By News Source Guyana on July 21, 2019
Caribbean & International, News
Life is sweet for Guyanese Chef Kashif Browne. At age 29, he is creating a stir and living his dream at The White House, the official residence of the President of the United States. Kashif is the Executive Sous Chef at The White House. He completed his secondary education at The Bishops’ High School and […]
By News Source Guyana on July 21, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
Opposition Leader and General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo has announced that his party will not be co-operating with the house-to-house registration exercise which started on Saturday. Mr. Jagdeo claims that the exercise is “illegal” and is in contravention of the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice. During a media statement […]
By News Source Guyana on July 19, 2019
News
The Guyana Elections Commission today confirmed that it will commence House-to-House Registration as planned from tomorrow, 20th July 2019. The Commission has also indicated that while the house-to-house registration is underway, other preparations for elections will be taking place. In a statement this afternoon, the Commission said the countrywide exercise is in keeping with a […]
By News Source Guyana on July 19, 2019
News, Politics
As the government and the opposition continue to argue about whether there should be house-to-house registration before the next elections, the People’s National Congress which is the largest party in the coalition government believes the Opposition is afraid of a clean list. The PNC hosted its weekly press conference this morning at Congress Place and […]
By News Source Guyana on July 19, 2019
News, Politics
As the Guyana Elections Commission prepares to begin house to house registration across the country tomorrow, the Opposition People’s Progressive Party staged a large picketing exercise this morning outside the GECOM headquarters calling for GECOM to halt house to house registration. The PPP believes that the Elections Commission should instead be getting itself ready for […]
By News Source Guyana on July 19, 2019
News, Politics
Special Assistant at the State Asset Recovery Agency, Eric Phillips, has tendered his resignation from the body. The resignation will take effect in the month of August. The resignation comes in wake of revelations that Phillips served as a Director of the African Business Roundtable which has an affiliated company that applied for and […]
By News Source Guyana on July 18, 2019
News
The meeting that was scheduled today between the Government and Opposition representatives looking at the possible candidates for the GECOM Chairman’s job was called off and is to be rescheduled. Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joe Harmon, told News Source that the President is still examining the four new names put forward by […]
By News Source Guyana on July 18, 2019
Crime, News
The Cummings Lodge man, who two months ago admitted to stabbing his wife to death, was sentenced to 30 years in jail today. The convict, Seon Singh, had decided to enter a guilty plea to the unlawful killing of his wife Indranie Sugrim back in 2012. Appearing before Justice James Bovell-Drakes today for sentencing, the […]
By News Source Guyana on July 18, 2019
Crime, News
More than a year after she was charged with the attempted murder of a Police Officer for allegedly pointing a gun at him and attempting to discharge it, Accountant Maryann Daby walked out of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court a free woman this afternoon after the presiding Magistrate, Leron Daly, dismissed the case after finding that […]
By News Source Guyana on July 18, 2019
News, Politics
Guyana’s Opposition Leader and former President, Bharrat Jagdeo, is upset that the regional body, CARICOM, has not been saying much publicly on the recent validation of the no-confidence motion against the Guyana Government by the Caribbean Court of Justice. Mr. Jagdeo used his Thursday afternoon press conference to express his “disappointment” in CARICOM offering only […]