On November 13, 2019, President David Granger announced a nine percent increase in wages and salaries for Public Servants earning less than $100,000 per month. This includes those earning a minimum wage of $64,220, who will now earn $70,000 per month. The new salary structure is unparalleled and represents a 77 per cent increase in …
Read DetailsGeorgetown, Guyana – (November 30, 2019) Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Mr. Joseph Harmon, today, lauded Mr. Lakenauth Puran and his family for their $45M investment in the ‘Chicken n Burger Delight’ franchise at the Vreed-en-Hoop junction, West Coast Demerara. Speaking at the formal opening held at the location, Mr. Harmon said the …
Read DetailsIwokrama! The frightening spectacles– of the Atlantic Ocean’swaters rushing unimpeded onto the rice paddies at Dantzig; of the stelling at Parika, in full flood; of Omai’s cavernous, mined-out craters; of Aurora’s depleted forests or Cuyuni’s turbid waters contaminated with gold-mining effluent; of Rupununi’s savannah fires and Shell Beach’s disappearing mangroves – are nothing if not …
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