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Enforcement, not higher fines needed to curb littering in G/Town – Dharamlall
With proposed fines for littering in the City of Georgetown awaiting approval, Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall believes that enforcement of existing fines should first be done before higher fines are adopted.
In November 2021,…
Some go willingly, some push back -M&CC remind vendors to remove temporary stalls
Vendors who use additional temporary structures along the markets are being reminded by the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown to remove them at the end of each workday. This request is welcomed by some vendors but poses a challenge for…
CDC ready with support as flooding hits coastal regions
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has received several reports of flood impacts along the coastland of Guyana. Thus far, confirmed inundation has occurred in Regions 2, 3 and 4.
The Charity Squatting Area in Region 2 (Pomeroon-Supenaam)…
GWI boss assures residents, commuters that Hadfield Street ‘will be fixed’
Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) Shaik Baksh Thursday sought to assure residents that the damaged roadway at Halley and Hadfield Streets, Georgetown, will be fixed soon.
Baksh explained that the GWI…
250 Burma residents get house lots
Close to 250 residents of Burma, Region Five were allocated residential house lots on Wednesday, at the ‘Dream Realised’ Housing Drive hosted by the Ministry of Housing and Water – Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA). The exercise…
Beharry Group in tri-country partnership to develop local engineers, technicians
The Beharry Group has teamed up with international technology specialists in a tri-country partnership with the United Kingdom-headquartered XL Group and AtlanticXL from Canada to train local engineers and technicians to deliver world-class…
NDIA monitoring pumps, sluices across the city in light of heavy rainfall
Following approximately four inches of rainfall recorded on Tuesday and the anticipated high-intensity rainfall in the coming days, a team from the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), led by Agriculture Minister Zulfikar…
New nursery school, access road for Swan village
A nursery school and a new access road will be constructed in the community of Swan on the Linden/ Soesdyke highway, East Bank Demerara (EBD), Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall announced on Tuesday.…
NBS introduces MMG as mortgage payment option
Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, today lauded the New Building Society (NBS) for taking the bold step of leading the way in being the first financial institution to implement…
With billions in profits & no ‘bad’ loans, Demerara Bank sees itself as a key partner for…
Demerara Bank, Guyana’s only indigenous bank, earned $2.9 billion in after-tax profits for the financial year ending September 30, 2022, even as the local economy grappled with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine/ Russia…