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by Zena Henry The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has been able to avert what seemed to be total shut down of the industry after it reported last week that it had no money to pay junior and senior staffers as at Sunday May 31. This is according to Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder and Guyana Agriculture Worker’s Union (GAWU) President ...

by Zena Henry For more than a year, four of the six major pumps needed to drain Georgetown during time of heavy rainfall have not been operational, but after this long period, the Ministry of Infrastructure has noted that these mechanical devices will be up and running in 24 hours. During an update on ongoing work to alleviate the current ...

(Georgetown, June 1, 2015) The Ministry of Education wishes to advise parents and guardians that some schools will remain closed on Tuesday, June 2, 2015. The following schools are expected to be closed: Georgetown: 1. South Road Nursery 2. Headstart Nursery 3. Albouystown Nursery 4. St. Agnes Primary 5. *Gacestock Primary 6. *Queenstown Secondary 7. *Sophia PIC East Coast Demerara: ...

Approximately eight hundred customers in the lower East Coast Demerara area are currently without telephone service as a result of extensive damage done to GT&T’s cabinet facility at the junction of the University Of Guyana Road and the Railway embankment. “GT&T has been unable to ascertain the details of the cause of the damage to the cabinet which houses telephone ...

People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) activists protesting outside the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) were Monday ruffled by a one-man protest staged nearby by a young lawyer. Gino Persaud, who is a founding director of Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI), emerged from his office with a huge placard stating “The back of PPP Corruption is broken.” “I think that is ...

by Zena Henry The main opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is yet to decide whether it will occupying its 32 seats in National Assembly following their defeat at the 2015 General and Regional Elections. “One has to make a distinction between determining who goes to Parliament, who goes on the regional democratic councils, who goes as chairman and vice chairman; ...

by Zena Henry General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Clement Rohee on Monday lashed out party newcomer Clinton Urling, saying he lacked the authority and experience to pronounce on party issues and the power and influence that former President Bharrat Jagdeo wields in its executive. “I don’t think he is no position to pronounce authoritatively on these matters, ...

The United States (US) has rubbished as “absurd” claims by former Health Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy that the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) was out maneuvered from office because of crude oil interest by the international community. “Minister Ramsammy’s accusation is absurd,” said US Charge D’Affaires at the American Embassy in Guyana, Bryan Hunt. Noting that the PPP has made ...

President David Granger is unlikely to formally invite the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) to join the government any time soon because there preliminary talks first have to be held, according to Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman. Appearing on I-Radio’s Hard Talk, he said much would depend on backroom talks between the coalition administration and representatives of that opposition party. ...

A decomposing whale has washed ashore at Maria’s Lodge, Essequibo Coast, residents reported Sunday. Concerns have since been raised about the health of nearby residents who are already complaining about the stench. Hindus, who frequent the seashore for religious reasons, were Sunday unable to do so because of the unpleasant smell. “It is stinking. It has a huge chop, guts ...