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The Guyana government Wednesday denied reports that the hiring of contract workers has ballooned under the nine-month old coalition-led administration, saying that the new figure takes into account the creation of a super-ministry. The Stabroek News newspaper, quoting from a 2016 Budget Review done by Chartered Accountant, Christopher Ram, stated that the Ministry of the Presidency (MOTP) now employs 505 ...

The Guyana government has launched a multi-sectoral approach to minimize the chances of the mosquito-borne Zika virus from spreading to Guyana, the Ministry of Tourism announced Wednesday. Though not deadly, scientists say the virus has caused pregnant mothers to deliver babies with small or under-developed brains. Scientists also say the virus may be spread by sexual intercourse. Authorities say one Guyanese ...

Commissioner of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Robeson Benn is not the same Robeson Benn who is a People’s Progressive Party Civic candidate in the upcoming Local Government Elections, according to a reliable source. The top GECOM source clarified, less than an hour after Team Benschop raised concerns, that the candidate is not Commissioner Brindley Horatio Robeson Benn, but is ...

Team Benschop has revealed that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) listed Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Commissioner Robeson Benn as a candidate for Local Government Elections (LGE). According to Mark Benschop a Mayoral hopeful, his team  “strongly objects to Mr Robeson Benn being a commissioner at  GECOM and a candidate for the local government elections.” Benschop says that Benn should do ...

Two Guyanese and one Brazilian have been arrested for allegedly being in possession of 15 horses that were being taken to Brazil, police said. Investigators said the men were arrested by Lethem Police at about midday, Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at Manari, Central Rupununi. Police said the horses were stolen from a ranch owned by a businessman at Manari and ...

Thirty-one Peace Corps trainees arrived in Georgetown on 3rd February, to begin their two years of service to the people of Guyana mainly in the health and education sectors, the American Embassy here said in a statement. The new trainees make up the 28th group of Peace Corps Volunteers to serve in Guyana, and they will soon begin their pre-service ...

While the Private Sector Commission (PSC) says it is pleased with Budget 2016, it has some grievances that it would like to be addressed. Among those is the proposed ban on the importation of vehicles older than 8 years to Guyana. PSC in a release on Wednesday stated that the ban on vehicle importation has some serious connotations. "the introduction ...

An audio-visual technician at the Guyana Marriott Hotel Georgetown was Tuesday fined GYD$20,000 and sentenced to 50 hours community service at the Georgetown City Constabulary. Twenty-three year old Richard James of Sheriff and Enachu Streets, Campbelville pleaded guilty to being on possession of 1.4 grammes of marijuana at the Marriott Hotel, Kingston, Georgetown on 28th January, 2016. If he does not provide ...

Baker Barrios Architects, Inc. Wednesday said it was in the final rounds of designing the future home of the Guyana Sports Complex in the Co-operative Republic of Guyana – a sovereign state on the northern mainland of South America. “The master plan creates a true destination and an exciting experience for visitors, spectators and athletes, while establishing a framework for ...

Police are conducting investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 63-year-old man of East Bank Essequibo. According to a police statement, the body of Ramroop Rameshwar was found in his Parika Sea Dam, EBE home at about 06:30 hrs onTuesday February 02, 2016.  Police say Rameshwar was found with his feet and hands tied and his mouth gagged, ...