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President Irfaan Ali on Monday evening in a Facebook livestream disclosed that efforts are in the works to increase the salaries of sugar workers and to improve the skillset of the cane harvesters so as to enhance their income within the industry as government continues along the path to optimize GuySuCo’s productivity.
In a groundbreaking achievement, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Monday successfully performed its first laparoscopic (minimally invasive surgery) donor nephrectomy.
Aaron Leitch, a 34-year-old District Crop Extension Officer attached to the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) died following an accident around 8 yesterday morning along the Tacama trail, Ituni District, Region Ten.
A West Berbice labourer who earlier this month pleaded guilty to the 2019 murder of a man whom he fatally struck with an iron bar was yesterday sentenced to thirty years in prison at the High Court in Berbice.
A vendor has been charged by the police for having a gun without a licence after he visited the Brickdam station for a renewal of the document when he didn’t have one in the first place.
Military leaders from the Caribbean and the United Kingdom are currently in Guyana for the United Kingdom and Caribbean Heads of Defence Conference 2024, a release from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) said yesterday.
The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) has acquired the services of Medex, Falane Grant as part of its commitment to expanding access to high quality healthcare for inmates and staff.
A motorcyclist died on Monday night after he allegedly collided with a parked lorry at Dora Village on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway.
The Guyana Police Force yesterday issued a bulletin for a Delices, Canal No.1 Polder, West Bank Deme-rara man in relation to conspiracy to commit forgery.
The CARICOM (Carib-bean Community) Development Fund (CDF) has partnered with the United States to launch a fund to promote resilience in small and medium enterprises and critical infrastructure projects.
At 6.10 am on Monday, nine firefighters from the La Grange Fire Station responded to a house fire at Lot 343 Recht-Door-Zee, La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara.
Shadow Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs Dawn Hastings-Williams has called on the government to stop the “lip service” and truly pay more attention to addressing the woes of citizens in hinterland communities.
The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) says it has taken action to improve water supply in Kamarang, Region Seven.
In the third full year of the PPP/C’s government, perception of corruption in the country remains the same as last year’s low score in the Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) Report 2023.
(Reuters) – West Indies sensation Shamar Joseph has been ruled out of his International League T20 (ILT20) stint and will instead head home to a hero’s welcome in Guyana after engineering his team’s first test win over Australia in 27 years.
By Abigail Headley The GTU yesterday announced that teachers will be taking industrial action come February 5 until a favourable response is obtained from the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the other relevant authorities, regarding salary increases and non-salary benefits, among other pending issues.
A fire yesterday ravaged two buildings in Springlands, Upper Corentyne ruining an upholstery business and a nearby hotel which housed a bar and mini restaurant.
Two men were yesterday found guilty of the murder of Rose Hall Town grocer, Lomenzo Johnny in February 2020.
Guyana has won a bronze medal at the Caribbean STEM (Science, Techno-logy, Engineering and Math) Olympiads.
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