By News Source Guyana on April 19, 2023
News, Politics
Former Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Paul Cheong, has issued a call for Guyanese businesses at all levels to “step up” their game to cash in from the oil and gas sector. Delivering remarks at the PSC’s 31st Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, Mr. Cheong saidalthough the opportunities for business growth and expansion are […]
By News Source Guyana on April 19, 2023
News, Politics
The Ministry of Legal Affairs is reminding bar owners of the charges they could face for allowing drunkenness on their properties. In a statement today, Attorney General Anil Nandlall warned that bar owners and operators, who are caught selling alcoholic beverages to minors, and or active drivers, or allow drunkenness to occur on their premises, […]
By News Source Guyana on April 19, 2023
News, Politics
The Government intends to kickstart discussions soon with the local private sector to discuss the issue of the importation of skilled labour, as the demand for skilled workers grow due to the country’s booming oil and gas sector, President Irfaan Ali has announced. Delivering remarks at the opening of the Private Sector Commission’s 31st annual […]
By News Source Guyana on April 19, 2023
News, Politics
The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) has defended its request for the Architecture for REDD+ Transaction (ART) Secretariat to suspend the issuance of carbon credits to Guyana. In its complaint to the REDD+ Secretariat, the APA recommended that the credits issued to Guyana that have not been purchased be suspended, and that no further credits be […]
By News Source Guyana on April 18, 2023
News, Politics
Chairman of the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) Coordinating Council, Vincent Alexander today said the recently announced money that will be given to 55 Afro Guyanese organisations by the Government does not relate to the subvention that should be paid over to IDPADA-G. Hours after the High Court took […]
By News Source Guyana on April 18, 2023
News, Politics
Opposition Member of Parliament, Amanza Walton- Desir has called for a collective approach to deal with the issues faced by people of African descent in different parts of the world, especially in countries like Guyana. Speaking at the 2023 National Action Network Convention in New York which had the US Vice President Kamala Harris and […]
By News Source Guyana on April 18, 2023
News
In an early morning Facebook presentation this morning as birds chirped in the compound at State House, President Irfaan Ali rejected claims that his party, the People’s Progressive Party, has bought out candidates and paid for support for the upcoming local government elections. He said such claims are an insult to some of the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 17, 2023
Elections, News, Politics
Leader of the recently formed Independent Citizens for Progress (ICP), Bobby Vieira believes that once elected to the municipality of Georgetown, his group will be able to advance much needed change for the country’s capital city, Georgetown. Vieria stated that while Guyana has been independent for more than fifty years, Georgetown has seen little to […]
By News Source Guyana on April 17, 2023
News, Politics
Chairman of the APNU and Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Aubrey Norton today said he is not too bothered by some of his party members who have crossed the floor to join ranks with the governing People’s Progressive Party for the local elections. In a statement, Mr. Norton said he believes the APNU’s […]
By News Source Guyana on April 17, 2023
News, Politics
With a large band of supporters during the nomination day proceedings today, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is hoping to make a clean sweep across the 80 Local Authorities Areas come June 12 when the Local Government Elections are held. Moments before the PPP submitted its List of Candidates for the Municipality of Georgetown, General […]