By News Source Guyana on April 15, 2024
Elections, News, Politics
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) today warned that its officers are not currently involved in any field exercise and therefore citizens on should be careful with providing information to persons who are visiting their homes and claiming that they are attached to the Elections Commission. In a statement, GECOM said it is in receipt of […]
By News Source Guyana on March 22, 2024
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In January of this year, the Government made a decision that the Ministry of Education would only engage in negotiations with the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) on a fresh multi-year agreement, starting 2024, according to the Chief Education Officer (CEO), Saddam Hussain. He made that revelation today while he was being cross-examined for a third […]
By News Source Guyana on March 11, 2024
Elections, News
With the Leader of The New Movement party, Dr. Asha Kissoon, still not budging from her parliamentary seat to make way for the representative from A New and United Guyana, a new controversy has erupted over who really holds the Representative of the List position for The New Movement. Last week, former TNM member, Gerald […]
By News Source Guyana on March 5, 2024
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General Secretary of A New and United Guyana (ANUG), Senior Counsel Timothy Jonas today said he believes the decision by the Leader of The New Movement (TNM) to hold onto the Joinder seat in the National Assembly, after her allocated time, might be part of a plan by the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) to […]
By News Source Guyana on January 1, 2024
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President Irfaan Ali has promised that his government will continue its pledge to improve the lives of citizens as a new year begins. In his New Year’s address to the nation, the President said the future of Guyana is bright and promising and his government has set Guyana on a course of sustained growth and […]
By News Source Guyana on January 1, 2024
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By Svetlana Marshall Painting a picture of gloom, the Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton, in his New Year’s address said the Opposition will continue to heap pressure on the Government until it implements measures to bring down the high cost of living, and simultaneously ensure the fair and equitable allocation of the country’s resources […]
By News Source Guyana on October 10, 2023
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Opposition Member of Parliament, Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde has written to the Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, requesting a copy of the investigation report conducted into the unauthorized negotiations between the head of the Petroleum Unit, in the Ministry of Natural Resources and the ExxonMobil company over the audit report and the change to […]
By News Source Guyana on October 2, 2023
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The Leader of the Opposition today stepped up the opposition’s call for there to be a national plan of action to root out ethnic discrimination, and simultaneously promote inclusion and equality among the people of Guyana. In a statement, the Office of the Leader of the Opposition vowed to continue the fight for racial unity, […]
By News Source Guyana on September 27, 2023
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The Guyana Public Service Union, (GPSU) today appealed to its members to be vigilant and to stand in solidarity with the union, as it intends to press the government for a meaningful increase in salaries for public servants. At a press conference today, union officials said past and present governments have been imposing salary increases […]
By News Source Guyana on September 14, 2023
Elections, News, Politics
A number of Central Executive Committee members of the People’s National Congress have been expressing concern about the party leader’s recent announcement, that the biennial delegates congress for the party will take place sometime next year, and one Central Executive Member has documented his concerns in a letter to the Chairman and other senior party […]