High tides warning in effect- more sandbags aligned
Georgetown : The Ministry of Public Works has issued a warning to the general public urging them to take all necessary precautions during the spring tide period of May 22…
Day: May 21, 2013
Devaluation welcome by the IMF
Kingston An official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the organization welcomes the recent devaluation of the Jamaican dollar. Jan Kees Martijn who led an IMF staff mission to…
Immigration Officer charged with human trafficking
Bridgetown. An Immigration Officer is the fourth person charged with the trafficking of five Guyanese women. Ryan Jordan, 38 of Bagatelle, St Thomas appeared in District A Magistrate's Court court…
More than 31,000 to benefit from minimum wage hike
Georgetown: Labour Minister Dr Nanda Gopaul says more than 31,000 persons in Guyana will benefit from the $35,000 minimum wage standard slated to take effect from July 1. Minimum wage…
Tour guides receive training in First Aid
Georgetown: The Guyana Tourism Authority has recently completed a two day training for tour guides, which concludes the first phase of first aid training for the year. The sessions were…
Caribbean to dominate global saving
A new World Bank report predicts that in less than a generation, the Caribbean will be among developing countries dominating global saving and investment. The World Bank’s Global Development Horizons…
Tobacco companies push to fight smuggling
Georgetown: The world’s four largest international tobacco companies have forged alliance to fight the illegal trafficking cigarettes. The move is generated through the loss of revenue suffered by tobacco companies…
Welcome to the Island
Lovely and vivacious, but unemployed, thirty-year old Guyanese Sattie never paid much heed to all the talk about CARICOM integration. All through her late teens and twenties, she had to…
AFC noted double standards on nation’s state
Georgetown : The Alliance for Change (AFC) in a press statement noted the Private Sector Commission (PSC) and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry's (GCCI) position on the amendments…
New Primary School commissioned at Region One
Region One : Minister within the Ministry of Finance, Juan Edghill commissioned the newly constructed St. John’s Primary School at Three Brothers Village, Region One. This is the community’s third…
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