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Executive Member of the Alliance For Change, Khemraj Ramjattan, today called for the scrapping of a 2014 parliamentary rule, which essentially blocks private companies and organisations from appearing before the Parliamentary Sectorial Committee on Natural Resources. At an AFC press conference today, Mr. Ramjattan said the Government is holding tight to that rule to prevent […]
The Government of Guyana has announced that it will be reintroducing the electricity subsidy for pensioners this month. In a notice issued by the Government and the Guyana Power and Light company, it was explained that the move is to increase the disposable income of the country’s senior citizens. The subsidy of $30,000 per year […]
A 19-year-old man, who worked as a security guard, will be spending the next six years behind bars after he pleaded guilty to the charges of break and entry and escaping from lawful custody. The young man, Jamal Halley, of Sophia, Georgetown appeared in Court on Thursday where the two charges were read to him. […]
The Opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) today said it fully supports the position of the Guyana Teachers’ Union and all teachers in rejecting the government’s 10% salary offer. After the union agreed to shelve its 2019-2023 proposal and negotiate for 2024 to 2026, the Government is offering a 10% increase for this year, along […]
The Ministry of Home Affairs today handed over contracts totaling more than $270 million to three contracting companies that will begin work on the construction of new training facilities for the Police Force’s Academy at Dora, along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway. The three companies awarded contracts for the job are D&S Construction, Orin’s Supreme, and Green […]
An audit by the International Civil Aviation Organisation, which was conducted earlier this year has found that Guyana has achieved an overall score of 66.36% in the effective implementation of the International Civil Aviation standards. In a statement this afternoon, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority, said Guyana’s performance this year has surpassed its 2007 ICAO […]
One day after the Guyana Teachers’ Union rejected Government’s 10% salary increase offer, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo declared that the rejection does not reflect the position of teachers. After weeks of negotiation and getting the union to shelve its 2019 to 2023 proposal, the Government proposed a salary increase by 10% for this year, with […]
The Guyana Water Incorporated believes it is on track to have the situation with the quality of water in Georgetown and other communities return to some level of normalcy by this weekend. The company has blamed a build-up of sludge in the canal at its Shelter Belt operations for the issue, which has been plaguing […]
By Svetlana Marshall Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat has announced that the Government of Guyana has finalized the new Production Sharing Agreement, and has retained all of its fiscal terms. Under the new model PSA, the Royalty on all petroleum produced and sold by the contractor has been increased from 2% to 10%. […]
The Alliance For Change (AFC) has indicated that qualitative data from its ongoing “listening and grounding campaign” has so far revealed that a large percentage of Guyanese are living in poverty, and more than five years after the production of oil, citizens are still to reap the benefits. In a statement today, the AFC said […]
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