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The non-governmental charitable organisation, Food for the Poor, on Thursday rushed relief supplies to flood-affected communities along the Mahaicony Creek, while health authorities embarked on an aggressive campaign to minimize the emergence of water-borne diseases. The flood has been caused by excessive rainfall in recent days, forcing authorities to release water from the East Demerara Water Conservancy to reduce pressure ...

by Zena Henry Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has defended government’s decision to incorporate the affairs of the country’s labour sector within the Ministry of Social Protection after the administration came in for stiff criticism by trade unionists. “When you protect labour, you protect the society, you protect the people.” He said that government has sought to umbrella all that must ...

by Zena Henry A 25-year-old man has been confirmed dead after the gold mining pit in which he was working in Region Eight collapsed, trapping him underneath. Commander of ‘F’ Division Courtney Ramsey told Demerara Waves Thursday June 17 that the dead man has been identified as Orlando Archer, of 65 South Turkeyen. He said the incident occurred, about 11:20hours ...

by Zena Henry The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has risen up against the government’s choice to hire chartered Accountant Christopher Ram and former Auditor General, Anand Goolsarran, to conduct audits of several State agencies believed to have been corrupted under the former PPP government. The men were openly critical of the PPP government claiming corruption, squandermania of State assets among ...

Authorities on Wednesday assured that President David Granger did not seek travel to the United States recently for medical attention. Minister of State in the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon told reporters at a news conference that the Guyanese leader’s visit was personal. “The president did not go to the United States for any medical reasons. He went on ...

No public money was used to finance a trip by coalition government members to the United States last week for a victory rally, says Minister of the Presidency Joseph Harmon. Several people, including Harmon, Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman and Minister of Tourism, Kathy Hughes journeyed to New York to take part in an A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) ...

Cabinet is exploring the possibility of redirecting the remaining US$14million ($2.8billion) of a US$18million ($3.6billion) loan secured from Export-Import (Exim) Bank of China Bank by the Donald Ramotar administration for the construction of a specialty hospital for the purpose of bolstering existing public health infrastructure and capacity. “The current thinking of the administration is that once those sums of money ...

by Zena Henry With a history-making production on the way, debts to rice farmers and Venezuela being the State’s only rice market, the government is setting for bilateral talks with the Spanish speaking nation to seek an extension of the oil –for-rice agreement which is expected to expire this year. Guyana last year produced 600,000 tons of the grain in ...

The new administration is reviewing the President’s Scholarship Award Programme due to several “issues” surrounding its functioning, says Minister of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon. In addition to looking at opportunities for young Guyanese scholarships abroad, the Education Minister, he said, has been tasked with reviewing the programme to incorporate increased opportunities for Guyanese at home to study at the University ...

by Zena Henry The government has approved release of $3.8B out of the $16B that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has requested to keep it operational up to year end. Minister of State Joseph Harmon told a media briefing at the Ministry of the Presidency Wednesday June 17, that this portion of the request will be released immediately to ensure ...