By News Source Guyana on October 18, 2018
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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 […]
By News Source Guyana on October 17, 2018
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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 […]
By News Source Guyana on October 16, 2018
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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 […]
By News Source Guyana on October 16, 2018
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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 […]
By News Source Guyana on October 15, 2018
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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 […]
By News Source Guyana on October 12, 2018
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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 […]
By News Source Guyana on October 11, 2018
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The call by the Alliance For Change for there to be public debates between candidates for the upcoming Local Government Elections, has been shot down by PPP General Secretary and Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo. Mr. Jagdeo said the call by the AFC is nothing more than a “sham”, since he believes the party currently has […]
By News Source Guyana on October 10, 2018
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With smiles on their faces, Education Officials and Officials of the Guyana Teachers Union emerged from a more than two hour meeting at the Education Ministry appearing confident that the standoff over salary increases would be coming to an end soon. While tight-lipped on the meeting and proposals made, the two sides issued a joint […]
By News Source Guyana on October 10, 2018
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The Alliance For Change today indicated that it is moving ahead with a “fired up” campaign for the local government elections to showcase its “fit and proppa” candidates, but the party is now contesting in less local government areas than it had intended. Today, party officials revealed that the party will be contesting the elections […]
By News Source Guyana on October 10, 2018
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The Alliance For Change has indicated its readiness to have its candidates for the local government elections take part in public debates against the other candidates. At a press conference this morning, AFC Local Government Elections Campaign Manager, David Patterson said the party wants the candidates to take part in public debates and has even […]