By News Source Guyana on October 21, 2017
News, Politics
The Alliance For Change, which is one of the main partners in the coalition Government, has expressed its full support of the President’s decision to move ahead with the appointment of a Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. The AFC held a special executive meeting on Friday and noted the decision made by the President […]
By News Source Guyana on October 21, 2017
Crime, News
-by Kurt Campbell- One day after the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) charged Directors from the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) with contempt over their failure to produce documents in keeping with a Court order, the bank has secured an extension in the High Court. GBTI has reportedly already provided SOCU with 9000 […]
By News Source Guyana on October 21, 2017
News, Politics
The Private Sector Commission has added its voice to the Opposition party’s criticism of the President’s decision to move ahead with the appointment of a Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. In a statement, the PSC said the move by President Granger now poses “a clear threat to democracy and will inevitably divide the […]
By News Source Guyana on October 20, 2017
Crime, News
Already facing five charges in a massive multimillion-dollar fraud at the Guyana Rice Development Board, former GRDB Head Ricky Ramraj and former General Manager, Jagnarine Singh were Friday slapped with 34 additional charges. The allegations address instances of alleged fraud committed at the GRDB Cowan Street Office during the years 2011 and 2012 and involve the Board […]
By News Source Guyana on October 20, 2017
Crime, News
A drug addict, who is best known by the name ‘Cuffy’ will spend the next 35 years in jail for the gruesome murder of 68-year-old, Megan Jones-Cox. The 39-year-old man, Stanley Barrow, was initially charged for murder, but then decided to plea guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. The case was heard by Justice […]
By News Source Guyana on October 20, 2017
News
-by Kurt Campbell- Upset with the President’s move to reject his third list of nominees for the GECOM Chairman position and appoint a Chairman unilaterally, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has declared a period of non co-operation with the Government. At a hastily called press conference on Thursday evening after meeting with the President and learning […]
By News Source Guyana on October 19, 2017
News, Politics
At age 84, retired Justice James Patterson was sworn in as the new Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. His swearing in came on the same day that he was contacted by the President and offered the job to head the election’s body. Moments after being sworn in at an evening ceremony at State House, […]
By News Source Guyana on October 19, 2017
News, Politics
President David Granger this evening met with Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo and announced to him that he has decided on a new Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission and it will not be any of the nominees put forward by the Opposition Leader. The President has decided that retired Justice, James Patterson, will be the […]
By News Source Guyana on October 19, 2017
News, Politics
The Government has announced that it has settled on a final offer for wages and salary increases for 2017 for public servants, despite the rejection of both offers by the Public Service Union. State Minister Joseph Harmon announced today that the government will now be raising the minimum wage for the public service from $55,000 […]
By News Source Guyana on October 19, 2017
News
Amid growing public outrage over allegations that a Constable attached to the Georgetown City Constabulary sexually molested a teenage boy who was in custody, two city residents staged a picketing exercise on Thursday calling for the “protectors” of the child molester to be arrested. The two men, Don Singh and Johnathan Yearwood explained that they […]