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Government gives delinquent Housing Developers until February 2016 to finish works…Monitoring Unit set up to check progress
Minister with Responsibility for Housing Keith Scott meeting Housing Developers (GINA photo)The Minister with responsibility for Housing Keith Scott has...
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National Unity talks will go “nowhere” with Nagamootoo- PPP
The PPP's headquarters, Freedom House,The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Thursday warned that National Unity talks with the government would...
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GECOM rules out local govt elections this year, eyes mid-February 2016
Mr. Vishnu Persaud, Deputy Chief Election Officer (extreme right) making a point to – from left going down the table...
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Gold smuggling a door to other illegal activities- miners association
The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) on Thursday labeled gold smugglers “a few greedy individuals” who could be...
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Guyanese held at JFK Airport with coke-in-rum
The man claimed he bought this bottle of rum at a duty free shop at the airport in Guyana. A...
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Early morning fire guts Regent Street store building
An early Thursday morning fire gutted a Regent Street building that housed several stores, leaving several lowly-paid store workers out...
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Govt dismisses PPP’s concerns that bankrupt persons can contest Local Govt Elections
Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan has brushed aside concerns about the removal of a section of the Local Authorities Act...
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PPP opposes moves to allow bankrupt persons to contest Local Govt elections
PPPC Parliamentarian Charles Ramson Jr.The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) on Wednesday objected to erasing of a section of a...
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House green-lights consideration of local govt bill, despite PPPC objections
PPPC parliamentarian Juan EdghillDespite vigorous objection by the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) about short notice, government used its one-seat...
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Govt rubbishes Jagdeo’s ERC claims; mulls reviving process
Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman.Rejecting claims by the opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) that the Social Cohesion drive was...
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