By News Source Guyana on June 7, 2018
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With the price for fuel continuing to rise at the pump, the Guyana Rice Producers Association is concerned about the financial hardship that the rising prices could add to the Agriculture Sector. The Association wants the Government to immediately lower the taxes on fuel to ease the burden on the productive sector. According tot the […]
By News Source Guyana on June 6, 2018
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Officials of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council are scheduled to make a presentation to Cabinet at its next meeting on the amended parking meter by-laws even as Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan has already registered his support for the return of paid parking in the city. Bulkan told reporters on Wednesday that following the presentation by […]
By News Source Guyana on June 6, 2018
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President David Granger has distanced his government from any involvement in the recruitment process at the Guyana Elections Commission. The President’s statement on Wednesday came one day after a fallout at the Elections Body where the Opposition nominated Commissioners continue to insist that there was a major ethnic imbalance in GECOMs staffing, although they could not provide […]
By News Source Guyana on June 6, 2018
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President David Granger on Wednesday brushed aside most recent calls him to go ahead and confirm acting Chancellor, Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards and acting Chief Justice Roxanne George to the substantive positions, saying that doing so would be outside of the Constitutional requirements. The Head of State was at the time responding to fresh calls by the Guyana […]
By News Source Guyana on June 6, 2018
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It took a few days of protests and the involvement of Amerindian Rights Groups and the Ministry of Education, but on Wednesday, the Mae’s Private School formally issued an apology to the parents of the young boy who was told to cover up when he arrived at school in his Indigenous outfit for the school’s […]
By News Source Guyana on June 6, 2018
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One day after a list of the more than 200 Guyanese businesses and individuals doing business with the ExxonMobil oil company was released, the company is putting a dollar figure to those numbers. Appearing on 94.1 FM’s JumpStart Morning Show today, the Director for Public and Government Affairs at Exxon, Kimberly Brassington revealed that US$14 […]
By News Source Guyana on June 5, 2018
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An important decision-making meeting between the Chairman and Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission had to be adjourned on Tuesday following an impasse between the Chairman, Justice James Patterson and Commissioner Robeson Benn. Benn along with other members of the Commission who were nominated by the Opposition, had claimed that there was a major ethnic imbalance in […]
By News Source Guyana on June 5, 2018
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The Government of Guyana has released a list of 227 Guyanese owned companies that are doing business with the Exxon company as it continues its exploration. The list, according to the Department of Public Information was released recently to the Natural Resources Sub-committee and covers the businesses that have been doing work for Exxon for […]
By News Source Guyana on June 5, 2018
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A temporary Bridge to reconnect the South Rupununi to Central Rupununi is to be constructed as the construction of a new crossing gets underway. Residents on both sides have not been able to cross over since Saturday when the old Yamatiwau bridge gave way. A lowbed which was at the time transporting an excavator had […]
By News Source Guyana on June 5, 2018
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The Department of the Environment on Tuesday initiated a national conversation on the Government’s proposal to ban single-use plastic in a bid to beat pollution. A panel discussion was held today with members of the private sector, civil society and government to talk about national consultations, drafting of regulations and development standards, alternatives and incentives for the […]