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APNU+AFC Councillor Andrea Marks staged a silent protest with two signs during Tuesday’s Satutory Meeting of the Georgetown City Council, calling for the firing of Town Clerk, Royston King. Marks was the only Councillor issuing the call as she questioned whether King had now taken over in behaviour from former Town Clerk, Carol Sooba. The […]
by Kurt Campbell at UN Headquarters (New York) United Nations (UN) member countries will gather at the UN Headquarters in New York, from September 13th for the 71st Regular Session of the General Assembly. They are expected to recommit to the 2030 agenda of implementing 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Although progress has been recorded, […]
The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CP&HA) is conducting a survey within communities where squatting is prevalent, to find available lands. Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Valerie Adams-Patterson told the Government Information Agency that the Department of Community Development has been surveying available lands in communities where squatting is prevalent. The Minister said that […]
As the Foreign Affairs Ministry continues to probe press reports that newly appointed Ambassador to Kuwait, Dr. Shamir Ally has a criminal past, it has been revealed in legal documents that Dr Ally was never criminally charged or convicted of a crime. The documents which are available online point to a civil suit taken against […]
The move by state broadcaster, NCN, to suspend its sports editor over a statement about a colleague on Facebook, has not found favour with President David Granger, who has described the move by NCN’s Management as “inhumane”. During a recording of the President’s weekly “Public Interest” television programme, Mr. Granger slammed NCN for not showing […]
The same Cabinet that weeks ago approved the rental of a Sussex street building as a new storage bond for pharmaceuticals has now deemed the arrangement “undesirable”, following an avalanche of criticism from a wide cross section of the society over the controversial deal. In a Thursday evening statement, the Government announced moves to get […]
Cabinet has granted its approval for the award of a $74.4 million contract to Builders Hardware and Quality Timber Project Company for the expansion and capacity building at the Leonora Diagnostic Centre (LDC) so that the centre can be upgraded to a maternity care facility. This upgrade will now see women being able to access […]
The Labour, Occupational, Safety and Health Department of the Ministry of Social Protection is making moves to educate City employers more about the country’s labour laws, their obligations and the rights of their employees. On Wednesday, the Department hosted a seminar for several businesses and companies. It featured presentations on the importance of record keeping, the […]
As pregnant NCN News Anchor, Natasha Smith, returns to the airwaves of the state broadcaster on Wednesday evening, President David Granger has made it clear that women going through a pregnancy should not be treated as if it is something strange. Smith had been removed from the anchor’s chair as her baby bump started to […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched a probe into reports that recently appointed Guyana Ambassador to Kuwait, Dr. Shamir Ally, may have been convicted in the United States in 2003 for the dissemination of false financial information by the Acrodyne Communications, Inc. (“Acrodyne”) in press releases and Commission filings in 1998, 1999 and 2000. […]
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