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– but govt maintains increases will not be implemented  “at this time” By Devina Samaroo Amid widespread public outrage over the proposed pay hike for Government Ministers and other officials, Government on Wednesday stonewalled questions from the media about the particulars of the pay hike and while insisting that there would be no drastic or 100 per cent increase, Government refused to offer specific alternative numbers. Government also remains mum on how soon this increase will be implemented; indicating only that it will not take place “at this present time”.…

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Guyanese living in the United States (US) have begun preparation for the commemoration of Guyana’s 50th Independence anniversary in May of next year. US-based Guyanese Rickford Burke, has been named Coordinator of the Commemoration Planning Committee, which will oversee the planning and execution of activities which are expected to be a grand occasion. President David Granger is expected to be at the festivities. The initial meeting of the Committee was held last Wednesday at Guyana’s consulate in New York. Guyana’s Consul General Brentnold Evans, and the Committee brainstormed a series…

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– Govt involvement critical to survival By Michael Younge High-ranking officials of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) have underscored the important role that regional Governments can play in boosting the tournament while deriving positive socio-economic benefits that could have long term impacts on their developing economies. Speaking during an interview with the Guyana Times International on Saturday, the Chief Financial Officer of the Caribbean Primer League, Barrie Corcoran, said that it takes a huge amount of investment to stage the tournament each year and to deliver on the exceptional…

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– distances self from former bodyguard implicated Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall at a press conference on Thursday admitted to hiring a man currently in police custody for the Courtney Crum-Ewing murder as his personal bodyguard, but said he fired the man four days later after being informed that he was giving out information about his whereabouts. Nandlall insisted that the man, Rajput Narine, who is a former CANU officer and an employee of the Guyana Revenue Authority was hired on March 15, several days after the political activist was…

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– Govt announces temporary shelters for affected communities The Government has announced that the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) is coordinating flood relief efforts and together with the Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence, is assessing the need for temporary shelters in affected communities. In a statement on Thursday morning, the government also announced that the Ministry of Social Protection has been mandated by Cabinet to ensure the safety and well-being of residents of senior citizen homes and other vulnerable citizens that fall within the purview of that Ministry. “Cabinet met…

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By Jillica Pinder Twenty-four-year-old Jonathan Gordon is alleging that he was beaten and robbed on Wednesday morning while plying his trade as a taxi driver attached to the Gem’s Taxi Service. Gordon, speaking during an interview with Guyana Times International on Thursday, said that the incident occurred at 12:30h when he stopped to pick up three male passengers who were destined for Lamaha Springs, Greater Georgetown. He said that on his way to that location, one of the passengers asked to be dropped off at Mandela Avenue and Meadow Brook…

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Team Operations Manager of the Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) Omar Khan said that home fans support will be important to the Warriors for their home games in the 2015 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) beginning next Wednesday at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence. Fresh off their second victory against the St. Kitts/Nevis Patriots Wednesday night at Warner Park in St. Kitts, Khan expressed confidence that Amazon Warriors will bounce back into contention for the playoffs in their crucial home matches against the Jamaica Tallawahs on July 15th, St. Lucia…

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….puts words into Finance Minister’s mouth In a totally unwarranted attack against  Dr Ranjisinghi Ramroop, CEO of the NewGPC, which owns the Guyana Amazon Warriors T-20 cricket team, the Kaieteur News headlined on Wednesday  that Finance Minister Winston Jordan said the “Govt will not pay Ramroop’s Gy$100M CPL invoice”. In the story, however, there is no quote that the Finance Minister, in fact, made any such assertion and after being contacted verified he did not mention Dr Ramroop. Asked for a comment on the allegation, Dr Ramroop said, “The people…

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Jagdeo confirmed as Opposition Leader Although left off of the Party’s List of Members of Parliament (MPs), Central Executive Member of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Donald Ramotar, who ran for another term as President of Guyana, has pledged his support for those who will be going to Parliament. Ramotar, in explaining why he did not appear on the MPs’ List, stated that it was time for the PPP/C to allow the younger generation to take charge and lead. “…why am I not in Parliament? I would like to answer…

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