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Chairman of the Berbice Bridge Company, Dr. Surendra Persaud, today said the company is holding firm to its decision that there must be increases in the tolls and it plans to go ahead with its decision from November 12. In a brief telephone interview with News Source, Dr. Persaud said the company will be releasing […]
Former President Donald Ramotar is not happy at all with the Court of Appeal’s recent decision to back the High Court ruling that there was nothing unlawful with the President’s appointment of the Chairman of the Elections Commission. The Opposition People’s Progressive Party, through its Executive Secretary had moved to the Court in an effort […]
Public sector officials from across The Commonwealth region are in Guyana for their biennial conference. The meeting opened this morning at the Marriott hotel and is examining climate change issues and the transformation of the public sector for climate governance. Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo declared the meeting opened and explained that today’s public sector has […]
Public Policy Specialist, Roxanne Myers, was today officially sworn in as the new Deputy Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission. Ms. Myers took her oath of office before the Chief Magistrate at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The new Deputy Chief Elections Officer in a brief comment to the media, said she is ready […]
President David Granger was back at the Parliament this afternoon to address the National Assembly and he laid out his government’s plans for moving the country forward. In an address that went on for close to an hour, the President announced that Budget 2019 will be presented in November and it will focus more on […]
Opposition Leader and PPP General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo, today declared his full opposition to the plan by the Berbice Bridge Company to increase its tolls from the 12th November. Like the government, Mr. Jagdeo said the announced increases by the company is “unconscionable”, but he also described it as unlawful and said there is nothing […]
The Government of Guyana is looking at its legal and other options to block a move by the Berbice River Bridge Company to increase the tolls to cross the Berbice Bridge. The company called a press conference this morning to announce that while it has not gotten approval from the Minister of Public Infrastructure, it […]
The Berbice River Bridge company is announcing new tolls effective from November 12 and the company appears not to be budging from its position this time, even after the objection of the Government. The Government has once again turned down the company’s plan to increase the tolls by more than 150% for various types of […]
Two weeks after launching the opening of its law firm in Houston, Texas to work along with companies looking to invest in Guyana’s oil and gas sector, the Hughes, Fields and Stoby Law Firm has found itself in defence mode. The company issued a statement this morning in response to a front page story in […]
The Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers Union this afternoon announced that they have reached an agreement for salary increases for teachers. Under the new agreement, which covers the years 2016 to 2018, teachers will now see a 12% increase on their salaries for 2016, an 8% increase for 2017 and another 8% increase […]
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