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Former PSC Chairman tipped to be new GuySuCo CEO

The Government is moving to shake up management at the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation as it is preparing to name a new Chief Executive Officer. News Source has learnt that former Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Paul Cheong, is set to become the new GuySuCo Chief Executive Officer. Senior Government sources have indicated to […]

Deliberately set fire claims life of 84-year-old man

The life of 84-year-old retired Headmaster, Moses Elias was snuffed out on Friday morning when a fire that investigators suspect was deliberately set, ripped through his Beterverwagting home. In a statement, the Guyana Fire Service said it received an emergency call at around 4 o’clock on Friday morning about a fire along Plot Obaz in […]

Decision to only negotiate teacher salary increases for 2024 onwards made since January -CEO tells Court

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 […]

Walton-Desir calls for urgent meeting of Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Foreign Relations in wake of latest Venezuelan action

Opposition Member of Parliament with responsibility for Foreign Affairs, Amanza Walton-Desir, has written to Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd, calling for the urgent convening of the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Foreign Relations in wake of Venezuela’s purported creation of anew state in Guyana’s Essequibo. In a statement this afternoon, Walton-Desir described the latest development […]

Guyana expresses grave concern over adoption of new law in Venezuela declaring Essequibo as its new state

The Guyana Government today expressed its great concern over the adoption of a law by the Venezuelan National Assembly declaring the Essequibo region of Guyana, which constitutes more than two thirds of the country’s national territory, to part of Venezuela.  The move by Venezuela comes three months after Venezuelan voted in a referendum to officially […]

Sophia labourer executed by bicycle riding gunman

A 56-year-old labourer was shot dead, execution-style on Thursday night in Sophia by a lone gunman who escaped on a bicycle. The dead labourer has been identified as Courtney Younge of Section D, Sophia. A Police statement explained that according to Younge’s friend, Vincent Cozier, the two were sitting in a yard at the construction […]

Director of CIA met President Ali and security officials during brief closely-guarded Guyana visit

In a closely guarded visit to Guyana that lasted a few hours on Thursday, the Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, William J. Burns met with President Irfaan Ali and top Guyana Security Officials. The visit to Guyana was secretive, as there were no announcements of the visit before the CIA Director arrived, and […]

Opposition informs UN of “misinformation and untruths” provided to Human Rights Committee by Govt. -says Norton

Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton has announced that the Opposition has informed the United Nations (UN) about the “misinformation and untruths” that were told to the UN Human Rights Committee by the Guyana Government, as the country underwent its periodic review on human rights this week. At a press conference on Thursday, Mr. Norton […]