Some of the miners being evicted from Marudi Mountain, in Region Nine, have payment orders for selling raw gold to the Guyana Gold Board, challenging a claim by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) that none of them had declared a single gramme of gold and that there were no records of production.
Guyana Telephone and Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) subscribers can now send and receive cash and pay bills from their mobile handsets with the launch of the company’s ‘Mobile Money’ service and new CEO Radha Krishna Sharma said last evening that it will revolutionise financial transactions in Guyana.
While he decried conditions at the New Amsterdam Hospital, Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran yesterday rejected claims by her family that a woman undergoing surgery on January 19th died as a result of a power failure.
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) will soon be launching a “mobile money” service, which will allow its customers to use their phones for a wide range of financial services, including paying bills and transferring cash.
Preparatory ground work for the multimillion dollar specialty hospital at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara appeared stalled up to yesterday even as Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran maintained that the project was a “living one” and diverted questions about the status of the Indian line of credit for it to the Finance Ministry.
A fourth form student of the Brickdam Secondary School was yesterday morning violently attacked in the Stabroek Market area by a mentally-ill man, who was later mercilessly beaten by public-spirited persons.
A 16-year-old miner was murdered in the Cuyuni Backdam early Saturday morning and his parents believe that his death is linked to his attempts to uplift wages due to him from his employer.
-two lorry drivers arrested Shortly after delivering a baby yesterday morning, prominent East Coast Demerara midwife Vivienne Abrams was fatally struck down by a truck on the Strathspey Railway Embankment Road as she was riding to Buxton to continue her labour of love.
Government yesterday said that the controversial contract to design and equip the specialty hospital at Turkeyen on the East Coast of Demerara has already been signed with Surendra Engineering and the promised review of the award process has been completed.
Top Region Eight officials say they are willing to hold talks with principal of the Mahdia Secondary School, Vanessa Wilson-Johnson who is aggrieved at the condition of her designated living quarters.
Vanessa Wilson-Johnson, the head teacher of the Mahdia Secondary School, is pleading for renovations to the “unlivable” quarters she was assigned to stay at for the duration of her contract.
-rejected bidder awaiting results of gov’t review Even as Indian firm, Fedders-Lloyd, awaits the outcome of government’s review of the award of the specialty hospital contract, the Alliance For Change (AFC) is preparing to raise questions with subject minister Dr.
-after West Dem Hospital maternal death While an autopsy today will determine the cause of death of Tushana Cameron, who died after delivering at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) on Wednesday, her parents said they will be meeting the Chief Medical Officer Shamdeo Persaud to discuss assistance for her funeral and her newborn baby girl.
-Private Sector Commission writes President The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has recommended that the Guyana government follow sister CARICOM countries in reaching an agreement with publishers to have textbooks at a reduced cost as the organization will not support the acquisition of pirated material.
In stark contrast to opening night, Guyana’s largest annual trade fair and investment exposition, GuyExpo, ended on Sunday with not only a capacity crowd in attendance but with both patrons and exhibitors giving glowing reviews.
A man perished in a mid-morning fire that ravaged the old cottage he shared with his mentally challenged wife and a blind beggar at the back of a yard at Lot 79 Breda Street, Werk-en-Rust.
The government yesterday accused the rejected specialty hospital bidder, Fedders Lloyd Corporation of orchestrating a campaign against the work of the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) committee that awarded the contract to Surendra Engineering.
He is not called “Mr Fete” by chance and on Saturday night last, Machel Montano demonstrated to Guyanese that there is an artiste who can give an over three hours of energy-laced dynamic performance stopping only because of his tired and soaked fans.
Minister in the Ministry of Finance Juan Edghill yesterday defended the system used to award government contracts, saying it is open, transparent and with no preferential treatment given to friends of the party in government.
Four stores in three buildings on the northern side of Regent Street between Camp and Alexander streets were gutted by fire yesterday morning leaving millions of dollars in damage and the owner of one them collapsed at the scene and was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
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