By News Source Guyana on August 7, 2024
Business, News, Politics
Guyana is optimistic that an almost seven-year ban on the exportation of catfish to the United States will be lifted, as the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service conducts another review of documents submitted by Guyana. In 2017, Guyana was among several countries that were banned from exporting catfish to the US […]
By News Source Guyana on August 7, 2024
Elections, News, Politics
Four years after the highly controversial 2020 Elections which were dogged with claims of fraud, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has assured that there are “safeguards in place to prevent multiple voting and other forms of skullduggery on Elections Day,” as the country prepares for national elections in 2025. In a direct response to calls […]
By News Source Guyana on August 7, 2024
News, Politics
Eighteen US Peace Corps Volunteers were sworn in today by US Ambassador Nicole Theriot at the Umana Yana. The volunteers will now serve in Guyana’s Health and Education sectors for the next two years. The US Ambassador said the presence of the 35th Cohort of Peace Corps Guyana Volunteers is in keeping with the US […]
By News Source Guyana on August 7, 2024
News, Politics
The top brass of the Guyana Defence Force appears to want a trimmer, slimmed down Force and has reportedly started to block the promotion of some officers, as well as prevent them from accessing overseas training and their duty free concessions over their Body Mass Index (BMI). Body Mass Index is a measurement of body […]
By News Source Guyana on August 7, 2024
News, Politics
By Svetlana Marshall As piles of garbage continue to build up around Georgetown, especially in the main commercial zone, the Georgetown City Council is still to decide on whether it will drop the hammer on the contractor, Guyana Waste Solutions (GWS), which has repeatedly failed to meet its contractual obligation, according to City Mayor, Alfred […]
By News Source Guyana on August 6, 2024
Finance, News, Politics
The Opposition APNU+AFC sees the Government’s move to the National Assembly seeking $40 Billion in supplementary provisions to be the result of poor planning and mismanagement. Last week, Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, presented two Financial Papers to the National Assembly seeking Supplementary Estimates (Current) in relation to advances made from the Contingency Fund totaling […]
By News Source Guyana on August 6, 2024
News, Politics
The Election fraud trial, which started last week and was adjourned after three days, will now see the Attorneys and Defendants back in Court in mid-September, as the presiding Magistrate has fallen ill and has been granted 30-days sick leave. The case was originally schedule to restart on Monday, but over the weekend, the Prosecution […]
By News Source Guyana on August 6, 2024
News, Politics
Two days after the Chief Justice ruled that the Guyana Revenue Authority’s increase in the Excise Tax on duty-free vehicle import for remigrants was illegal, the Government has moved to gazette the increase, to make it legal and applicable. According to the gazetted document, re-migrants with duty free concessions who are seeking to import a […]
By News Source Guyana on August 6, 2024
News, Politics
East Ruimveldt resident, Odelle Garnette, who was wanted for the attempted murder of 6-year-old Jeremiah Gustave, appeared in Court last Thursday and was remanded to jail after the attempted murder charge was read to him. Garnette surrendered to the Police last week, more than two weeks after a wanted bulletin was issued for his arrest. […]
By News Source Guyana on August 6, 2024
News, Politics
Residents of Bartica have been facing schedule power interruptions across the Region 7 town, and the Guyana Power and Light company is hoping to rectify the power supply issues by today. In a statement, GPL explained that the Bartica Power Plant has four engines, but only one is operational at this time along with the […]