By News Source Guyana on January 4, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
Outlining a list of achievements by the APNU+AFC coalition since assuming office in 2015, Alliance for Change (AFC) Leader Khemraj Ramjattan implored party supporters to “don’t stop the progress” as they head to the polls on the 2nd March. “Don’t stop the progress,” was the phrase used to punctuate Ramjattan’s speech at the launch of […]
By News Source Guyana on January 3, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
by Ravin Singh President David Granger launched his re-election campaign this afternoon with a call for the APNU+AFC coalition to remain in office because inclusive governance is what is needed to move Guyana forward. Mr. Granger shared this view during the launch of the APNU+AFC campaign at D’Urban Park in Georgetown. “We have put an […]
By News Source Guyana on December 31, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
The Guyana Elections Commission today published the Revised Voters List with a total of 661, 378 eligible voters. The list also contains all of the 16,000 new registrants who were recorded during aborted house-to-house registration exercise. With the publishing of the list, voters can make checks to ensure that their names and addresses are correctly […]
By News Source Guyana on December 30, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
With his party’s General Secretary sitting with arms folded on his right hand, PPP Presidential Candidate Irfaan Ali today promised to run a campaign that will be free of gutter politics and negative campaigning. Mr. Ali and PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo hosted an end-of-year press conference this afternoon at the Opposition Leader’s Office. Questioned […]
By News Source Guyana on December 27, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
President David Granger has issued proclamations for the dissolution of Parliament and the Regional Councils on Monday as the country gets ready to head to the polls on the 2nd March 2020. The Proclamations were issued after the President met with the Chairman and all of the Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission today. In […]
By News Source Guyana on December 27, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
Vice President and Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan today dismissed accusations by the Opposition PPP and its General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo that he has an account at the Capital One Bank in the US with over $5million US dollars. In a brief statement to News Source, Minister Ramjattan said “I Have nothing to do with […]
By News Source Guyana on December 24, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
President David Granger as Leader of the APNU and Minister Khemraj Ramjattan as Leader of the AFC, today added their signatures to the revised Cummingsburg Accord, which is the agreement that formed the APNU+AFC coalition. The signing of the revised document was done away from the glitz, glamour and pageantry that welcomed the original signing […]
By News Source Guyana on December 20, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) has rejected claims that its policies and decisions are influenced by the current government. GNBA Chairman Leslie Sobers called a press conference today to respond to the claims which were made by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo. Mr. Sobers dismissed the claims by Jagdeo that the GNBA is serving partisan […]
By News Source Guyana on December 19, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
The Guyana Elections Commission has started a house to house verification of the new registrants for the upcoming elections. There are just over 20,000 new registrants and GECOM has given itself five days to verify their existence. The verification process started today. Chairperson of the Elections Commission, Justice Claudette Singh said her decision to support […]
By News Source Guyana on December 13, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
The US Embassy today announced a US$500,000 project to promote transparency and good governance in the extractive industry as Guyana gears up for first oil. Funding for the project falls under the United States Agency for International Development and is aimed at building capacity for the administration and governance of Guyana’s extractive resources and address gaps […]