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Hundreds of residents from communities along the East Bank of Demerara who were swamped by floodwaters when a koker door fell apart, are calling on the government to offer them a better relief package. Community representatives protested outside the Office of the President and the Agriculture Ministry on Monday morning in wake of the reported […]
Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Honourable Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda called on the United States President and Congress to end its “senseless embargo of Cuba now.” Prime Minister Browne was speaking at the opening ceremony of the Fifth CARICOM Cuba Summit in Havana, Cuba on Monday. He said that CARICOM’s […]
The Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority, Khurshid Sattaur believes that the agency is on its way to another record breaking year in tax collection. In a statement issued on Friday, Sattaur described as “epic”, the performance of the GRA under his stewardship. According to the GRA, under Sattaur’s twelve years at the helm of […]
Two Guyanese nationals have been sentenced to 18 months behind bars in Barbados after they were found in possession of over 2 pounds of cocaine at an apartment complex in the island. The two who have been identified as 39-year-old Rohit Singh and 27-year-old Nikita Allen were sentenced on December 2, 2014. They were jointly […]
On December 4, the Guyana was the show piece of the Region, as four Guyanese students picked up specialised awards for their outstanding performances, at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams. The prestigious award for Most Outstanding Candidate Overall was taken by Elisa Hamilton from Queen’s College; this by itself contributing to Queens’s […]
On Friday, Leader of the Opposition, David Granger raised concerns about the use of state resources by members of the government to conduct political campaign work for their party, the Peoples Progressive Party. Granger said the PPP had started its campaigning for elections but has been using many of the state’s property to get around […]
The Alliance For Change has sounded its readiness for early elections and the party wants the President to “bring it on”. The AFC opened its Delegates Conference just three hours before the President’s announcement that he intends to set a date for early elections in the new year, but the party may have expected that […]
Opposition and APNU Leader, David Granger is not surprised with President Ramotar’s Saturday announcement that he intends to call General Elections rather than remove his prorogation of Parliament. Speaking to News Source, just moments after the President’s press conference, Mr. Granger said the President and his government have been preparing for elections all along and […]
Having failed to get the Opposition parties to engage him in dialogue during the prorogation of parliament, President Donald Ramotar on Saturday morning announced that it is time for Guyanese to head back to the polls. However, no date has been announced. At a press conference from the Dining Room of State House, Mr. Ramotar […]
An Al Qaeda terrorist whose father was Guyanese and who carried a Guyana passport has been killed. Pakistan’s military has announced it has killed leading Al Qaeda militant Adnan Shukrijumah, who was wanted by the United States over a 2009 plot to attack the New York subway system. Shukrijumah died in a raid in the […]
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