By News Source Guyana on December 6, 2021
News, Politics
As Guyana gets ready to celebrate two years as an oil-producing nation, President Irfaan today told a virtual Harvard Business School workshop that the government is working overtime to put systems in place to hold oil companies accountable. During the question and answer segment of the virtual forum, the President admitted that Guyana currently does […]
By News Source Guyana on December 6, 2021
Elections, News, Politics
Minister of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall has written to the town councils and other local government councils across the country informing them that there will be no local government elections this year. Over $1 Billion was already budgeted and passed for the purpose of hosting the elections. In the letter, the Minister said the decision […]
By News Source Guyana on December 6, 2021
News, Politics
With almost three thousand persons already receiving a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony today announced that the booster doses are now available for persons 18 years and over who are fully vaccinated. Previously only persons 50 years and older and persons with comorbidities along with frontline health workers were […]
By News Source Guyana on December 6, 2021
News, Politics
The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party Lennox Shuman is hitting out at the government again, this time over the lack of consultation with indigenous leaders. Shuman’s latest criticism of the government stems from an agreement that the government signed with a Canadian-based gold company for prospecting […]
By News Source Guyana on December 6, 2021
News, Politics
Civil Society group Article 13 has issued a call for the swift appointment of members to the Public Procurement Commission so that the Commission could get down to work. In a statement, the Article 13 group said while it welcomes the announcement by Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Jermain Figueira, that steps have been […]
By News Source Guyana on December 6, 2021
News, Politics
New York-based Guyanese political activist, Rickford Burke has rubbished the wanted bulletin issued for his arrest by the Police and is accusing the government of now using the police force to go after its political opponents and critics. A wanted bulletin was issued for Burke’s arrest by the Guyana Police Force on Friday evening for […]
By News Source Guyana on December 6, 2021
News, Politics
The Government of Guyana with assistance from the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s local office and the Environmental Protection Agency have started a probe into the decline in the fish catch locally. Local fishermen have been complaining about a sudden decline in their catch and the impact it continues to have on their livelihoods. The Food […]
By News Source Guyana on December 3, 2021
Crime, News, Politics
The Alliance for Change which is one of the partners in the APNU+AFC Coalition, lambasted the PPP Civic Government today over the arrest of former Finance Minister Winston Jordan and the plan to file charges against him in relation to the sale of wharf facilities by the former Government to local contracting company, BK International. […]
By News Source Guyana on December 3, 2021
News, Politics
Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll jumped over the 1000 mark with three more deaths being recorded. According to the Ministry of Health, two of the recent deaths, a 65-year-old man and a 70-year-old man from the Region 10 community were both fully vaccinated. The third person who died was a 59-year-old unvaccinated man from Region Two. […]
By News Source Guyana on December 3, 2021
Elections, News
Over 20 small businesses owned by Afro-Guyanese showcased their locally made products today with the hosting of a market day at the Cuffy Square. The business owners are hoping to bring more awareness to their products in an effort to expand production and get the products more readily available on the local market. Today’s event […]