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The Public Accounts Committee has put together eight nominees for the important Public Procurement Commission, but only five persons will eventually be chosen. The names of 26 persons were initially put forward by the two sides in the Public Accounts Committee, but that number was reduced as the key members of the PAC sub-committee met. […]
Facing backlash over a statement he made on radio that in the black community in Guyana, black children are in need of lots of examples of success, Minister of Culture Charles Ramson Jr. attempted to clarify his statement this afternoon. In a video message posted to his Facebook page and reading from a prepared statement, […]
In wake of the discovery of a new variant of Coronavirus that the medical community has flagged as faster spreading and more infectious, President Irfaan Ali is encouraging citizens who are still to be vaccinated to make the choice and get vaccinated today. In a statement, the President said at this stage, vaccination is the […]
Guyana’s Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr. has found himself facing a mountain of criticism from several prominent black citizens over a statement he made about the black community in Guyana being in need of black role models. The Culture Minister appeared on an afternoon radio programme on 94.1 FM on Friday […]
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 […]
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