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With the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, Dr. Steve Surujbally set to leave the job at the end of this month, President David Granger has indicated to the Opposition Leader that the process to find a new Chairman should start. Mr. Jagdeo will have to submit six nominees for the position and the President […]
With the Christmas holidays just one month away, Private Sector employees have been given an early present in the form of a 26 per cent increase in the minimum wage. This was confirmed by Minister of Social Protection Ministry which announced that subject Minister, Volda Lawrence accepted a recommendation by the Tripartite Committee to increase […]
Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, today penned an agreement with the outgoing Ambassador of China, Zhang Limin. The Framework Agreement will facilitate the access to a US $45.6 Million concessional loan from the China Eximbank to Guyana, for the improvement and upgrading of the East Coast Demerara road. The outgoing Ambassador, Limin, said that he […]
More than 60 young people will benefit from training at the newly launched Bertram Collins College of the Public Service as part of efforts to improve the public service sector. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon told the young cadets that they were the faces that would represent the improvements that are being made in the […]
The coalition government is planning to replace the previous administration’s 1000 Turnkey homes venture with its own housing project and when it does, public service employees will be given preference. The move will see condominiums, apartment buildings and duplexes being constructed. Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Valerie Sharpe-Patterson has said that the PPP administration’s Turnkey […]
The Legal Officer attached to the Ministry of Natural Resources, Joanna Homer, has announced that legislation and policies that will govern Guyana’s Petroleum Sector will be coming “very soon”. The announcement was revealed at a press conference on Monday during a media session with two officials from Uganda. The Officials are Dozith Abeinomugisha the Assistant […]
During a feisty debate on the multi million dollar Durban Park project, the Opposition’s Chief Whip in the National Assembly, Gail Teixeira, told the Government members that they cannot want to be in government and not face criticism from the Opposition and public. “The government’s responsibility is to provide information. To be called to account. […]
The opposition Peoples’ Progressive Party (PPP) has once again accused the government of racial and political discrimination and victimization, even as its members are yet to be brought before the court for alleged corrupt practices unearthed by state-sponsored forensic audits. At a Monday morning press conference, the opposition party chided the Guyana Human Rights Association […]
Despite his public apology to the nation and the National Assembly, Public Health Minister, Dr. George Norton will still find himself facing the Parliamentary Privileges Committee over his statements to the National Assembly about the controversial rental of a bond for the storage of medical supplies. Speaker Dr. Barton Scotland on Monday announced that a […]
The General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee believes that the APNU/AFC coalition government needs to defend the Cuban trained Guyanese doctors from unfounded attacks rather than to maintain an “eerie silence”. Mr. Rohee’s statement comes in wake of a criticism thrown at the doctors by Kaieteur News’ columnist Freddie Kissoon. Kissoon in […]
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