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The Board of Directors of the state-owned Guyana National Newspapers Limited which publishes the Guyana Chronicle and Sunday Chronicle, announced today that it has sacked the General Manager and Editor with immediate effect. According to a statement from the Board, the unanimous decision was made at a meeting on Tuesday December 1, 2015 to discontinue […]
Cabinet has approved the reinstatement of tax-free overtime benefits for all workers currently employed in Guyana’s bauxite industry. The decision was taken at Tuesday’s meeting of Cabinet and announced on Wednesday by State Minister Joe Harmon. Workers in the bauxite industry had enjoyed the benefits from 1998 up to 2007 when it came to a […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party has raised concerns over the appointment of some 30 persons in the United States of America and Canada to serve as Advisers on Diaspora Affairs to the government. The opposition party on Wednesday criticized what it said was a lack of transparency in the appointment of these individuals. The PPP was […]
The Guyana Government on Wednesday announced the start of a joint service operation to combat any terrorist or other criminal threat that Guyana may confront over the next six months. The operation which is code-named “Dragnet” commenced on December 1, 2015 and will run until June 2016. State Minister Joseph Harmon told media operatives during […]
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has said that while sugar workers, both in the field and factory, must be commended for their record production this year, the state of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) remains a matter of concern for government. The Prime Minister said he was happy that workers who were engaged in two strike […]
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has announced that just 19 homes in Timehri North will have to be relocated as the airport runway expansion moves ahead. Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson met with residents on Sunday and told them that only the 19 homes that are in the direct path of the airport expansion […]
The Opposition People’s Progressive Party has decided that it will only consult with the government on the 2016 national budget after it gets copies of several audit reports and the Guysuco Commission of Inquiry report. The PPP was expected to attend a budget consultation session with the government last Friday but cancelled the meeting late […]
Former Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee on Monday went out on a limb to defend the General Register Office (GRO), saying that when he left office in May, he left behind an entity that was corruption free. Rohee’s comments came following pronouncement by Citizenship Minister, Winston Felix where he claimed that a series of corrupt practices, […]
(MOTP) President David Granger, who wrapped up his participation Sunday at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Malta, rapped comments by Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, where he is reported to have said that Minister of Governance with responsibility for Natural Resources and the Environment, Raphael Trotman is not a suitable candidate to represent […]
Former Speaker of the National Assembly, Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran, who also served as an executive of the People’s Progressive Party for a number of years, is of the view that the APNU+AFC government needs to do more to defend itself against attacks from opposition PPP. In his weekly “Conversation Tree” blog, Mr. Ramkarran joined […]
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