Last Updated on Sunday, 24 December 2023, 22:22 by Writer Charrandass Persaud – the then governing APNU+AFC coalition parliamentarian who set in motion the virtual collapse of the David Granger-led administration by voting for a People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-sponsored no-confidence motion- has fallen seriously ill and was Wednesday evacuated to Canada, according to medical sources. One of the sources ...
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Rickford Burke served with Guyana defendant summons in New York
Last Updated on Sunday, 24 December 2023, 22:16 by Writer New York-based Guyanese, Rickford Burke, who is wanted in Guyana for a series of offences, has been served with a Guyana Police Force summons to attend court in March, 2024. Mr Burke, a known activist against the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC), earlier this week claimed that armed men were ...
Read More »City Council workers’ industrial unrest averted by 6.5 percent pay hike, bonus
Last Updated on Sunday, 24 December 2023, 22:14 by Writer The Georgetown City Council on Wednesday unanimously decided to pay a GY$25,000 bonus to its 550 workers and a 6.5 percent wage and salary increase from January 2024, but they would have to wait until the council gets sufficient money during the first quarter of next year for their 2023 ...
Read More »Guyana to lobby UK insurance company to reduce risk analysis
Last Updated on Sunday, 24 December 2023, 22:07 by Writer President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday announced that Guyana has requested the United Kingdom (UK) government to consider mounting a joint lobby to Lloyd’s of London insurance company to reduce its risk assessment of this country’s maritime space due to the border controversy with Venezuela. “Together, we will have to speak ...
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