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The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has re-launched its Online Contribution Checking System (OCCS), which enables contributors to access the complete record of their contributions online.

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) is calling on the David Granger administration to show it has the best interest of teachers at heart by respecting agreements made for their benefit under the previous administration.

The New Amsterdam Hospital’s neonatal unit will be closed for approximately one week while the Ministry of Public Health attempts to address several deficiencies within the unit.

Merriman Mall produce vendors were yesterday given two weeks to move from the paved area they currently occupy to a smaller section just behind it, previously known as the “skating rink.”

Having the ability to request personal banking information from institutions will afford the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) the opportunity to reconcile information provided by taxpayers.

Guyanese families seeking care for their elderly loved ones now have more options with the opening of the Demerara Paradise Inc’s Nursing Home and Medical Services Facility.

A 17-year-old mother of three is Guyana’s latest maternal death. Nikacia Allen died on Sunday, 27 days after giving birth to her third child via Caesarean Section (C-Section) at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is suggesting that the Commis-sion of Inquiry (CoI) into the public service encourage the government to begin negotiating wage increases using recent ministerial increases as a “barometer” for determining public sector pay packages.

Guyanese filmmaker Kojo McPherson has won the prize for best project idea and pitch for a feature film at the RBC Focus: Filmmakers’ Immersion at the trinidad+ tobago film festival (ttff).

Despite the efforts of the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), the red palm mite is continuing to cause widespread destruction within the local coconut industry.

Three days after a notice was placed in a daily newspaper requesting that they settle debts owed for the use of the National Stadium, neither PPP/C Member of Parliament (MP) Odinga Lumumba, the Kashif and Shanghai organisation nor Hits and James entertainment has officially responded.

The total number of reported cases of domestic violence fell by more than 2,000 between 2013 and 2014.

Opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo last night dismissed the proposed national budget as flawed and after promising a “fresh approach” in the way the opposition would conduct itself he led a walkout by opposition parliamentarians to virtually end the budget debate.

Government yesterday passed a motion to restrict the consideration of the budget estimates to three days, which led to accusations by the PPP/C that it seeking to avoid scrutiny of proposed spending.

Despite public outrage, the City Constabulary is standing by its decision to fire three female ranks for becoming pregnant and its Superintendent of Training yesterday warned that a review would lead to “a maternity ward running the constabulary.”

Three members of the Georgetown City Constabulary have been dismissed for becoming pregnant.

Controversial Town Clerk Carol Sooba was yesterday dismissed by the Minister of Communities after a tumultuous three-year tenure that saw her in almost weekly confrontations with the city council and its mayor.

After an investment of six years and more than US$30M, the Giftland Mall at Turkeyen opened its doors to the public last evening.

Several homeowners at the exclusive Windsor Estates are disappointed with the quality of the homes and service being provided by the developer, Navigant Builders Inc, which says it has been trying to rectify reported defects and that delays are due to issues beyond its control.

A three-year tussle over anti-money laundering legislation came closer to conclusion yesterday with the new APNU+AFC government passing its first bill in the 11th Parliament.