Private Sector minimum wage increased from $35,000 to $44,200 per month
Effective January 1 2017, private sector employees will benefit from a 26 per cent increase in their salaries as their minimum wage has officially...
Govt to borrow US$45M from China for ECD road widening project
Finance Minister Winston Jordan will be meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to Guyana, Zhang Limin later today to sign an agreement on the provision...
As economic woes deepen, Republic Bank profits dip by $100M, DIPCON in receivership
Evidence of Guyana’s deepening economic woes is becoming more glaring, with Republic Bank Guyana among the latest to feel the effects.
According to Republic Bank’s...
How do you sack a boss who won’t go?
a look at the Tata crisis in India
(BBC) Imagine you work for a company that has been engulfed in a bitter power struggle...
GOING PLASTIC
'Guyanese have to stop walking with millions of dollars, it doesn’t make sense' - Minister Cathy Hughes
Government says it will be taking another major...
Beepats re-launches more modern Regent Street store
After over 40 years of being in business, Beepats and Sons Mega Store on Regent Street, Georgetown was earlier today re-launched as a modernized...
Guyana-Brazil land transport link, deep water port market study completed
The final results of the Guyana-Brazil land transport link and deep water port project has been presented to Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson....
ExxonMobil seeking to fast track work in Stabroek block, activates Section 31 of Petroleum...
ExxonMobil, in collaboration with its partners Nexen Energy and Hess Corporation, is seeking to fast track work in the Stabroek block. Today, the company,...
Brazilians interested in investing in Guyana
– large team meets GO-INVEST Head
Investors from Brazil have engaged Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-INVEST), Owen Verwey, to...
Young Guyanese entrepreneur excels at American Leaders Initiative, to meet Obama
When Abigale Loncke applied for the 2016 Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) in the United States, she never expected that she would be...
Recent Articles
Police investigating alleged bomb threat at St Rose’s High School
See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:
On May 2, 2024, at 13:45hrs, an alleged bomb threat was made to St. Roses High School...
Govt to seek over US$180M in supplementary funding for GPL
Government will soon approach the National Assembly for US$180M- US$250M in supplementary funding for the Guyana Power and Light (GPL).
This sum will be used...
4 persons robbed of cash & jewellery after returning home from concert
See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:
On May 02, at about 03:15 hours, at Lot 184 Durban Backlands, Georgetown, four (4) persons were...
Grove man dies after being struck down by speeding cop
A pedestrian was last evening struck down and killed by a vehicle driven by a policeman, along the Farm Public Road, East Bank Demerara...
Jamaican Information Minister “impressed” with Guyana’s media landscape
Jamaica’s Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Robert Nesta Morgan on Thursday said he is “very impressed” with...
Govt awards 150 mining blocks; more areas to be allotted in coming months
See full statement from the Ministry of Natural Resources:
Emanating from a commitment H.E. President Mohamed Irfaan Ali made to the mining stakeholders, on Friday...
Over 90 persons vying for seat on PPP’s 35-member Central Executive Committee
A total of ninety-three persons are vying to be a part of the People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) Central Executive Committee at this weekend’s Congress.
The...
Guyana must recognise rapidly evolving work culture – GAWU on reduced hours, days
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has pointed out that the global movement to reduce working hours and days without compromising conditions...
Pupils expressed confidence, readiness for NGSA 2024
A total of 15, 488 pupils are writing this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) on May 2 and 3.
The pupils are being tested...
4 homeless after unattended stove goes up in flames
A mother and her three children are now homeless after their Number 60 Village, Corentyne, Berbice home went up in flames.
The woman had to...