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City Hall flouted law, High Court order in giving permission for 7th floor- CH&PA

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA)  has told Georgetown’s Mayor and City Council that it has apparently flouted the law by eventually giving approval for the seventh floor to be added to the building at the corner of Robb and Camp Streets, Georgetown. “We wish to remind you that under the Town and Country Planning Act, the City Council ...

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GWI fires Lear Goring as Debt Recovery Manager

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) on Thursday decided to fire Lear Goring as the entity’s Debt Recovery Manager because he is unqualified for the position. Goring, who was twice convicted for drug trafficking in the United States and deported, is a friend of GWI’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Richard Van West Charles. Following the specially convened board meeting, the utility company assured that ...

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Govt will pay 1% to 10% pay hike even if union rejects it…“It is perhaps what is affordable at present”- Granger

President David Granger on Thursday signaled that government would pay a maximum 10 percent wage and salary hike to the lowest paid government employees and one percent to the highest paid because that is all that government can afford. “It is perhaps what is affordable at present,” he said on this week’s edition of his television programme, Public Interest. Granger ...

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Armed bandits rob East Bank Demerara supermarket

Armed bandits Wednesday night invaded a supermarket at Covent Garden, East Bank Demerara and ordered the owner, staff and customers to lie face down on the ground before carting off more than GYD$1 million in cash and valuables,  the owner said. The incident occurred at about 7:34 PM on August 31, 2016 at Fresh Mart Supermarket, Coverden Public Road, East ...

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City Councillors divided over parking meters; City Hall hopes to further revise agreement with investor

Although Smart City Solutions (SCS) has agreed to reduce the parking meter fees and the life of the contract from 49 to 20 years, a divided Georgetown’s City Council ended a meeting Wednesday with a decision to hold further negotiations with the company based on the deliberations. The proposed amendments would see the parking rate being reduced from GYD$125 per ...

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GCAA probing aircraft incident at Eteringbang; Gouveia denies plane was overloaded

Even as the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) continues to probe an incident at the Eteringbang Airstrip that resulted in damage to a plane, the Chief Executive Officer of the Roraima Group of Companies, Gerry Gouveia on Tuesday denied that that aircraft was overloaded with several drums of fuel. GCAA Director General, Retired Col. Egbert Field said a probe has ...

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BK International to build US$3.5 million hangar at Ogle Airport, acquire more aircraft

BK International on Tuesday turned the sod to build a US$3.5 million dollar hangar at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport at Ogle as part of the company’s plans to bring down the cost of domestic airfares, Chief Executive Officer, Brian Tiwari said. “It’s to increase our fleet and make our flights cheaper,” he told Demerara Waves Online News., alluding ...

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Oil production will not bring large number of direct jobs for Guyanese – ExxonMobil

A top official of the American oil giant, ExxonMobil, on Tuesday cautioned Guyanese against expecting a large number of direct jobs when Guyana begins commercial production and instead said it is the government’s responsibility to use oil revenues to help create employment. Jeff Simons, the Country Manager of ExxonMobil’s local subsidiary- Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited- told media representatives ...

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There must be no secret vote on parking meters- AFC’s Ramjattan

As Georgetown’s Mayor and City Council prepares to this week discuss the controversial parking meter contract that Central Government has ordered be revoked, the Alliance For Change (AFC) said if the matter comes down to a vote,  there must be no secret balloting. AFC Leader, Khemraj Ramjattan insisted that there must be open voting when the parking meter contract comes ...

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