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As the new work week started, more than 100 sugar workers from the Wales Estate, which was shut down last December, gathered outside the President’s Office to protest efforts to have them transferred to the Uitvlugt estate. The workers said they prefer to be paid their severance packages and head off into retirement, rather than […]
After 21 months in office President David Granger is of the view that his government’s performance is deserving of an “A grade” after having to clean up the mess left by the former administration. The President shared this view on Friday on his weekly television show ‘The Public Interest’ which was aired by the state-owned […]
President David Granger, today, announced that he will re-establish the Guyana Youth Corps on January 1, 2018, to empower the nation’s youth and provide them with the skills needed to prepare them for the work force and equip them to aid in the development of Guyana. The Head of State made this announcement at the […]
-by Handel Duncan- Following Wednesday’s meeting between the Government and City Hall, Minister of State Joseph Harmon today announced that several steps will be taken by the municipality to address the complaints of concerned citizens. One of the initial steps is to have the punitive aspect of the Parking Meeting programme suspended. “That is to […]
The Animal Welfare Bill of 2016 was sent to a Special Parliamentary Select Committee for further consideration, on the recommendation of the Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder and repeated calls from the Opposition side of the house following Thursday’s lengthy debate. In presenting the Bill, Minister Holder said animal welfare is an issue of high […]
The lunchtime protest against parking meters in Georgetown continued today with a much larger crowd gathered outside City Hall. This time, there were no counter protesters but hundreds more joined the Movement Against Parking Meters, as they declared that they now want a revocation of the parking meter system and not a reduction in the […]
(MOTP) Following the public outcry over the implementation of the parking meters project in the Georgetown, President David Granger, on Wednesday afternoon, convened a meeting with the City’s Mayor, Ms. Patricia Chase-Green and Town Clerk, Mr. Royston King at State House. Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, Minister of Communities, Mr. Ronald Bulkan and Attorney […]
British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn believes that corruption and money laundering are still problems in Guyana that ought not to be ignored. He made the comments this morning at a seminar on Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Asset Recovery, which was organized by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU). The High Commissioner reasoned that […]
While saying that it is “neither supportive nor against the implementation of paid metered parking in Georgetown”, the Alliance For Change wants the City Council to suspend the implementation of the Parking Meter system. In a statement this afternoon, the party which makes up the coalition government and sits as the coalition majority on the […]
First Lady, Sandra Granger, today, urged officers of the Guyana Defence Force’s Women’s Army Corps to continue to be competent in the execution of their duties. Mrs. Granger was at the time speaking at the 50th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service for the Women’s Army Corps. She said the formation of the Women’s Army Corps 50 years ago […]
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