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The Ministry of Business on Thursday announced that there would be no GuyExpo this year, but plans are in train for a “special version” to cooincide with Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary next year. In a statement, the Business Ministry said the decision was also taken to hold a Small Business Expo in November, 2015. Government has also signaled its intention ...

Zulficar Mustapha, former Head, Community Relations Liason Officer Region Six (6), is moving to the court to claim $1.7 million for what he is saying was the wrongful termination of his contract. A Writ of Summons containing the details of Mustapha’s claim was filed yesterday and the Attorney General (AG), Basil Williams, has ten days in which to enter an ...

by Zena Henry Finance Minister Winston Jordan has categorically denied claims by a pro-opposition newspaper that government intends to approve hefty travel allowances and he warned that former government ministers  who have not cleared theirs would have them deducted from their salaries or pensions. The former government themselves could come in for some inconvenience since according to Jordan a significant ...

Amid the rising incidence of suicide,  Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan on Thursday called for the decriminalization of attempted suicide and the locking away of poisons from persons prone to taking their own lives. “Guyana should move toward the decriminalization of attempted suicide. I would like to hear the arguments from the other side to hear why it would remain ...

by Zena Henry Minister of Finance Winston Jordan has clarified that there is no GUY$60b of state money being withdrawn from commercial banks. He expressed surprise when questioned on the issue Wednesday July 5. The minister said he saw the figure come up in the media as floated by the Private Sector Commission (PSC), but has “no idea” where the ...

by Zena Henry Government in its defense has dismissed charges that it handpicked persons to sit on the varying Boards that head various state agencies. With the appointment of the new A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) government, many state boards were put on hold for “necessary” reshuffling. However, the government has come under stiff criticisms; that ...

Current trainees and recent graduates of the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) are to be priority recipients of the remaining 10,000 laptops to be allocated under the One Laptop for Family (OLPF) Project. Teachers who have completed the CPCE leg of their studies and are now pursuing studies at the University of Guyana (UG) leg are also slated to ...

by Zena Henry Under intense pressure from the opposition to justify higher salaries for ministers and parliamentarians, government on Wednesday backed down from the pay hike but said there would have to be different pay-scales for the Vice Presidents and ministers. The announcement came Wednesday July 5 during Cabinet’s weekly press briefing hosted by Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman. The ...

Cabinet has approved a US$15,000 (some G$3 million) contract for two consultants to examine existing telecommunications legislation and make recommendations toward the preparation of a new Telecommunications (Amendment) Bill as government looks to reform the sector. Two Attorneys-at-law, one foreign and one local, have been contracted to take on the task which government hopes will be completed by an undetermined ...

Bandits armed with cutlasses and guns opened fire on police and managed to escape in the backlands of the Number 48 Village backlands after terrorising and robbing a rice farmer and his family at their home early Wednesday morning, police said. Police said in a statement that at about 0130h. today Wednesday August 05, 2015, a gang of five men ...