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President David Granger has confirmed that he has been invited to meet with his Venezuelan counterpart, President Nicolas Maduro on the outskirts of the CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting in Barbados. Speaking to News Source in Bridgetown, President Granger said “I am prepared to meet” but he made it clear that the recent decree by […]
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban-Ki-Moon on Thursday encouraged CARICOM Heads of Government to remain focused and fully engaged in strengthening the partnership for global sustainable development. The UN Secretary General told the opening of a Conference for Sustainable Development for Small Island States that the year 2015 is a year of global […]
The Guyana Police Force has issued a wanted bulletin for 39-year-old promoter FREEMAN FORDYCE whose last known address has been given as Lot 271 South Ruimveldt Gardens. Fordyce is wanted in connection with the probe into the abduction and attempted murder of wash bay owner, Devon Chung. Chung was snatched from just outside his Durban Street […]
by Gordon Moseley in Bridgetown, Barbados President David Granger arrived in Barbados on Wednesday afternoon for the CARICOM Heads of Government Meetings and immediately made it clear that he intends to press CARICOM to strongly condemn Venezuela’s decree claiming Guyanese territory and he wants the regional body to do so in more than just one paragraph. […]
The Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Natural Resources are the government ministries that are under the radar of the new government and are currently under investigation as the probe into the fuel scam and abuse of the government credit system at the Guyana Oil Company (GuyOil) widens. Minister […]
Retired Major General of the Guyana Defence Force Norman McLean has been elected as the new Chairman of the Private Sector Commission. He will serve for the next year. The PSC’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held yesterday where McLean was elected, unopposed, along with a new Executive. He has replaced Ramesh Persaud who served as […]
Former Prime Ministerial Candidate for the People’s Progressive Party, Elisabeth Harper has decided that she does not want to serve with the PPP/C in the National Assembly. In a brief interview with News Source, Ms. Harper indicated that she was offered the position as a Member of Parliament for the PPP Civic but has turned […]
The new Region 10 Administrative Council was sworn into office this morning and immediately elected former APNU Member of Parliament, Renis Morian as the Chairman of Region 10. Morian has replaced Sharma Solomon as the Chairman of the Upper Demerara/Berbice administrative region. Solomon who was the Campaign Chairman for the APNU+AFC coalition in the region […]
The question of the appointment of the substantive Chancellor of the Judiciary remains a sore point and government will have to find a way to address this issue, according to Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams. Williams has clarified that there is only one vacancy and that is the Chancellor’s position. […]
Guyana intends to seek the help of the British government in reforming the Guyana Police Force and give assistance to the security sector. President David Granger has announced that the government has already approached the British government seeking to reintroduce the Security Sector Reform Programme which was scrapped under the previous administration. The President told […]
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