Daily Archive: Thursday, August 1, 2024

Articles published on Thursday, August 1, 2024

Anil Nandlall

Matrimonial bill passed with broad support

-no fault divorce, gender equality among key provisions The Matrimonial Causes (Amendment) Bill was yesterday passed with broad support in the National Assembly and will enshrine no fault divorces and other progressive provisions such as alimony for both men and women.

The trainee inspectors (Ministry of Finance photo)

Zero tolerance for employers not handing over NIS contributions

-Finance Minister tells graduating inspectors Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service, Dr Ashni Singh has acknowledged that the NIS still has some ways to go to get its house in order and warned of zero tolerance for employers who fail to submit employees’ contributions.

From left are Rowen Willabus, Triston Thompson and Carl Handy at the event.

MMG launches new API platform to enhance online shopping

As part of its efforts to provide Guyanese shoppers with a convenient way to pay online for goods and services using its platform, Mobile Money Guyana (MMG), recently announced the launch of its new e-commerce API [application programming interface], which will also boost the shopping experience offered by local businesses, a MMG release informed on Tuesday. 

A new social contract

International historians and social scientists agree that the world is in the midst of a polycrisis and this has probably been the case for quite a number of years now.

Solozano hundred props up Championship XI

(CMC) – Left-hander Jeremy Solozano forced himself into the selection frame for the upcoming Test series against South Africa with an impressive hundred on day one of the four-day tour match against the tourists yesterday.