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AFC says severance pay for sugar workers not sufficient
As details emerge in the National Assembly about plans to pay severance to sacked sugar workers and lease them land,...
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“Huge chunk” of money budgeted for laid off Guysuco workers
Aerial view of the Skeldon Sugar Factory. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon on Thursday announced that a "huge chunk" of...
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Small business development gets GY$ millions
Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin. Small business development is next year set to receive a GY$148 million boost to help...
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Govt ministers differ on laying off of sugar workers now
Guyana's Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder Minister of State, Joseph Harmon and Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder were Tuesday at odds over...
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Annual sugar production target further reduced as output slides
Government on Tuesday appeared to further reduce the annual production target of a scaled down Guyana Sugar Corporation. Minister of...
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EU-funded study begins on getting laid off Guysuco workers into market-driven agriculture
GUYSUCO's chairman, Dr Clive Thomas (left); and CEO, Errol Hanoman. A study on how best to employ thousands of workers,...
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“Good life” promise is a “good lie” -PPPC’s Irfan Ali shows statistics
The opposition People's Progressive Party Civic's (PPPC) Shadow Finance Minister, Irfan Ali on Monday charged that the David Granger-led coalition's...
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PPP says ease of doing business now harder; govt announces IDB-funded fix
PPP parliamentarian, Irfan Ali The opposition People's Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) on Monday said evidence shows that Guyana has slipped...
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Guyana’s oil sector should fund ‘green economy’ ; divert fossil fuel cash to climate change resilience– experts
Presidential Adviser on the Environment, Retired Rear Admiral Gary Best Guyana's oil revenues should be used to finance the development...
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Digicel gives away GY$18 million for Christmas; to host big children’s fun-day
Competition in Guyana's mobile phone market on Saturday continued to heat up for the Christmas season with one of the...
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