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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 ...

Public servants are expected to get an increase in wages and salaries as part of a two-year agreement between government and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), a well-placed source said Monday. While the government s0urce declined to say whether the accord is expected to provide for a double digit pay hike, a GPSU official said union negotiators were at ...

The opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) on Friday recommended that government considers a raft of measures, including lower income tax, fatter pay packets and increased pensions in the 2022 national budget to cushion the impact of the 20-percent increase in the cost of basic items. Highlighting that Guyana’s economy was projected to record real growth of 49.7% plus US$607 ...

The National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), the holding company for government’s assets, will be asked to return the closed sugar estates to the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) which will be reopened after a review is done, Agriculture Minister Zulficar Mustapha said Tuesday. “In terms of the timeframe for reopening the closed sugar estates, first of all GuySuCo ...