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The Guyana Public Service Union is threatening legal action against the management of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission over its failure to lay over deducted union dues from its employees. The GPSU said it has not received any dues for its more than 300 members for some nine months and intends to go ahead […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday declared that political activist and former treason accused, Mark Benschop should be thanking him and the PPP and going to church everyday and pray for the PPP because he was pardoned. It was under Jagdeo’s Presidency that Benschop was charged for sedition and treason. He was charged for treason […]
Attorney General, Senior Counsel Basil William today said he intends to return the contentious Cyber Crime Bill to Cabinet for it to be reviewed and for possible changes to be made before it is sent back to the National Assembly for debate and passage. The Bill has attracted widespread criticism for a sedition clause. […]
Three hundred and sixty-eight families will benefit from new house lots in November, following the completion of infrastructural developments in the Providence and Peter’s Hall communities on the East Bank of Demerara. The government has invested $545.8Million into the project. Agreements were signed today by several local contractors, who will carry out the preparatory works, […]
Just moments after declaring that “people are thieving every day,” Head of the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) Dr. Clive Thomas announced on Monday that two matters against officials in the current APNU+AFC government have been referred to SARA for investigation. The matters were referred to the agency by Opposition Member of Parliament, Gail Teixeira and […]
A top official of the State Asset Recovery Agency (SARA) has confirmed that the agency has been tracking stolen Guyana state assets which are now overseas. Deputy Head of SARA, Aubrey Heath-Retemyer would not offer details on the assets found, but said the agency has “found stuff that people have abroad.” Mr. Retemyer was speaking […]
With just two years remaining before the next general elections, one of the partners in the coalition government, the Alliance for Change is hopeful that it will make good on its promises to complete Constitutional reform. But that success will also depend on the support of the other five parties in the APNU+AFC government and […]
As Guyana continues with efforts to bridge the gap that separates its citizens by race, politics, and class, the third annual observance of Social Cohesion Day was held on Thursday morning at the National Cultural Center. The event brought together Guyanese from every administrative region and ethnic, religious and cultural background. The message of a […]
President David Granger on Wednesday, informed India’s Minister of State, Mr. Satyapal Singh that the Guyana Government is keen on restoring the sugar industry to profitability and is open to cooperation with the Indian Government and investors from India. India remains the largest sugar producing country in the world. The Indian Minister of State is […]
With eighteen suspects still in custody for the deadly pirate attack on Guyanese fishermen in Suriname, there is still hope that those fishermen who are still missing will be found alive. Hope is however, fading as this week marks two weeks since the attack on the high seas in the neighbouring country. Guyana’s Public Security […]
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