Pay hike proposed for bids evaluators
THE National Procurement and Tendering Administration Board (NPTAB) evaluators are likely to receive a pay hike.
Currently, the evaluators, who review bids ranging into the...
Remove injunction restricting mining- says frustrated miner
CLOSE to two years after an injunction was secured at the level of the High Court blocking her husband from accessing his mining claim...
City Hall pours $120M into flood control
…mulls deploying drones to gather info on overtopping
HALF of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC)’s budget of $240M for drainage has been expended so...
Ministry of Communities hands over tractor, hydraulic lift trailer to Region 8
THE capacity of the Region Eight Regional Democratic Council (RDC) was boosted on Thursday with the handing over of a double-drive tractor and a...
$US13.3M for UG medical programme, teachers’ training
GOVERNMENT has secured a loan of US$13.3M from the World Bank to boost teachers’ training and strengthen the University of Guyana’s medical programme to...
Efforts under way to regularise squatter settlements
THOUGH the Ministry of Housing is making every effort to regularise some squatting areas across the city, subject Minister Valarie Patterson is cautioning those...
UG to set up diaspora centre …upbeat about upcoming conference
AS the University of Guyana (UG) prepares to host a major inaugural diaspora engagement conference, plans are in train for the launch of a...
Floodwaters recede in South Rupununi
TRAFFIC was flowing across a main bridge connecting several deep South Rupununi villages after floodwaters in the vicinity receded over the past 24 hours.
Persistent...
Education Ministry donates $2.5M to Robotics team
The Ministry of Education on Thursday donated $2.5M to the Guyana STEM Robotics team to compete in the first International Robot Olympics for high...
Rice production grows
…89,290 hectares harvested in first crop
AGAINST the backdrop of a healthy first crop, authorities are upbeat that rice production will improve despite some challenges...