Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 19:11 by Writer The main opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) on Wednesday called the negotiated 10 percent retroactive salary increases for 2024 and 8 percent for next year a “highway robbery” when the President and ministers’ salaries are calculated in dollars and compared to those of lowly paid workers. “This is highway ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 18:55 by Writer By GHK Lall Dr. Asha Kissoon is unknown to me. Regrettably, the good doctor is now known for some less than inspiring reasons. I wish it were different, that I had cause to write a strong word of support for her in the predicament in which she has made for ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 22:37 by Writer A Guyanese start-up airline, Jet Global Services (Guyana) Inc., has clinched a deal with Bulgaria-headquartered GullivAir and the Switzerland-based LunaJets to offer Guyanese and oil sector workers another option to connect to neighbouring Brazil, the Caribbean and North America. “As Guyana becomes a significant player in the global oil market, ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 20:34 by Writer The man, who was seen on video allegedly stabbing his wife multiple times on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, was charged with attempted murder and refused bail, police said. The Guyana Police Force (GPF) said 26-year-old Navin Stoll of One Mile Turn, Soesdyke-Linden Highway was charged on Tuesday with the indictable offence ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 20:28 by Writer President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday announced that the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) and the government signed a two-year wages and salaries agreement that would see them benefitting from a 10 percent pay hike for 2024 and eight percent next year. “This 10 percent increase in salary, which is retroactive ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 18:41 by Writer by Agence France-Presse Residents evacuate Poste Marchands in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on December 9, 2024, after gangs took control of the region on December 7. Nearly 200 people in Haiti were killed in brutal weekend violence reportedly orchestrated against voodoo practitioners, with the government on Monday condemning a massacre of “unbearable ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 18:29 by Writer AFP – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil By Lucia Lacurcia Brazil’s 79-year-old President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva underwent surgery for a brain hemorrhage related to a recent fall, hospital officials said Tuesday. “The operation went without complications” on Monday night, and Lula was “doing well, under monitoring” in an intensive ...

Last Updated on Monday, 9 December 2024, 20:56 by Writer Public servants are expected to get an increase in wages and salaries as part of a two-year agreement between government and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), a well-placed source said Monday. While the government s0urce declined to say whether the accord is expected to provide for a double digit ...

Last Updated on Monday, 9 December 2024, 20:09 by Writer The Guyana government on Monday said Region Nine (Upper Takatu-Upper Essequibo) is not re-registering residents there for the GY$100,000 cash grant, amid claims by a number of residents that they were being asked to do so. “The Region is not re-registering residents in Region 9, since each citizen 18 years ...

Last Updated on Monday, 9 December 2024, 20:05 by Writer At least 43 residents of Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takatu-Upper Essequibo) were told that they needed to register again for the GY$100,000 cash grant because their data was not saved on the devices at the time of registration, a senior regional official said Monday. Some children got registered but their ...