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The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) was Saturday probing the discovery of a small bag of suspected “powdered carbon” in one of bag of rice at Base Camp Stephenson, Timehri.GDF Brigadier Mark Phillips stated clearly that no one has been poisoned and that appeared to be an “isolated” occurrence. “At the moment, this appears to be an isolated incident as there has ...

Secretary to the Defence Board, Dr. Roger Luncheon says he has concrete information that the opposition coalition is being militarized in the run-up to next month’s general elections in contrast to the previous polls almost four years ago. “I don’t want to burden you with the facts but when I show you the details that we have about the involvement ...

The opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC)  Friday night pegged increased Old Age pensions and salaries to sufficient cash in the State’s coffers and weeding out of corruption. “If we go in there and we find enough money in the Treasury, the first people we will think about will be our senior citizens,” Prime Ministerial ...

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) on Friday dismissed the opposition A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance For Change (APNU+ AFC) plan to increase salaries, warning that the coalition’s pay packages and incentives would run the country bankrupt. City businessman, Clinton Urling lamented the absence of strategies to grow the economy and generate revenue in the 44-page APNU+AFC manifesto that ...

Under intense public pressure as the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) heads into the tightest election ever, President Donald Ramotar has strongly reprimanded the Minister of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsaran following revelation of statements he uttered during and following a public confrontation with a protesting citizen from Georgetown in Berbice. “The statements and behaviour of the Minister do not reflect ...

Teachers are being promised higher salaries and other benefits by the opposition coalition if it wins next month’s general and regional elections. While A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) did not provide any idea of how much teachers’ salaries would be increased by, it said in its manifesto that free land and duty free concessions would be ...

The opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance For Change (APNU+ AFC) is promising a 20 percent salary hike for all law enforcement officers in the first year, and a crack down on white collar crime, drug trafficking and illegal guns. With the starting salary of constables just around GY$60,000 (US$300), the coalition hopes that an initial 20 percent ...

The manifesto of Guyana’s main opposition A Partnership for National Unity+ A Partnership for National Unity (APNU+AFC) is available by clicking on here. The coalition’s promises include a review of salaries for top constitiutional office holders including the President, Prime Minister, judges, parliamentarians and other special offices. The manifesto also confirms a 10 percent across-the-board wage and salary increase as ...

A fisherman was early Thursday morning shot and robbed of GUY$240,000 at Meadow Bank Wharf, East Bank Demerara. Police said about 3:30 AM on April 23, 2015, Ganesh Vishwanauth of Grove, East Bank Demerara was confronted by two men, one of whom was armed with a firearm. The men demanded cash to which Vishwanauth resisted and was shot to his ...

A businessman was shot outside of his residence and at Canal Number One Polder, West Bank Demerara and dragged out of his motor car. Police said that about 8:20 PM Wednesday, April 22, 2015, Abdul Quadir Nazir, 26 years, of was in his motor car along with mechanic Mark Crandon, 40 years, of Canal No. 1, when a motor car ...