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Public Service Union to call “full strike action” by nurses
GPSU President Patrick Yarde (centre at headtable) at the union's press conference. In the face of threats to take disciplinary...
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Georgetown Public Hospital nurses warned of disciplinary action as protest continues
Protesting nurses of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) remained defiant in their quest for a range of benefits, despite...
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Public Service Union to write Georgetown Public Hospital, Ministry of Health concerning nurses’ unrest
The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU)was Monday preparing to write to the management of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)...
Read moreDetailsNurses’ industrial unrest breaking the law; President shrugs claims of unjustifiable spending
Government says nurses are violating the law governing essential unrest by taking industrial unrest to press demands for more COVID-19...
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Sexual activity with 6 month old girl among 529 cases, police system inadequate- Child Care Director
The Director of the Child Care and Protection Agency of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, Ann Greene...
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Govt agencies to buy some produce directly as farmers loses 50 percent earnings due to coronavirus
A recent study by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) shows that since the start of the the coronavirus, COVID-19,...
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GCAA gets GYD$609 million bailout due to COVID-19
The headquarters of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), High Street, Kingston, Georgetown. Reeling from the devastating impact that the...
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140 Lusignan Prison inmates infected with COVID-19, several moved to Madewini isolation facility
The Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn says 140 prisoners of the Lusignan Prison are infected with the coronavirus and...
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Labour Ministry’s Co-ops Dept; Scotiabank’s main branch closed due to coronavirus infections
Joseph Hamilton The Ministry of Labour's Cooperatives Department and the main branch of Scotiabank (Guyana) have been closed due to...
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Coronavirus infects 14 Parliament Office staff members
The potentially deadly coronavirus, COVID-19, has infected 14 staff members of the Parliament Office and they are being provided the...
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