Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has declared that the National Insurance Scheme is currently in a bankrupt state and is therefore in no position at this time to offer increases in the pension benefits for retired workers. The Vice President made the disclosure on Wednesday afternoon in Bath Settlement, Berbice as he faced questions from one…
Twelve teams will compete for top honours when the inaugural Gobin Persaud Memorial T20 knockout tournament begins on May 5 at Canal Number Two Sports Club ground. Teams are not required to pay an entrance fee, but stand to walk away with lots of cash and other incentives when the tournament concludes on May 26…
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has declared that the National Insurance Scheme is currently in a bankrupt state and is therefore in no position at this time to offer increases in the pension benefits for retired workers. The Vice President made the disclosure on Wednesday afternoon in Bath Settlement, Berbice as he faced questions from one…
Three employees of ICAN Technologies at Anna Regina, Region Two have been left in a traumatised state after a lone gunman tied them up and held them at gunpoint during a robbery on Thursday. The store also houses a MoneyGram and Sure Pay outlet and the News Room understands that the bandit managed to escape…
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has declared that the National Insurance Scheme is currently in a bankrupt state and is therefore in no position at this time to offer increases in the pension benefits for retired workers. The Vice President made the disclosure on Wednesday afternoon in Bath Settlement, Berbice as he faced questions from one…
A nine-year-old schoolgirl of Tain Primary School, Corentyne Berbice was struck down by a hire car while on the pedestrian crossing on the Miss Phoebe Public Road in Corentyne on Wednesday evening. The young girl received minor injuries while the driver of the car (HD 848), 54-year-old Junior Leitch of Lancaster Village, Corentyne is in…
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has declared that the National Insurance Scheme is currently in a bankrupt state and is therefore in no position at this time to offer increases in the pension benefits for retired workers. The Vice President made the disclosure on Wednesday afternoon in Bath Settlement, Berbice as he faced questions from one…
Several people were injured after a speeding minibus lost control while overtaking a car along the Uitvlugt Public Road on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD) on Thursday morning. The accident occurred at about 08:15hrs and also involved an unregistered grader, Police Headquarters reported. The minibus driver has been identified as Troydon Carrington, 37, of…
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has declared that the National Insurance Scheme is currently in a bankrupt state and is therefore in no position at this time to offer increases in the pension benefits for retired workers. The Vice President made the disclosure on Wednesday afternoon in Bath Settlement, Berbice as he faced questions from one…
Preliminary assessments suggest that Guyana may need about an additional 100,000 skilled workers and the country’s Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud says that the government is keen on ensuring that those skilled workers are able to secure leadership positions. Persaud, while speaking at a diaspora engagement forum on Thursday, said that the government is hoping that…
