Article 13 expresses concern over government’s “continuous Constitutional violations”

Civil Society Group Article 13, has once again expressed its disappointment over what it sees as the continuous constitutional violations by the PPP government. In a statement, the group accused the Government of chalking up a formidable list of “constitutional violations”. “What makes those violations worse is the Administration’s cavalier disregard of legitimate calls for […]

GPSU seeks audience with government for start of salary negotiations for public servants

The Guyana Public Service Union said today has written to the Public Service Ministry (PSM) once again to begin negotiations for wages, salaries, and allowances, and other working conditions of service for Public Servants for the years 2020 and 2021. The government last year approved a 7% across-the-board pay hike for Public Servants without consulting […]

Miner charged and remanded for Region One double murder

Two weeks after a drunken fight left two miners in the North West District dead, one of the men accused of stabbing the men to death appeared in Court this morning to face murder charges. The murder accused, Kurtland Damon aka Carto appeared before Magistrate, Dylon Bess in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this morning after […]

Port Kaituma man dies in ATV accident

An accident in North West District, Region One which involved an All-Terrain Vehicle has left a 28-year-old miner dead. A police report said the incident took place on Sunday evening. The dead man has been identified as Steve Ashby of Port Kaituma. According to the report, Ashby was the pillion rider on the ATV that […]

Nearly 6000 active cases of COVID-19 in Guyana

There are now nearly 6000 active cases of COVID-19 in Guyana as the number of positive cases continues to soar. On Sunday, the Ministry of Health announced that 657 new cases of the virus had been recorded, which was coming 24 hours after another 1016 new cases were recorded. Region Four continues to see the […]

Seeram and Forde among members co-opted to PNC Executive

Region 4 Chairman Daniel Seeram and Opposition Member of Parliament Roysdale Forde are among the members of the People’s National Congress Reform who will be added to the party’s Central Executive Committee. Both Seeram and Forde ran for executive positions at the party’s recent elections and lost their bids. However, the party’s constitution allows the […]