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The Government’s much-touted Amaila falls hydropower project which was set to begin this year with a completion date of 2025, is experiencing a setback as the contracted Chinese company wants to back out of the original agreement. Back in March, the cabinet granted no objection for the Office of the Prime Minister to engage China […]
The President has not yet made up his mind on who he believes should be the country’s next substantive Chancellor of the Judiciary and Chief Justice, according to Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo. During a press conference today, Mr. Jagdeo said the President is looking at the issue. The Opposition Leader has been pressing for the […]
A request by the President’s office for the consultations on constitutional appointments between the President and the Opposition Leader to restart today was turned down by the Opposition Leader over scheduling conflicts. Three weeks after the first meeting between President Irfaan Ali and Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton, the President’s office wrote to the Opposition Leader […]
In his latest food Security push for the Caribbean region and in Guyana, President Irfaan Ali believes that the time has come for Agriculture to be at the forefront of the food security efforts across the region. Delivering the keynote address at the Agri-fest in Barbados over the weekend, the President said recent external events […]
The Labour Ministry has joined the investigations into the death of two men while at work at the Trans Rice Mill in Mahaicony late on Friday. The two men, Shaquille Butts and Gousham Narine reportedly fell off a scaffold after being electrocuted while executing their work duties. A part of the scaffold had reportedly come […]
Three young siblings, ages 8,7, and 3 died tragically this morning in a fire that ripped through their small wooden house in Barnwell North, behind the village of Mocha Arcadia. The children were left alone at home by their mother who was working the night shift as a security guard. Police investigators believe the fire […]
As Guyana Celebrates its 56th Independence anniversary today, President Irfaan Ali issued a call on citizens to rededicate themselves to working together in the interest of the nation. Speaking at the national flag-raising ceremony which was held at Anna Regina in Essequibo, President Ali also spoke about the importance of defending Guyana’s territorial integrity and […]
GTT has signed a new agreement with the Guyana Postal and Telecommunication Workers’ Union (GPTWU) that will see its employees benefiting from salary increases over the next two years. Under the agreement, all union members will receive an immediate 2 percent pay increase effective February 2022, which will be on top of the six percent […]
Days after teachers housed in the Ministry of Education living quarters highlighted their poor living conditions on social media, the Minister of Education has announced that the concerns will be addressed by Education Officers in Region 10. The teachers who have been transferred to the Kwakwani area complained of their bat-infested living quarters with the […]
The Guyana National Bureau of Standards seized more than 150 unapproved dial scales during weights and measures surveillance visits at more than 1000 shops and retail outlets on the East Bank and East Coast of Demerara, and areas in Regions 2 and 6. In a statement, the GNBS said its inspectors continued to encounter the […]
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