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In an effort to stem the brain-drain, Cuban-trained Guyanese medical doctors no longer have to complete five years of service before they become eligible to pursue post-graduate studies, Health Minister Dr. George Norton announced Saturday night. “The need for higher training in clinical areas in post-graduate certification in the clinical specialties is becoming more pressing here in Guyana because of ...

Well-known Guyanese realtor, Anthony ‘Tony’ Reid has died after a long battle with diabetes, according to well-placed sources. He was in his 60s. Reid of Tony Reid’s Realty, Duncan Street, Bel Air Park, Georgetown died at a city hospital on Thursday, August 27, 2015. Demerara Waves Online News was told that Reid was injured with a bottle fragment. His situation ...

Guyana’s legal fraternity on Saturday chided the Guyana Manufacturers Association (GMSA) for calling on government not to pay a US$6 million compensation awarded to a Surinamese beverage company, Rudisa, by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), even as that business organisation grapples with a serious rift over the unauthorised issuance of a statement on the matter one week ago. Former ...

A United Nations (UN) will from Saturday begin a fact-finding mission to Guyana to explore another way of settling the decades-old border controversy with Venezuela, the Foreign Ministry announced Friday night. The UN Mission is led by Chief of the Americas Division, Department of Political Affairs of the United Nations. The mission, which will meet with top government and opposition ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has announced that an Emergency Relief Grant of USD 200,000 is being made immediately available to the Government of Dominica in the wake of Tropical Storm Erika. Heavy rains from Erika impacted the island on Thursday causing loss of life and widespread devastation. The grant is being provided in accordance with the ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says government has promised to pilot legislative changes through the National Assembly to pave the way for the holding of Local Government Elections (LGE). The elections management authority says government has also promised to issue an order for the Local Authority areas where the polls will be held and also widen the boundaries to take ...

Finance Minister, Winston Jordan on Friday announced that government could soon be going into the Consolidated Fund to bail out the cash-strapped National Insurance Scheme (NIS). Contributing to the debate on the amendment of the Income Tax Act, he said it would be a “real struggle” to find GUY$5 billion to put back into the social security scheme to which ...

Guyana’s government and opposition on Friday united in expressing solidarity with the people of Dominica whose island has been devastated by Tropical Storm Erika. Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo announced that Guyana was read to rush relief to the Caribbean island where 12 people were killed, 20 others missing,  buildings demolished and bridges and roads washed away. “The government and people ...

The Finance Minister has denied dodging budgetary questions during scrutiny of the 2015 estimates as is being touted by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP). The opposition is bitter over the fact that scrutiny of the estimates was reduced to three days and claimed that the Finance Minister himself was “arrogant” and not forthcoming with information. During a press conference a ...

While the government has vowed to reduce the Berbice Bridge toll as at September 1, they now fear that delay tactics are being employed to frustrate the fulfillment of that 100 day campaign promise. This is according to Minister of Finance Winston Jordan during post-Cabinet’s weekly press briefing Friday August 28. The Minister pointed out that despite previous discussions held ...