911 Emergency phones operational by early 2017, says Public Security Minister Ramjattan
Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan expects the 911 Emergency numbers will be functioning effectively by...
Minister Scott hints at FITUG, GTUC ‘impotence’ while grilled on $24M for Guyana National Co-op Union Ltd
Minister in the Ministry of Social Protection responsible for labour, Keith Scott Government has allocated $24M to the Guyana National...
$500M increase in budget 2017 for Guyana contributions to int’l organisations
Guyana's contribution to international organisations has increased by some $500M in the 2017 budgeted estimates for the Foreign Ministry. The...
Opposition Chief Whip urges Foreign Minister to justify $200M hike in foreign contract employees
Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira has asked Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge to justify a $200M increase in the amount allocated...
Minister Greenidge confident in UN chief’s recommendation for Venezuela border controversy
While the Guyana Government hoped for a resolution to the border controversy with Venezuela before UN Secretary General Ban Ki...
Finance Minister says low oil price$$ benefited ‘troublemaker’ GPL; Jagdeo says customers never felt it
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Indigenous communities call for independent land commission amidst alleged ‘threats, harassment’ from gov’t officials
Stemming from a three-year research from 2012 into land claims and conflicts of 42 indigenous settlements in Guyana's regions 1...
Stranded Dynamic Airways Guyanese passengers at JFK on their way home- Captain Gouveia
Relief has come for 280 Dynamic Airways passengers stranded at JFK International Airport in New York over the weekend, according...
$298M still owed on D’Urban Park, contractors can sue building company- Minister Jordan
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Local Government Commission by end of 2017 says Communities Minister Bulkan
Although $30M has been allocated for the Local Government Commission in 2017, the constitutional body is yet to be established...
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