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Guyana, China sign agreement for East Coast Demerara road widening project

Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, and outgoing Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, Zhang Limin on Wednesday signed a Framework Agreement for a concessional loan from the Exim Bank of China for the widening of the East Coast Demerara road. The signing took place at the Ministry of Finance in the presence of Minister within the Ministry of Public ...

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Public Service College launched on advice of Commission of Inquiry

Stemming from the Harold Lutchman report on the commission of inquiry into Guyana’s public service, the Bertram Collins College of the Public Service was launched Wednesday at the Public Service Department’s Training Division. “The Lutchman Report sets the groundwork for moving forward,” State  Minister Joseph Harmon said in his address to the gathering about the 80 recommendations made in the ...

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Govt foot-dragging on establishing Local Govt Commission

by Derwayne Wills Close to one year after a position that the Local Government Commission will be readied by local government elections, held last March, Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan is saying he is “not in a position to report anything new.” Meanwhile, the political opposition has named former Town Clerk Carol Sooba; and former Local Government Ministers Norman Whittaker, and ...

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Security guard shot during attempted robbery at Hand-in-Hand Trust

A security guard at Hand-in-Hand Trust was shot and injured during an attempted robbery on the business premises located on Middle Street, Georgetown. A foreign exchange cambio operates out of that location. ‘A’ Division Commander, Assistant Commissioner Clifton Hicken said the driver of a car that was allegedly used in the robbery was arrested on Mandela Avenue. The vehicle has been lodged. ...

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Harmon confident in transparency on D’urban Park project; calls critics’ statements “unfortunate”

by Derwayne Wills Even as critics challenge the David Granger administration’s commitment to transparency and accountability, State Minister Joseph Harmon is adamant government has maintained transparency “throughout” their time in office. Recently in the National Assembly, Opposition MP Juan Edghill laid a parliamentary motion calling for the government to come clean on the financial arrangements of the D’Urban Park Jubilee ...

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26 percent hike in private sector minimum wage

Workers in the private sector will from January next year get a more than 26 percent increase in their wages and salaries, government announced Wednesday. The new minimum wage is now GYD$255 per hour, up from GYD$202. Minister of Social Services, Volda Lawrence accepted a recommendation by the Tripartite Committee to hike the minimum wage from January 1, 2017. The ...

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Region Three Deputy REO arrested in US allegedly with cocaine

The Deputy Regional Executive Officer for Region Three (West Demerara- Essequibo Islands), Ameena Marlyne Hinds has been held in the United States (US) allegedly with a large quantity of cocaine. Sources said the 36-year old Ameena Hinds has been absent without leave for the past two weeks, a situation that would eventually result in her services being terminated. She was held ...

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Authorities watching self-styled Pope in sex-tape scandal

The recent sex-tape scandal that rocked self-styled Pope Emmanuel / Philbert London and his Beacon Ministries church is gaining the attention of government. Minister of Social Services, Volda Lawrence said she has been speaking with a few lawyers to deal with that “very technical” situation in which the sexual activities involving adults seemed to be consensual. Among the considerations, she ...

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Public Service Commission Secretary to be transferred

The Secretary to the Public Service Commission (PSC), Jaigobin Jaisingh on Tuesday said a request has been made for him to be transferred, subject to the approval of the PSC. He declined to say where he would be transferred to, and he did not know of any instance in which a request for transfer by the ministry responsible for the ...

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Larry London refuses to disclose D’urban Park contributions

Secretary to Homestretch Development Inc; Larry London on  Tuesday declined to disclose the amount of donations that that company had received for the development of D’urban /Jubilee Park. London, who is the Company Secretary, instead referred all questions to Public Infrastructure Minister, David Patterson although he conceded that he did not authorize him to speak on the matter. London, who ...

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