Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 23:03 by Denis Chabrol The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Tuesday indicated that its concerns about food vending on New Market Street date back to several years and records show that official complaints to the Georgetown Mayor and City Council stretch from 2015 to 2022, but little has been done resulting increased ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 22:11 by Denis Chabrol As the outcry continues over Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine’s comments about Islam, Deputy Mayor Alfred Mentore on Tuesday said he does not support those offending comments but he is in solidarity with the vendors who operate food caravans and stalls on New Market Street opposite the Georgetown Public Hospital ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 17:54 by Denis Chabrol A large section of the Muslim community and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Tuesday condemned Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine for seeming religiously and racially divisive remarks Tuesday night on Tuesday night while police and Public Works Ministry workers were attempting to remove food caravans from New Market Street ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 15:42 by Denis Chabrol United States Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch on Tuesday welcomed the Guyana government’s increase in salaries, in particular public sector healthcare workers, in an effort to retain them in country. “We know that very well that Guyanese are smart, capable professionals who need to be paid fairly for their ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 15:07 by Denis Chabrol United States (US) Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch on Tuesday hoped that the award of a US$759 contract to build a 300 megawatt (mw) natural gas-fired electricity plant and natural gas liquids plant at Wales, West Bank Demerara to two American companies would trigger greater interest by other US ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 9:19 by Denis Chabrol Vendors, backed by City Mayor Ubraj Narine, blocked Public Works Ministry officials from removing food caravans and stalls from New Market Street outside Georgetown Public Hospital. Despite the presence of several unarmed police, the vendors blocked the workers from taking away the more than 15 caravans and stalls. Mr ...