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Senior public servants were Thursday urged to be politically neutral and offer the same quality of service across Guyana. Addressing ‎the Heads of Personnel Units at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said public servants are expected to provide a high quality of service regardless of their own political persuasion. Harmon also stressed the importance of ...

Senior Counsel, Ralph Ramkarran on Wednesday expressed outrage at repeated attempts to tarnish the image of the former People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-led administration’s management of the country based on piecemeal information. “Everyday, we see these things in the papers. He (Junior Finance Minister, Jaipaul Sharma) gets wind of some information and then he goes and he maligns people. All ...

A well-known Hindu spiritual leader died Wednesday in New York, United States of America, according to a spokeswoman for that religious community. Guruji Swami Vidyanandaji Maharaj passed away at age 79. He was regarded as the spiritual leader and director of the Guyana and United States Sevasharam Sangh. Swami, according to the spokeswoman, passed away peacefully at Long Shore Hospital ...

Rozario and Associates, P.C., a New York City based law firm announced that managing attorney and founder, Rovin R. Rozario, has been selected as General Counsel to the Guyanese American 50th Anniversary Commemoration Committee. The Republic of Guyana will celebrate its 50th Independence Anniversary from England next year, May 26, 2016. The celebration is scheduled to take place in New ...

Attorney General, Basil Williams on Wednesday said government has proposed that Red House becomes a research centre for all of Guyana’s presidents, as talks begin on addressing what he termed an illegal lease transaction. Williams said one week ago he held talks with Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran and People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Executive Member, Hydar Ally who are directors of ...

An 11 year-old child was among several girls that were picked up from a bar in Baramita on Saturday night following a visit by Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Simona Broomes and several high-level government officials, the Government Information Agency (GINA) said Wednesday.  Subsequently, the child was brought to Georgetown and an investigation is being launched into the ...

Ten patients recently benefitted from follow- up eye surgeries, as a four-man team, two ophthalmologists, one nurse and one assistant, all from “World Class Eye Surgeons” based in Port of Spain, Trinidad, conducted the operations at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). The hospital said in a statement that during the visit, Dr. Ronnie Bhola, a Trinidadian Vitreo-Retinal Specialist and ...

Guyana hopes to tap into the Republic of Korea’s technology and expertise in pushing a Green Economy. Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman last week represented Guyana in a high level meeting in Seoul, Korea after an invitation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, to participate in the Fifth Korea-Caribbean High-Level Forum. The Ministry of the ...

Sugar workers are threatening to resume strike action if the Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) fails to commence negotiations for a nine percent increase in wages and salaries, President of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU), Komal Chand said Tuesday. Chand noted that 2015 was the first time in five years that GAWU had proposed the lowest increase in ...

A police constable, who is about to retire after serving for at least 36 years , was Tuesday arraigned for allegedly allowing a suspected drug trafficker to escape from lawful custody. Appearing before Chief Magistrate, Ann Mc Lennan, 54-year old Noel Trotman of 162 Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara was granted GUY$40,000 bail. He pleaded not guilty to the offence ...