Last Updated on Friday, 21 August 2015, 22:31 by GxMedia The Guyana government is about to increase the measly environmental bond for gold miners and the processing fee for land being charged by the Lands and Surveys Commission, according to Governance Minister Raphael Trotman. He made the announcements during his contribution to the 2015 National Budget Debate. While the Guyana ...

Last Updated on Friday, 21 August 2015, 18:52 by GxMedia The Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Friday lashed out at government sacking several public sector employees, saying that it smacks of “political discrimination” and the organisation urged the administration not to violate Guyana’s labour laws. “The great majority of those dismissed /terminated in public humiliation gives credence to wide spread ...

Last Updated on Friday, 21 August 2015, 18:17 by GxMedia Minister of State Joseph Harmon caused uproar during his budget speech Friday August 21, when he revealed that the former administration took over former State building, Red House and transferred it to People’s Progressive Party (PPP) company, Cheddi Jagan Research Inc. after changing the property’s name to the Cheddi Jagan ...

Last Updated on Friday, 21 August 2015, 17:09 by GxMedia The government has promised to review the composition of some State boards given the concerns expressed, particularly by the opposition’s People’s Progressive Party (PPP) administration in relation to ethnic and gender balance. Minister of State Joseph Harmon told a post-cabinet news conference on Friday August 21 that the government has ...

Last Updated on Friday, 21 August 2015, 15:17 by GxMedia Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL)  Bharrat Dindyal’s contract of employment was renewed after it expired on December 31, 2014 because the agency’s Board of Directors, through its Chairman Winston Brassington, in a “candid” revelation expressed their  disatisfaction with the CEO’s performance. Dindyal’s was ...

Last Updated on Friday, 21 August 2015, 13:25 by GxMedia Hire-car and mini-bus drivers say “nah” to a reduction is fares across the Berbice Bridge despite the proposed reduction in toll. Persons looking to cross the Berbice Bridge via mini-bus and hire-car may not be seeing the reduction in transportation fares this year as envisaged by government when it decided ...

Last Updated on Friday, 21 August 2015, 11:01 by GxMedia Although construction of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Station has been scrapped, authorities hope that the road leading to the area will be a plus for gold mining, forestry and tourism. About GUY$126 million have been set aside in the 2015 National Budget to complete the last 10 kilometers of the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 20 August 2015, 23:31 by GxMedia A Commission of Inquiry would be held into Trafficking In Persons (TIP) in mining districts, government informed the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) on Thursday. Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman convened a follow-up meeting with members of the GWMO to discuss the progress made on the issues that they had ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 20 August 2015, 23:22 by GxMedia With claims of ethnic cleansing being levelled against the government, particularly the Public Infrastructure Ministry for the firing of Guyana Power and Light (GPL) CEO Bharrat Dindyal, Infrastructure Minister David Patterson sought to set the record straight during his budget debate presentation Thursday August 20 insinuating that Dindyal was grossly ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 20 August 2015, 21:58 by GxMedia Prime Minister Moses Nagamoootoo Thursday afternoon said three instead of seven days have been set aside to allow the opposition to scrutinize allocations in the 2015 National Budget because the fiscal package caters merely for the remaining four months of the year. “Our position is that estimates as they are ...