDO) Anesta Douglas was reassigned after it was found that she failed to submit a report to the Education Ministry on a fire inspection that was done at the Mahdia Secondary School Dormitories three […]
A recent comment by Former President Donald Ramotar about the need for a renegotiation of the Exxon contract, appears to have irritated President Irfaan Ali. Mr. Ramotar who served as President under a previous PPP Civic administration from 2011 to 2015 has indicated that had he been heading the Government, he would have pushed and […]
Executive Member of the Alliance of Change (AFC) and former Head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Dr Vincent Adams belives the recent High Court’s decision which refused an application to block the Exxon company from flaring in the Stabroek Block, is highly flawed. The applicants – Sinkka Henry, Sherlina Nageer and Andriska Thorington – had […]
With the Botanical Gardens as a backdrop, the Protected Areas Commission (PAC), the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG), and The Guyana Marine Conservation Society (GMCS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today for the sustainable development and ecological preservation of the National Park and the Botanical Gardens. The partnership promises engagements on conservation, […]
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