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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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Energy Professor urges Guyana to negotiate best oil contracts for education, technologies

Prominent Trinidad and Tobago energy expert and University of the West Indies Professor, Andrew Jupiter has urged Guyana to use its recently discovered oil and natural gas as bargaining chip to secure higher quality education and technologies. “The resources are yours and when the resources are yours and you are inviting various multinationals into your countries, that is great. It ...

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Public Health Minister did not deliver apology to House Speaker; appeals for support from PNCR congress delegates

Embattled Public Health Minister, Dr. George Norton admitted that he did not actually deliver an apology to House Speaker, Dr. Barton Scotland for misleading the National Assembly about the rental of a building to house a pharmaceutical bond. He later told Demerara Waves Online News that he delivered the apology. Following is a transcript of that segment of the news ...

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BOND GATE: Govt rented office space, not pharmaceutical bond; Jagdeo calls for scrapping of “scandalous, corrupt” deal

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo says government rented office space instead of a pharmaceutical bond from Linden Holdings Limited, a company controlled by a member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), a move he said smacks of corruption and incompetence. “This scandalous corrupt act demonstrates the level of petulance, fickleness, lack of transparency and accountability, and irresponsible use of taxpayers’ ...

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RUSAL/BCGI Contracts for Service flawed

The Russian-controlled Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) was Thursday scolded about hiring employees on a written contract that could possibly cheat the country’s coffers of national insurance and income tax deductions. Top Russian and Guyanese officials of the company, Ministers of Labour, Chief Labour Officer and other senior officials met at the Labour Department of the Ministry of Social ...

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Digicel appoints Usain Bolt as Chief Speed Officer—Lucky customer in each market to get free lifetime postpaid contract in celebration

DigicelCaribbean Ltd on Thursday announced living legend, world record holder and the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, as its Chief Speed Officer (CSO). With his unprecedented “three-peat” at the Olympic Games in Rio, Usain has takenhis rightful place in the annals of history and sealed his position as the greatest athlete ever.The unique “job for life” comes in tandem with the ...

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Digicel (Guyana) expands Back-to-School dental clinic outreach

Digicel (Guyana) is expanding its dental outreach programme across Guyana, as it continues its now six-year old Back-to-School initiative, the telecoms provider said in a statement. This year’s activity began at Timehri, East Bank Demerara signaling the beginning of the initiative in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Georgetown Central. The global telecommunications company  says it intends to continue the outreach since it ...

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Closed Areas being allocated to small scale gold miners

In a simple ceremony held at the Ministry of Natural Resources on August 23, 2016, several small miners received letters of allocation for mining lands from members of the Closed Area Committee (CAC),Guyana’s Ministry of Natural Resources said in a statement. This begins to fulfill a promise made by Minister of Natural Resources, Honourable Raphael Trotman to small miners at the ...

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December 5 is Guyana’s 2017 National Budget Day

Guyana’s 2017 National Budget will be presented on December 5, 2016 and to assist with its preparation, government is contemplating the establishment of ministerial planning units, President David Granger announced Monday. “We can only maintain that pattern of preparation if there are established planning units and the Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs will have such a planning unit,”  he said ...

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