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Daily Archives: Thursday, 16 August 2018, 18:39

Ministry of Education preparing to activate emergency plan if teachers strike for increased salaries, allowances

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 August 2018, 18:57 by Denis Chabrol The Ministry of Education is contemplating hiring temporary teachers or worst case scenario ordering the closure of government-run schools if teachers strike to press government for a 40 percent salary hike as part of a multi-year agreement. “Those are the technical issues related to education and I have asked ...

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Minister Felix distributes additional supplies to Venezuelan migrants

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 August 2018, 19:04 by Denis Chabrol Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix visited the Indigenous community of Khan’s Hill in the Barima-Waini Region to distribute additional supplies to the Venezuelan migrants, on Friday last. This is the minister’s second visit to the area to distribute food and sanitation supplies to migrants crossing the border from the ...

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Thieves, including employee, caught red-handed carting off safe

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 August 2018, 14:40 by Denis Chabrol A hardware store employe is one of three persons arrested after they and three others abandoned a safe shortly after tying up five security guards, police said. “As the suspects were fleeing the premises with the steel safe, they saw a police patrol and were forced to abandon their ...

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Team of US Congressmen expected to visit Guyana

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 August 2018, 12:33 by Denis Chabrol Seven or eight United States Congressmen are due to visit Guyana in the coming weeks, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said. The date of the visit is to be announced later Thursday. He said the unnamed congressmen are due to be accompanied by several United States military officers. Harmon ...

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Local rice cereal rakes in GY$35 million in sales

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 August 2018, 6:53 by Denis Chabrol After more than six months on the market, the local rice cereal ‘Morning Glory’ has recorded sales ranging from $30Million to $35Million. On Wednesday, ANSA McAL Trading Limited (AMTL) in collaboration with Guyana’s Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST) officially launched the cereal at the AMTL head office. In ...

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Erupting gas deposit at East Bank Demerara huge; govt asked to decide on exploitation

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 August 2018, 6:46 by Denis Chabrol The natural gas deposit at Diamond is said to be significant and government has been asked to decide on whether the resource should be exploited commercially for the benefit of that East Bank Demerara area. Director-General of the Civil Defence Commission, Lt.Col. Kester Craig said a sample of the methane ...

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