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Together with a number of other business groups from across the country, the Private Sector Commission has issued a call on the government to put a hold to its plans to scale down the operations of the state-owned sugar company, Guysuco. “The private sector calls on Government to hold its hand on the current approach towards […]
A meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) got off to a heated start on Monday after the Finance Director of the Georgetown Public Hospital, Ronald Charles, disclosed that he was “not fully” the Finance Director and could not answer questions being put to him. There was a brief exchange of words between Chief Executive […]
The transition of British Guiana from a colony to Independent Guyana was a colourful episode punctuated with political, social and economic challenges. The country’s ability to successfully maneuver itself pass these challenges was recognised by President David Granger in his Independence Day Message to the Nation. Mr. Granger reflected on the period of colonization which saw 350 years of […]
Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Madame Yonette Decina Cummings-Edwards leads the list of National Awardees for 2017. She will be conferred with the prestigious Order of Roraima – the second highest national award in Guyana. She is one of 31 women who are being awarded national awards for their sterling contributions to Guyana over the years. […]
The devastating floods which greeted region eight recently has not posed any serious health risk, Minister of Health Volda Lawrence has reported. In a statement today, the Minister explained that this conclusion was arrived at after an assessment and analysis was done by a combined team comprising Ministry of Public Health officials, representatives of the […]
The Ministry of the Presidency today announced that five female convicts have been granted the Presidential Prerogative of Mercy by President David Granger. The Presidential Pardon comes on the occasion of Guyana’s fifty-first Anniversary of Independence and follows recommendations by the Director of Prisons. The women women to be released from prison are 22-year-old Jenny […]
Two leading private sector organizations – the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) are maintaining their demand for a complete revocation of the existing parking meter contract between the Georgetown Mayor and City Council and Smart City Solutions. This comes even as a Parking Meter Negotiating team, led […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has added his voice to the reignited debate surrounding the decriminalization of same sex intimacy and on Wednesday threw his support behind the position that persons should not be discriminated against based on their sexual preference. During a press conference at his office, Mr. Jagdeo who served as President for 12 years, was […]
Local human rights bodies and LGBT advocacy groups in Guyana have come out in condemnation of the government’s proposal to hold a referendum on whether Guyana’s colonial law which criminalizes same sex intimacy should be repealed. The Guyana Equality Forum, Guyana Trans United, Guyana Rainbow Foundation and the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD), today […]
Public consultations on the parking meter system for Georgetown are set to begin this week, as a City Council team continues its efforts to renegotiate the contract for the parking meter system in Georgetown with Smart City Solutions. The negotiating team is headed by Councillor Malcolm Ferreira. It has been meeting with parking meter company […]
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