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The Lands and Surveys Commission, which is responsible for the leasing of state lands, has been facing several hurdles with persons being granted leases and not starting the projects that they acquired the lands to complete. Commissioner at the Lands and Survey Commission, Trevor Benn said it is a practice that is becoming far too […]
The People’s Progressive Party has expressed “deep shock” at the sudden passing of former Home Affairs Minister, Ronald Gajraj, who died on Saturday after collapsing with a suspected heart attack. Gajraj served as Home Affairs Minister under the PPP from 1999 – 2005. He was later appointed High Commissioner to India and served in that […]
The Ministry of the Presidency is accusing the Opposition Leader of spreading only doom and gloom when it comes to the oil industry in Guyana and Guyana’s oil future. The statement from the Ministry is in response to the Opposition Leader’s feature address at a recent event hosted by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce. At […]
Confident that all of its votes are intact, the Government has set December 21 as the date when it will hear and debate a no confidence motion, that is being moved against it by the Opposition, People’s Progressive Party. The Government’s Chief Whip in the National Assembly and Social Protection Minister, Amna Ali, today confirmed […]
The Guyana Sugar Corporation has announced that sugar workers attached to the Albion, Blairmont and Uitvlugt estates will be paid a bonus as their hard work for the year has paid off and the company will see sugar production surpassing its target. According to a statement from the company, sugar production is poised to achieve […]
Moving into the new year, Guyana will continue to market its tourism product to the international community. The country has seen an increased number of arrivals over the past year and that number is expected to significantly rise as more airlines sign on to serve the Guyana market. The Tourism Authority is expected to tie […]
President David Granger returned to Guyana last evening after completing the second round of medical treatment and evaluation in Cuba for his non Hodgkin lymphoma. According to a statement from his office, the Cuban Team of Specialists treating the President, have reiterated their complete satisfaction with his response to medical treatment and have explained that […]
President David Granger will be returning to Guyana this evening, having completed the second round of medical treatment and evaluation at the Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Quirúrgicas (CIMEQ) in Havana . According to a statement from his office, the Cuban Team of Specialists on Monday reiterated their complete satisfaction with the President’s response to medical […]
Retired Judge and former Attorney General under the PPP Government, Charles Ramson, is no longer the Commissioner of Information. It was revealed today in the National Assembly by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, that Mr. Ramson was relieved of that position in March of this year. Ramson was appointed to the Constitutional position under the PPP […]
The Opposition People’s Progressive Party, is once again raising an issue about the Prime Minister’s continued presence in the National Assembly whenever he is performing the functions of President. The PPP through its Chief Whip in Parliament, Gail Teixeira, wrote the Speaker of the Assembly today informing him of the party’s concern and claiming that […]
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