THE Private Sector Commission (PSC) has agreed to move forward with plans to increase the national minimum wage from $44,200 to $60,000, and is awaiting the formation of a new tripartite committee to officially communicate its preparedness. Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle on Wednesday, PSC Chairman, Paul Cheong, said that at a PSC meeting last…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received approximately 2, 500 complaints for the year thus far, according to Head of the Environmental Complaints Unit, Surijpaul Singh. He said the majority of those complaints were from the coastline, particularly Region Four. Singh explained to the News Room on Wednesday that it includes odour nuisances from poultry and…
The European Union (EU) this afternoon announced the release of an additional €7.5 million in budgetary support to Guyana EU Ambassador to Guyana, Fernando Ponz Cantó explained that the budget support is proof of trust and of a true partnership between Guyana and the EU as the funds are channeled through the national treasury and…
–as gov’t moves to table Local Content Bill in the National Assembly today –legislation to create enabling, dynamic environment for locals to flourish, says President THE much-anticipated Local Content Bill, which is expected to be tabled in the National Assembly today, is a transformational piece of legislation which will create an enabling environment to foster…
The three-match ODI series between Pakistan and West Indies due to begin on Saturday has been postponed to June 2022 in the wake of a Covid-19 outbreak among the visiting squad. West Indies were hit by the virus on the very first day they arrived in Karachi with three players and a support staff member testing positive. While the…
The European Union (EU) this afternoon announced the release of an additional €7.5 million in budgetary support to Guyana EU Ambassador to Guyana, Fernando Ponz Cantó explained that the budget support is proof of trust and of a true partnership between Guyana and the EU as the funds are channeled through the national treasury and…
A national Human Organ and Tissue Transplant Agency could be established to manage the removal, donation and transfer of human organs to the body of other living individuals in what will be seen as a victory for persons who have been waiting on kidney transplants and other organ transplants. The legal measures for organ transplants…
The European Union (EU) this afternoon announced the release of an additional €7.5 million in budgetary support to Guyana EU Ambassador to Guyana, Fernando Ponz Cantó explained that the budget support is proof of trust and of a true partnership between Guyana and the EU as the funds are channeled through the national treasury and…
The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) on Thursday said the party’s elections machinery is well oiled and activated for the 21st Biennial Congress on Saturday when it will choose a new leader. The elections are being run by Vincent Alexander who backed the declaration of unverified results in the country’s general elections last year that…
A 25-year-old man who was being held at the Beterverwaghting Police Station on suspicion of break and enter and larceny was found dead yesterday afternoon in the police station’s lockups. The dead man’s name has been given as Julian Harrison of La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara. A police report late last evening said he…
