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…
Month: May 2013
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…
No more general elections for Arthur
Bridgetown. Owen Seymour Arthur will not be contesting the next general elections. The former Prime Minister made the announcment at a meeting of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) Christ Church…
Police denies KN article on torturing suspected cop killer
Georgetown : The Guyana Police Force this afternoon responds to an article published in the Kaieteur News today under the caption “Police refuse alibi statements for accused cop killer” and…
Forensic Lab to be completed by June 17
Georgetown: Construction works on the forensic laboratory is scheduled to be completed by June 17, 2013. In December, a US$1.688M contract was signed by the Ministry of Home Affairs and…
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