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Russian bauxite company, RUSAL, has angered the Labour Department after its representatives failed to show up to a meeting with Ministers of Social Protection and representatives of the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union on Wednesday. Minister Keith Scott told media operatives that the meeting was arranged between the company and union so as to “finally […]
Leader of the Opposition, Bharat Jagdeo, has blasted the coalition government over the way the government has been dealing with the sugar industry in Guyana, saying that instead of trying to stop the “massive hemorrhaging” of the sugar industry, the government appears more focused on closure and misleading the public. Jagdeo earlier today, at his […]
(motp) President David Granger has supported the call for increased climate financing, particularly for adaptation, and based on vulnerabilities of countries and not their economies measured by their Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Head of State made these remarks, during his address at the High Level Session (HLS) of the 22nd Session of the Conference […]
The Government has announced that the 2017 National Budget will now be presented on November 28, 2016. The previous date of December 5 was recently changed. But as the government prepares to unveil its budget for 2017, the Guyana Public Service Union is expressing frustration that the government is still not returning to negotiate the […]
The Georgetown Mayor and City Council, on Monday, passed a motion by Councillor Junior Garrett to send a delegation from the M&CC to the Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan seeking an intervention from Central Government in the form of $600M. The motion was seconded by Councillor Lyndon Hilliman and was unanimously carried by the M&CC. […]
A delegation from the British Parliament is in Guyana working with local Parliamentarians in several areas, including anti-corruption. Through a Parliament on Anti-Corruption Forum, efforts are being made to explore the role and responsibilities of Parliamentarians in identifying and understanding corruption, and building the legislative capacity of Guyana in tackling corruption through the evolution of […]
The National Security Committee has asked Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan, to look into the rift between Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud and Assistant Police Commissioner, David Ramnarine. Mr. Ramnarine acted as Police Commissioner during the Top Cop’s 100 days vacation leave. But upon his return, the Police Commissioner started to revoke a number of decisions […]
With more than half of the students who wrote the Common Entrance mathematics exam this year, failing the subject, the Education Ministry has launched an aggressive drive to get those grades up while addressing critical needs to improve learning at all levels. Minister of State, Joe Harmon, announced today that the Cabinet has given the […]
President David Granger said that Guyana looks forward cooperating with the Republic of South Africa in the area of climate change and environmental management as part of this country’s continued push toward the development of a ‘Green State’. The President made these comments today following an Accreditation Ceremony at State House, where the new non-resident […]
The Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, this morning met with the Resident Representative of the Exim Bank of India, Sailesh Prasad and the two signed a $US10 Million Credit Agreement for the acquisition of an ocean going ferry for the Georgetown- North West route. Also present at the signing were the Minister of Public Infrastructure, […]
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