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Cabinet has granted its approval for the award of a $74.4 million contract to Builders Hardware and Quality Timber Project Company for the expansion and capacity building at the Leonora Diagnostic Centre (LDC) so that the centre can be upgraded to a maternity care facility. This upgrade will now see women being able to access […]
The Labour, Occupational, Safety and Health Department of the Ministry of Social Protection is making moves to educate City employers more about the country’s labour laws, their obligations and the rights of their employees. On Wednesday, the Department hosted a seminar for several businesses and companies. It featured presentations on the importance of record keeping, the […]
As pregnant NCN News Anchor, Natasha Smith, returns to the airwaves of the state broadcaster on Wednesday evening, President David Granger has made it clear that women going through a pregnancy should not be treated as if it is something strange. Smith had been removed from the anchor’s chair as her baby bump started to […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched a probe into reports that recently appointed Guyana Ambassador to Kuwait, Dr. Shamir Ally, may have been convicted in the United States in 2003 for the dissemination of false financial information by the Acrodyne Communications, Inc. (“Acrodyne”) in press releases and Commission filings in 1998, 1999 and 2000. […]
The Guyana Forestry Commission has announced that it will be moving to repossess concessions currently being held by the Chinese company, Baishanlin International Forest Development Inc. (BIFDI). In a statement on Tuesday night, the Forestry Commission said the decision came after the company failed to deliver on agreed actions to introduce investors to the Commission and […]
The Private Sector Commission on Tuesday issued a call on the Government, “to move swiftly to address the establishment and operationalisation of those institutions that mitigate perceptions of corruption and the furtherance of the evolution of a truly democratic society.” The PSC said it wants to see the Public Procurement Commission and the Integrity Commission […]
The Guyana Public Service Union has officially rejected government’s 1% to 10% salary and wages final offer to public servants and the union is now moving to begin the grievance procedure through the Labour Department. The GPSU held its General Council meeting on Friday and after the meeting declared total rejection to the government’s offer. […]
Former Debt Recovery Manager at the Guyana Water Incorporated, Lear Goring, believes that his firing by the Board was unfair and pre-planned and had nothing to do with his qualifications. Goring was fired by the Board on Thursday after he was initially sent on leave to allow a probe of his qualifications. He had already […]
The United States government is continuing efforts to assist the Guyana government in the strengthening of the criminal justice system in the country. The US Embassy in Georgetown on Friday launched a three year programme specifically tailored to strengthen the criminal justice system in Guyana. The programme will cover various aspects of criminal justice from […]
As the government awaits an official response from the Guyana Public Service Union to its salary increase offer, President David Granger has indicated that his administration will move ahead with the increases even if the GPSU rejects the final offer from government. He said at this stage, the 10% to 1 % offer represents what […]
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