Politics

APNU+AFC Demands tax-free bonus for all public servants

The Opposition APNU+AFC has called on the government to pay all public servants an end of year bonus and it should be more than the two-week salary equivalent bonus that has been announced by the government for health workers. In a statement today, APNU+AFC Executive Aubrey Norton said the year has been a challenging one […]

Bond released from Police custody in land deals probe

Prominent Attorney and People’s National Congress Reform Member, James Bond, was released from Police custody this morning after being held for 72hrs. Mr. Bond was arrested earlier this week when he visited the Criminal Investigations Department to respond to allegations of conspiracy to defraud the state in at least three land deals that were done […]

GPSU to GOVT: Healthcare workers battling COVID-19 for 9 months, not 2 weeks

The Guyana Public Service Union today described the Government’s announcement of a two-week salary bonus for health care workers as an “irregular, arbitrary, anti-Trade Union approach”. The union which has been in discussions with the government on the issue of increased salaries and risk allowances for health care workers said the decision by the government […]

PPP provoking trouble with “ethnic firings” -Ramjattan

Leader of the Alliance For Change and Opposition Member of Parliament Khemraj Ramjattan has issued a warning to the governing People’s Progressive Party over its firing of scores of public servants since taking office. The PPP has come under fire from the Opposition and a number of other groups including some trade unions over its […]

Healthcare workers to receive 2 weeks salary bonus

President Irfaan Ali has announced that all healthcare workers across Guyana will receive the equivalent of two weeks of their monthly salary as an end-of-year bonus. The President made the announcement this afternoon and said the money is expected to be paid out before the end of December. He did not provide any additional details […]

Plaisance woman remanded on cocaine trafficking charge

The 42-year-old woman who was earlier this week held with more than four pounds of cocaine in her suitcase at the Cheddi Jagan Airport appeared in Court this morning and pleaded not guilty to the cocaine trafficking charges. Plaisance resident, Tommy-Ann Bunbury, who worked in Suriname as a vendor, denied all of the allegations filed […]