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In support of the ‘Still I Rise: Reintegration of Teen Mothers in Education’ programme, of which the Ministry of Education is a partner, Ansa McAl Trading Limited (Guyana) on Monday donated baby pampers and wipes to the Ministry of Education. The donation will be used to help teenaged mothers who are in need of the basic necessities, especially at this point ...

The Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. (TIGI) has slammed the Mayor and City Council for forging ahead with the Parking Meter project despite deep-seated concerns about the apparent opaqueness of the transaction from the inception. “That this project is allowed to continue in its current configuration in spite of a legal basis for enacting a new and transparent process, is ...

ALBERTSON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Some New Yorkers have given an extraordinary donation to a young woman who endured a horror. The woman was mutilated by an abusive boyfriend, and her children were killed. As CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff reported exclusively to the woman, Natasha Houston. The simple act of pushing open a car door is a struggle for Houston, in what ...

Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Godfrey Statia on Monday  announced that tax agents would be deployed to go after businesses that cheat the 16 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) amounting to billions of dollars. “We also have to shift our resources into the enforcement mode and go behind the businesses for them to comply so we are ...

Guyana’s social security system, the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) , is set to receive a GYD$5.6 billion cash injection over the next 20 years to compensate for a loss of money in the failed Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO). He said Cabinet has approved the government repaying NIS through non-negotiable Guyana government debenture certificates over a 20 year period at ...

Guyana’s economy has registered an improvement during the first six months of the year largely due to improved gold performance but it is projected to decline slightly due to poor performances of rice and sugar, Finance Minister, Winston Jordan said Monday. “This very good performance was attributed mainly to growth in the mining and quarrying sector,” he said. He said ...

Afro-Guyanese, largely supporters of the David Granger-led administration, were Sunday urged  to pressure government into looking after their welfare in exchange for the votes that they cast for the APNU+AFC coalition last year. The calls were issued at the Cuffy250 Fourth Annual State of the African Guyanese Forum held at the Critchlow Labour College, Woolford Avenue, Georgetown. Delivering the opening ...

President David Granger on Sunday urged numerous African Guyanese organisations to come together, even as he pledged his government’s support to end racial discrimination, create jobs and improve access to education. “I am not going to be so crass as to ask you to measure the accomplishments so far in this decade but what I would like to caution you ...

The Guyana Police Force says that at about 8 O’clock Friday night a mother reported to the police at Itaballi Check Point, that her daughter was being assaulted by her reputed husband(daughter). The subordinate officer in-charge sent a constable with a Service firearm, along with the reporter. On arrival, the assailant (reputed husband) was contacted and in the intervening process ...

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) said that as of 7 AM on Friday, August 5, 2016 all its services have been restored to “full strength.”   “Our *100# menu is back and is ready to provide you with all the services that you have become accustomed to,” the company stated. This includes MyAccount and Mobile Money services. Meanwhile, the ...