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The main opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) on Wednesday called the negotiated 10 percent retroactive salary increases for 2024 and 8 percent for next year a “highway robbery” when the President and ministers’ salaries are calculated in dollars and compared to those of lowly paid workers. “This is highway robbery. We call on the PPP (People’s Progressive Party) to ...

President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday announced that the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) and the government signed a two-year wages and salaries agreement that would see them benefitting from a 10 percent pay hike for 2024 and eight percent next year. “This 10 percent increase in salary, which is retroactive to 1st of January 2024, would amount to 35 percent ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday warned permanent secretaries, regional executive officers and other accounting officers in the public service and public sector that they could be fired if they do not comply with Guyana’s procurement rules including flawed evaluation of bids. “Jagdeo made it clear that any departure from these regulations would not be tolerated,” the Department of Public ...

by GHK Lall When I read of one suspiciously underhand episode after another involving senior people in this country, there is intense personal recoiling. For in my book, their three-card character, believed sophisticated schemes, and too many times rickety defenses fail either to win sympathy or to garner any speck of support. Rather, there is sharp disgust for what I ...

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday warned public officers that they would find themselves in trouble if they take illegal instructions from political bosses could not prove that they were forced to do so. “If at any time, whether now or in the future, when the PPP resumes office in this country, we find- because we are going to review ...