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Guyana Water Incorporated has announced that it will be restarting its disconnection campaign in time for the holiday season when there is usually an increase in demand for water. The countrywide campaign, ‘Let it Flow and Keep the Glow’, is targeting customers with outstanding balances as well as current charges, according to the company. “To […]
There is a growing number of pregnant women who are becoming ill with the COVID-19 and require hospitalisation, according to Health Minister Frank Anthony. Currently, more than half of the persons who are hospitalized with the virus at the Infectious Diseases hospital at Lilliendaal are pregnant women. The worrying trend has prompted the Minister of […]
The Private Sector Commission is following the government in linking two recent fires at two police buildings to political activists outside of Guyana. In a statement issued this morning, the PSC said it has noted a spate of fires across the city, adding that the fires represent an obvious threat to the maintenance of law […]
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party, Lenox Shuman has claimed that his job as an Aviation Advisor to the government was recently threatened because of Facebook posts that he made criticizing the government. In a post on his official Facebook page, Mr. Shuman explained that “I made […]
President Irfaan Ali did an address to the nation this morning from the lawns of State House to justify his Government’s imposition of a 7% salary increase for public servants saying that public sector workers are better off under his administration than they were under the former APNU+AFC government, although the former government raised the […]
One day after being awarded a $614 million contract for the construction of the new Guyana Fire Service headquarters, Mohamed’s Enterprise has found itself pushing back against questions of its competence in the construction sector. Mohamed’s Enterprise has been involved in the gold mining sector for decades. Questions were raised on social media about the […]
Faced with additional security measures and checks, regional carrier Caribbean Airlines has announced that passengers boarding its flights should ensure they are checked in four hours before the scheduled departure of the flight. In a notice on its social media pages, the airline explained that the decision to have passengers check-in for their flights much […]
The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) has renewed its call for the private sector minimum wage to be increased and for private sector employers to follow the government’s footsteps and give their workers a pay increase. The Federation registered its disappointment over the fact that with the recent increase approved by Government, […]
The Government of Guyana has indicated that it is in support of an analysis being done to determine the cause of a significant decline in catches being experienced by local fishermen. Stakeholders in the local fishing industry met on Wednesday with the Agriculture Minister, Zulficar Mustapha. During the meeting the fishermen and other stakeholders raised […]
Guyanese Law student at the University of the West Indies in Barbados, Rawletta Barrow has been selected as the 2022 Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholar. The announcement was made in Barbados yesterday by the island’s Governor General Dame Sandra Mason. The announcement followed a full day of interviews of candidates from across the Caribbean. The Guyanese […]
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