By News Source Guyana on August 25, 2020
News, Politics
Former Minister of Public Service, Tabitha Sarabo-Halley has fired back at the new Minister of Public Service, Sonia Parag over her statement that under the previous government, scholarships were “skewed to one demographic and geographic in Guyana”. Ms. Sarabo-Halley in a statement this morning said Ms. Parag may need to familarise herself more with the […]
By News Source Guyana on August 25, 2020
News, Politics
The number of covid-19 cases in the country continues to climb with 74 new cases being recorded yesterday from a total of 330 completed tests. The majority of the new cases are from Region Four which recorded 47 new cases, that’s more than half of the number of new cases recorded yesterday. The total number […]
By News Source Guyana on August 24, 2020
Crime, News, Politics
While refusing to offer clarifications and details, the recently appointed Minister of Public Service Sonia Parag today claimed that the former APNU+AFC, Government ran a “heavily flawed” scholarship program, that only catered for “one demographic”. Pressed by reporters about what she meant by “one demographic”, Parag shied away from answering the question and instead said […]
By News Source Guyana on August 24, 2020
Crime, News, Politics
Former Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix has broken his silence on the granting of citizenship to one of the suspects in the alleged ponzi scheme that is now part of a major multi agency probe. Mr. Felix in a statement today, said the Attorney General Anil Nandlall is guilty of spreading misinformation with his recent […]
By News Source Guyana on August 24, 2020
Crime, News
Days after the Guyana Police Force indicated that the Director of Public Prosecution has taken over the private criminal charges against the Chief Election Officer, it appears as though the DPP has not yet made that move. When the Chief Election Officer, Keith Lowenfield appeared in Court this morning for the continuation of the matter, […]
By News Source Guyana on August 24, 2020
Crime, Elections, News
Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform, Volda Lawrence appeared in Court this morning to answer a charge of allegedly procuring the Returning Officer for Region Four, Clairmont Mingo to utter false results to the Chief Elections Officer. The charge was filed by PPP Member Charles Ramson Jr. back in March. He also filed a […]
By News Source Guyana on August 23, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
While boasting that it was the best performing new party at the 2020 regional and general elections, the 10-month-old Change Guyana party has announced that it is being dissolved. In a statement signed by the party’s Chairman Nigel Hinds, it’s Prime Ministerial Candidate Mishka Puran and three other executive members, it was noted that the […]
By News Source Guyana on August 23, 2020
Elections, News, Politics
Two days after the Working People’s Alliance through its Secretary announced that the party was withdrawing from A Partnership for National Unity, longtime WPA Member and Party Chairperson, Tabitha Sarabo-Halley has tendered her resignation from the party. Contacted this afternoon, Ms. Sarabo-Halley would only confirm that she has indeed resigned from the party. She said […]
By News Source Guyana on August 23, 2020
News, Politics
The Office of the President on Saturday announced the appointments of theee advisers to the government. Businessman and current Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Captain Gerry Gouveia has been appointed the National Security Adviser to the Government, while Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party Lennox Shuman will serve as Adviser to the Public […]
By News Source Guyana on August 21, 2020
News, Politics
Guyana recorded 35 new cases of coronavirus today taking the total number of cases recorded in the country to 881. 70 new cases were recorded yesterday and 40 new cases were recorded the day before. However, only 77 of the current cases are in institutional isolation. The remaining 333 active cases are in approved home […]