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Displaced Marudi miners likely to get new mining lands
Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman Gold miners, who were displaced from the Marudi area in Rupununi, are likely to benefit...
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UG Council to discuss salaries next week; unions demand negotiations
Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Ivelaw Griffith The University of Guyana’s (UG) Council is next week (March...
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Four ‘refugees’ charged with presenting forged documents to Guyana officials
Accused Pakistani, Arshad Mughal at the Georgetown Magistrates' Court. For the month of March thus far, four men, who reportedly...
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Central Bank blames exporters’ “hoarding” of foreign currency for slide in Guyana dollar
The Bank of Guyana. The Bank of Guyana (BOG) on Thursday accused exporters of causing a slide in the Guyana...
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Communities Minister sacks Linden Town Clerk with immediate effect
by Gary Eleazar Sacked Linden Town Clerk Jonellor Bowen. Linden Town Clerk, Jonellor Bowen, was today (March 23, 2017) fired...
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Ivor Bunbury Furniture store manager, two others charged with cocaine possession
Three men today came before city magistrate Leron Daly today, March 23, charged with possession of cocaine at the Cheddi...
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Air travel is getting more expensive…one travel agent using exchange rate of GYD$250
Less than 24 hours after a section of the business community expressed concern that Guyana’s exchange rate has plummeted to...
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Standards Bureau gets $2 billion IDB loan to upgrade labs
by Gary Eleazar Executive Director of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards, Candelle Walcott-Bostwick The Guyana National Bureau of Standards...
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City Hall earns just over GYD$500,000 in two months from parking meters
The Georgetown City Council earned just over GYD$500,000 in the two months from the now suspended parking meter project, according...
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Govt announces Board of Directors for new state agency to assist GPL
State Minster and Cabinet Secretary, Joseph Harmon Cabinet has approved a new Board of Directors for a fresh state agency,...
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