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The Guyana government has scrapped a contract with a local firm for the rehabilitation of the controversial fibre optic cable from Brazil, even as it explores the possibility of continuing the project that it had criticized harshly while in opposition. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon said he met with the Head of Dax Construction Companay, Faizal Mohammed on Friday and ...

by Zena Henry Despite being in office a little over three months now, Timehri North residents anxiously await any word on whether the government will regularize their community. The matter of documenting the squatters became one of great concern when the former administration had decided to remove the residents to facilitate the expansion of the Cheddi  Jagan International Airport (CJIA). ...

by Zena Henry Tax defaulters can make use of a one month amnesty period to get as much as 75 percent interest off tax payments on businesses and as much as 100 percent off on interest owing for residential properties.  This is according to Town Clerk Royston King who told Demerara Waves that, “the amnesty would see the smooth clearing ...

by Zena Henry Almost five years since the arbitrary dismissal of some 50 Rusal workers who demonstrated against poor work conditions at the bauxite company, the matter is still not resolved and the union is adamant that the company should not be in Guyana if it cannot respect the law and rights of citizens. This is according to Lincoln Lewis, ...

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure on Friday announced the immediate axing of the Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL). “Mr. Bharat Dindyal, who served as Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has been formally advised that a decision has been taken that his engagement with the company will conclude effective 16:00hrs today, ...

MAY/JUNE 2015 CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION REPORT ON PRELIMINARY RESULTS           BACKGROUND             In May/June 2015, nine hundred and sixty one (961) candidates from             nine(9) Secondary Schools and five (5) Private centres wrote the             Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination in Guyana.             The fourteen Examination Centres were:                         Region 10:                Mackenzie High School                         Region 6:                   Berbice High, New Amsterdam ...

by Zena Henry The Finance Ministry is yet to provide details on the promised subvention for the cash-strapped Critchlow Labour College (CLC), even as that educational institution awaits word on its 2016 budget estimates  that government asked it to submit. This is according to Ivelaw English, principal of the worker training institution. While English could not readily provide the budget ...

Guyanese may have to go to a referendum to decide the future shape of the country’s constitution if the opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) does not support all or part of the process. Attorney General, Basil Williams said a referendum is the next option if the PPPC does not lend its support to the A Partnership for National Unity+ ...

It might be the government’s wish to have Local Government Elections (LGE) in December of this year, but that depends on the readiness of the election body and the amendment of certain laws to make the long overdue process a reality. Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan reiterated to media operatives Thursday August 13 that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has communicated ...

A People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-aligned Amerindian rights organisation has clapped a GUY$10 million lawsuit on government for failing to pay almost 2,000 community workers in Amerindian communities since the government changed in May. The Amerindian Action Movement of Guyana (TAAMOG), through its President, Peter Persaud, is taking the Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Sydney Allicock and his Permanent Secretary ...