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As the outcry continues over Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine’s comments about Islam, Deputy Mayor Alfred Mentore on Tuesday said he does not support those offending comments but he is in solidarity with the vendors who operate food caravans and stalls on New Market Street opposite the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH). Mr Mentore said the comments made by Mayor Narine do ...

A large section of the Muslim community and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Tuesday condemned Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine for seeming religiously and racially divisive remarks Tuesday night on Tuesday night while police and Public Works Ministry workers were attempting to remove food caravans from New Market Street opposite the Georgetown Hospital. Mr Narine questioned whether the President was ...

United States Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch on Tuesday welcomed the Guyana government’s increase in salaries, in particular public sector healthcare workers, in an effort to retain them in country. “We know that very well that Guyanese are smart, capable professionals who need to be paid fairly for their work and steps like the one you took yesterday, earlier this ...

United States (US) Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch on Tuesday hoped that the award of a US$759 contract to build a 300 megawatt (mw) natural gas-fired electricity plant and natural gas liquids plant at Wales, West Bank Demerara to two American companies would trigger greater interest by other US companies. “I think the most exciting thing for me about this ...

Vendors, backed by City Mayor Ubraj Narine, blocked Public Works Ministry officials from removing food caravans and stalls from New Market Street outside Georgetown Public Hospital. Despite the presence of several unarmed police, the vendors blocked the workers from taking away the more than 15 caravans and stalls. Mr Narine laid on the road to prevent vehicles from leaving the ...

President Irfaan Ali on Monday night announced fatter pay-packets for 5,000 healthcare workers ranging from GY$100,000 at the lowest rung to GY$450,000,  saying it was an effort to ensure they “enjoy a good salary and a better standard of living” while at the same time delivering quality services to the nation’s sick and injured. “We ask of our healthcare workers ...

Vendors, who sell food and beverages in caravans and stalls outside the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), on Tuesday afternoon vowed to remain there in defiance of a final removal order by the Public Works Ministry, even as the Georgetown City Council was preparing to take the matter to court. The more than 20 vendors, who sell food to GPH staff, ...

The Public Works Ministry on Monday issued a final warning to vendors on New Market Street opposite Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) to remove their stalls or they will be demolished and taken away. “A final notice is hereby given to vendors who are occupying spaces along New Market Street, between Thomas and East Streets, to remove all erected makeshift stalls, ...

Two Guyanese farmers are now expected to influence Guyana’s agricultural policies as a result of their participation in dialogues of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming. They are Mr. Javed Ishmael of the West Berbice Sheep and Goat Association and Ms. Cindy Halley of the Central Mahaicony/Perth Village Farmers’ Association. “Their experience will serve as inputs for national policy ...

President Irfaan Ali brokered last night brokered a deal with the speed boat operators who work the Georgetown to Vreed-en-Hoop route to have their fare remain at $100 per person. The Office of the President says the decision was made after Dr Ali met with members of the Demerara River Speed Boat Association at the National Track and Field Centre ...