Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Guyana as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Guyana: Change in visa on arrival procedures
Foreign nationals arriving at the airport and seeking a visitor or employment visa on arrival originally only needed to show immigration officials a copy of the pre-approval certificate issued by the Home Affairs Ministry …
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Guyana: Government policy to aid the disabled at work
The support is offered on a broad front, from providing wheelchair transportation to the roles of all organisations offering services to the disabled, computer skills and the provision of free wheelchairs and the building of skills training facilities …
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Guyana: Minimum wage increased to GYD 60,147 (2022)
The new national minimum wage has been raised to G$60,147 (US$288) per month …
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Guyana: More widescale labour laws violation
We reported breaches of labour law in the security sector previously …
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Guyana: Labour Ministry warns security firms about breaching labour laws
The Ministry of Labour has warned employers about violations of labour law in the security sector …
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Guyana: Broomes to help LGBTQ youth become self-employed
During a recent meeting that took place between the Minister of Youth Affairs and a LGBTQ+ representative organisation, the Minister pledged that the government will assist LGBTQ+ youth to become self-employed …
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Guyana: Labour force survey for Q4 2017
There are no recent pay figures available for this former British colony in South America …
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Guyana: Law courts reports backlog of up to 10000 cases
The Attorney General, Basil Williams, has admitted that the backlog in the country’s law courts stretches to over 10,000 cases …
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Guyana: CV falsification
An investigation by the Guyana Guardian newspaper has found that the incidence of CV falsification has grown significantly in the last 4 years …
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Guyana: 26% rise in minimum wage (2017)
The government of the South-American state of Guyana has announced that the private sector minimum wage will rise on January 1st 2017 by 26% to GUY$255 ($US 1 …
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