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Guyana’s umbrella business organisation, Private Sector Commission (PSC), on Monday welcomed government’s announcement of a 10 percent reduction in electricity rates and hoped that consumers would benefit. “Since the reduction in electricity costs will contribute to a reduction in production costs of both manufacturers and service providers, the Commission would also like to see the cost of other energy-dependent goods ...

University of Guyana academic and non-academic staff on Monday kept their promise to embark on a “full blown” strike to force the institution’s administration to return to the negotiation table. The resort to strike action followed Thursday night’s notification to the Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) and Workers Union (UGWU) by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Jacob Opadeyi that a pay offer ...

A 2014 Public Bus Commuter Satisfaction survey revealed that only 41 percent of the public is satisfied with the service provided, the Public Works Ministry said in a statement. The survey, conducted by the Ministry of Public Works (MPW), measured accessibility, timeliness, comfort, information and safety of eight major bus routes, 31, 32, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45 ...

Guyana on Sunday opened a GUY$35 million Petting Zoo which officials said would eventually be the home of several types of animals from  Africa, according to Environmental Minister, Robert Persaud. “Just recently, we have been able to conclude a zoo-to-zoo exchange programme and this zoo-to-zoo exchange programme will see us having a batch of new animals and species that you ...

A former manager of the Lucky Dollar branch at Corriverton was Friday granted GUY$1.8 million on 18 charges of embezzling a total of GUY$8.8 million from the store one year ago. Thirty-three year old Joanella Mongal of 8 Scottsburg, Corentyne is accused of committing the offences between January 6 and February 28, 2014. Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus granted the woman GUY$100,000 ...

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) says determining its Presidential and Prime Ministerial candidates on the basis of race is a failed model and does not determine how the coalition decides who fills these posts. These remarks were delivered on Friday by APNU General Secretary (GS), Joseph Harmon, who, during a televised press brief, noted the coalition’s cognizance “of the ...

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) announced that it dropped tax evasion charges against Kaieteur News publisher Glen Lall and two remigrants in exchange for paying up the outstanding taxes on two Lexus SUVs. The remigrant couple, Narootandeo and Gharbassi Brijnanan, were jointly charged along with Glenn and his wife, Bhena, for tax fraud surrounding two Lexus vehicles. The tax agency ...

Two Guyanese women have been charged in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) for alleged possession of guns and ammunition, police in that United Kingdom (UK) dependency said Friday in a statement. The women and one man were arrested by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force Special Investigations Team during an operation that netted one AK47 assault rifle, one 9MM Taurus ...

University of Guyana (UG) workers on Friday decided to escalate their sit-in strike to a “full blown”  three-day strike from Monday, even as their unions seek the intervention of the Labour Ministry and President Donald Ramotar. The move to escalate industrial action followed Thursday night’s formal withdrawal of a pay-hike offer and the scrapping of negotiations unless the workers first ...

University of Guyana Vice Chancellor, Professor Jacob Opadeyi on Thursday withdrew the institution’s pay offer and called off wage and salary negotiations until workers end their now two-week old sit-in strike, vowing that the administration would not return to the bargaining table under duress. “For the negotiation to continue all workers must be back to work and classes are to ...