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BK International on Friday challenged the Ministry of Public Works to support its charge that the GT&T cable damaged recently was in an area not assigned to BK by the Consultants. The Ministry of Public Works made this claim in a statement issued on September 17. On the same day GT&T also issues a statement charging that “The location of ...

YOURDAILYJOURNAL.COM.-ROCKINGHAM — Earl Rose never intended to become a missionary. The idea of providing medical care to the ill in foreign and developing countries or getting his hands muddy building schools and huts just never appealed to him. Then he discovered Guyana, a country on the northern coast of South America that just needed books. “My sister-in-law, Kathy Bruce, was ...

A man was Friday arraigned for the road deaths of two overseas-based Guyanese on the Mabura Road and released on GUY$1 million bail. Forty-three year old Michael Jordan of 21 Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara was not required to the charge of causing death by dangerous driving that was read to him by City Magistrate, Fabaoy Azore. While on bail, ...

Guyana has completed its 4th Annual Assessment of Deforestation and Forest Degradation under the Monitoring Reporting and Verification System (MRVS), the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported. Interim results on 2013 deforestation rate indicate a decrease in the rate of deforestation from 0.079% as the annual rate for 2012, to 0.068% as the reported rate for 2013.  Total deforestation is 12,702 ...

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)- vowing to pressure government to hold Local Government Elections (LGE)- on Friday said it was not jostling with the Alliance For Change (AFC) for political space. Since the AFC tabled a yet to be debated no-confidence motion against the administration of President Donald Ramotar,  APNU has been ratcheting up calls for government to hold ...

President Donald Ramotar today congratulated the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Company for their contribution to enhancing the social development of students, as a result of their decision to renovate the Information Computer Technology Laboratory’s Resource Centre at the University of Guyana (UG). The Government Information Agency (GINA) reported that President Ramotar said that he was pleased that the company ...

Over 160 Amerindian communities, over a three-year period, will benefit from funding to support their socio-economic development through the implementation of their Community Development Plans (CDPs), the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported. The signing of a $1.3Billion agreement between the Government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has paved the way for the projects’ implementation. Minister of Finance, Dr. ...

Even as Opposition Leader David Granger formally announced that A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) would be embarking on protests to pressure government into holding Local Government Elections (LGE), the Alliance For Change (AFC) said the priority should be passing the no-confidence motion to boot the Donald Ramotar administration out of office. In an address to the nation that largely ...

The Guyana Government and the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Thursday denied that it was about to bribe three opposition parliamentarians at GUY$30 million each to vote against the Alliance For Change (AFC)-sponsored no-confidence motion when it comes up for debate in the coming weeks. In a statement, the Office of the President called on AFC Leader, Khemraj Ramjattan to ...

Joint Statement by Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce and United Minibus Union. The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce (MinTIC) lead by Hon. Minister Ali met with the United Minibus Union and their affiliate member, Zone 32 Motor Bus Association (Georgetown to Parika) on Thursday September, 18, 2014 to discuss the minibus situation countrywide. Both parties agreed that the ...