Housing Ministry defends sale of Ogle lands to company managed by Ed Ahmad; AFC Leader raises more concerns

Alliance for Change Leader, Nigel Hughes, is pressing the Ministry of Housing to come clean on a July, 2024 land sale deal that went down between the Central Housing and Planning Authority and New Global Investments Incorporated, a company that has controversial and convicted US-based Guyanese real estate developer, Ed Ahmad as its Director and […]

Simona Broomes to continue fight for the voiceless and disadvantaged with launch of own Political Party

By Svetlana Marshall Human rights activist and former Minister under the APNU+AFC Government, Simona Broomes, has branched out on her own and has formed a new political party to contest the upcoming elections. Broomes, who was also a member of the People’s National Congress, has launched the Assembly for Liberty and Prosperity (ALP). At the […]

Opposition grills Government on Guyanese fishermen still being without Surinamese fishing license

Opposition Member of Parliament, Vinceroy Jordan, today grilled the Government on the longstanding problem surrounding the non-issuance of fishing license to Guyanese fisherfolk by Suriname. The Government had requested that 150 Surinamese licences be issued to Guyanese fishermen to allow them to ply their trade in Surinamese Ocean waters. However, despite commitments by both the […]

PPP to meet with GECOM on preparations for Elections

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has announced that he will be leading a team from his party to meet with the Guyana Elections Commission, (GECOM) next Tuesday to be updated on issues related to the Commission. He said he will also use the meeting to debunk statements which have […]

Govt. unaware of any impact US President’s suspension of foreign aid could have on assistance to Guyana

With several countries in the region affected by the US President’s Executive Order, which has frozen financial aid to other countries, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has indicated that he has not received any reports as yet about Guyana being affected. News Source understands that a number of programmes that fall under USAID are likely to […]