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The Guyana Agriculture and General Workers Union has expressed some disappointment in statements made by the Opposition Leader about the union’s recent meeting with the government. Over the weekend, the Opposition Leader dismissed the meeting between GAWU and the government as nothing more than a public relations effort by the government. But in a statement […]
The new Cheddi Jagan International Airport is on schedule to be completed by the end of this year. It is currently undergoing US$150 million in expansion works. When completed, the terminal building area will increase from 13,431 to 13,737 square metres, checking counters will be increased from 20 to 32, and the runway length will […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is not too pleased with some of the statements that were made by the President of the Guyana Agriculture and General Workers Union following a meeting between the Union and the Government. GAWU represents the largest number of sugar workers, including the thousands who were recently laid off as GuySuCo started […]
Georgetown City Councillor, Junior Garrett died this afternoon after collapsing at his office. Earlier today, Council workers said he appeared full of energy as he made a presentation at one of the Finance Committee meetings of the Council as they prepared the budget. He left the meeting just after it ended and reportedly went back […]
Guyana will be moving to conduct more surveillance of the bordering regions in wake of the discovery of an illegal road that links Guyana to Venezuela in one of the border communities. There has also been growing concern from Guyanese in the bordering regions about the number of Venezuelan criminal gangs that are coming over […]
As Guyana awaits word from the United Nations Secretary General on the next step in the efforts to end the border controversy with Venezuela, President David Granger has expressed confidence that the current Good Officer’s Process will lead to a juridical settlement. Guyana has been pressing the UN to transfer the issue to the International […]
As presentations on the Petroleum Commission Bill continue, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman has disclosed that he intends to approach Cabinet to make changes to the Bill which has already advanced to a second reading in the National Assembly. Trotman told reporters on Thursday that the amendments to the Bill, once approved by Cabinet, will seek […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources has reported lower than predicted gold declarations, but higher foreign currency earnings in 2017. Despite the lower declarations, the Ministry is maintaining an ambitious target of 800,000 ounces in gold declarations for 2018. At a press briefing today, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman said gold declarations for 2017 stands […]
The Guyana Press Association today said it is standing firmly behind over twenty media workers who walked out of providing coverage to the annual Officers’ Conference of the Guyana Defence Force. Media workers assigned to cover the conference walked out this morning over what they considered “gross disrespect” to their profession. The private and state […]
The Central Housing and Planning Authority on Wednesday said that it will no longer be business as usual, as it moves to address the existing “chaos” that continues to hinder the orderly and rational development of land. In an effort to clamp down on unauthorized development and construction of buildings, the CH&PA has started engagement with the […]
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