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Prime Ministerial Candidate for the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Retired Brigadier Mark Phillips, has sent strong assurances to members of the Disciplined Services of a better life and retirement benefits, should the Party return to office come March 2. Phillips, who would have served with distinction as Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force and later Coordinator of the Joint Services until his retirement in 2016, gave a detailed address on the plans set aside specifically for those who are serving Guyana in the law enforcement field. According to him, his…

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– GAWU says it’s another false promise Broken promises surrounding returning the sugar industry to a profitable industry have resurfaced once again, during the A Partnership For National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) coalition manifesto launch for the March 2020 elections. According to the manifesto, an APNU/AFC coalition GOVERNMENT will secure and preserve the livelihood of some 10,000 sugar workers who are still employed by GuySuCo as it continues its programme of restructuring the industry. However, this does not sit well with the General Secretary of the Guyana Agricultural and General…

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Guyana has recorded some 18 cases of maternal deaths during the course of 2019, according to Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Shamdeo Persaud. On the sidelines of a quarterly meeting of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO)-funded Maternal and Child Health/Expanded Immunisation Programme on Wednesday, Persaud told reporters that they have recorded the death of a total of 26 pregnant women. However, eight of these are indirect causes such as vehicular accidents. According to the CMO, they are required to collect any death of a woman while she is pregnant…

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Director, Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe, on Monday, travelled to the Liza Destiny Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel to witness the transfer of Guyana’s first million-barrel lift of crude onto the oil tanker Cap Philippe, which was chartered by Shell Western Supply and Trading Limited, the Ministry of the Presidency has reported. In an invited comment, while on the vessel, Dr. Bynoe iterated that this is a significant moment in Guyana’s history and noted that this first lift is part of the country’s profit oil allocation. He…

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…sells GuySuCo lands to facilitate 2nd Marriott on secret terms …Jagdeo says move “duplicitous” After tendentiously mounting incessant criticism for years over the Guyana Marriott Hotel project pioneered by the People’s Progressive Party Government from its conception in 2010 to completion in 2015, the caretaker APNU/AFC administration is now moving secretly with National Industrial and Commercial Investment Limited (NICIL) to facilitate the construction of another hotel under the Marriott brand. However, questions have been raised of the legality of a caretaker government approving such a megaproject. The AC Marriott Hotel…

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PAYING KEEN ATTENTION: Students of the Craig Primary School, East Bank Demerara listens keenly to Guyana Times Journalist, Rupa Seenaraine, as she explains the workings of the Editorial Department. The Students also toured the various media entities – TVG Channel 28, Radio Guyana under the Times Media Group umbrella.

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…as Guyana’s 1st oil lift expected next week amid plunging prices With Guyana’s first share of the oil expected to be lifted next week, the Department of Energy is mum on what price has been secured for the crude which will be sold to the Barbadian branch of Shell International. This played out on Monday, when Department of Energy Director, Dr Mark Bynoe held a press conference. When asked by the media what price has been agreed on for the oil, Bynoe referred the media to the Guyana Extractive Industries…

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Almost two years after Guyana filed its application with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for it to confirm the legal validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award regarding the boundary with Venezuela, the World Court is now preparing to hold its first sets of hearings on the matter. In a recent notice, The Hauge, Netherlands-based ICJ informed the parties of the schedules for the upcoming public hearings to determine whether the Court has jurisdiction to preside over the matter. The first round of oral arguments will be held on March…

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…adds that findings warrants further investigations After the Coalition Government accused international oil and gas anti-corruption watchdog – Global Witness of attempting to influence the outcome of the March 02 General and Regional Elections, People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is making it clear that they had no role to in getting the Non-Governmental Organisation here. Speaking at his weekly press briefing, Opposition Leader and General Secretary of the PPP/C, Bharrat Jagdeo labelled the report as damning and demanded further investigations. He noted that the report pointed out, to the entire world…

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…no knowledge of woman being sent back from Trinidad By Lakhram Bhagirat As fear continues to mount over the possibility of the coronavirus reaching these shores, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Karen Gordon-Boyle, on Wednesday confirmed that Guyana is currently monitoring nine persons who recently returned from China. She noted that the monitoring of these persons, who are all believed to be students who were on scholarships in China, is routine and there is not cause for panic. “We are monitoring nine persons… (We are doing so by…

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