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Public servants on Friday began industrial unrest, in the wake of a five percent retroactive pay-hike for this year announced by government earlier this week. Nurses at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and workers of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) were among those who picketed outside their workplaces. The Guyana Public Service ...

The Government Technical Institute (GTI) staged its 2013 graduation exercise  Thursday evening at which 394 received their diplomas, much to the appreciation of their parents, friends and well wishers,  the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported. “Some of you are sitting here because you made a wise decision, some of you are sitting here because your parents made a wise decision, ...

The Ministry of Health through the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in collaboration with the University of British Colombia, LIBIN Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta and the Institute ofHealth Science Education, today launched the first Spirometry Lab and Asthma/Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) education programme at the GPHC. The Government Information Agency (GINA) reported that the Spirometry Lab and Asthma Education ...

Guyana and Trinidad are forging ahead with an agreement which allows for investors from the twin island republic to engage in large scale farming in Guyana, and will see both countries engaging in more economic activities. Earlier this year, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago whereby 10,000 acres of land will be made ...

Region 8 –Potaro Siparuni- was Thursday rocked by another robbery resulting in serious head injury to a Brazilian miner.38-year old Antonio De Souza was lashed to his head and sustained a fractured skull during a robbery at a mining camp at Mowsie Backdam. He was in a conscious condition. De Souza’s injury follows the killing of a Brazilian 46-year old ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), Michael Khan is back on the job less than one week after he was sent on vacation leave by the Board. Khan was ordered to take his 60 days accumulated vacation on Friday November 15 but over the weekend he was told to resume duty on Monday November 18. ...

Despite government’s rejection, Guyana’s combined opposition on Thursday approved a motion calling on the National Assembly to establish a Veterans Commission to look after the welfare of ex-members of the Disciplined Services House Speaker Raphael Trotman said he and Clerk of the National Assembly Sherlock Isaacs  have to meet to decide how to give effect to the Motion which was ...

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds on Thursday warned that Guyana – blacklisted by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFTAF) for failing to tighten its financial crimes law-could face even tougher times by the global watchdog if the amendments are not made in another three months.Hinds told the 65-seat National Assembly that blacklisting by the France-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) ...

A seaman who allegedly robbed a man of a silver chain at knife-point was Thursday granted GUY$50,000 bail.Joseph Parris was granted his pre-trial liberty by City Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan on the charge of armed robbery. He has to return to court on December 17. Police alleged that he robbed Ravi Rajkumar of the chain worth GUY$12,000 on November 13 ...

The body of an unidentified man, wrapped in tarpaulin, was found in South Ruimveldt Thursday morning. A Community Policeman stumbled on the body while on an early morning work shortly after 5 AM. Police were summoned to scene at Cane View. Observers believed that the man was killed elsewhere and his body dumped there. The Community Policeman said he was ...