By News Source Guyana on November 10, 2024
News, Politics
With Government set to rent a second Power ship to supply additional power to the national grid, the Alliance For Change, (AFC) believes the move adds up to a wastage of tax payers’ money since the hundreds of millions of dollars being used for a temporary fix could have been invested in a more permanent […]
By News Source Guyana on November 8, 2024
News, Politics
The Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton has announced that he is set to meet with the Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes to discuss issues of mutual interest. At a press conference today, Mr. Norton told reporters that he agreed to the meeting but the date, time […]
By News Source Guyana on November 8, 2024
News, Politics
With the sugar industry set to record another dismal performance this year, the Agriculture Minister is expected provide a report on the state of the Guyana Sugar Corporation and the sugar industry to the President. On Thursday, Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo revealed that the Agriculture Minister was summoned by the President and ordered to submit […]
By News Source Guyana on November 8, 2024
News, Politics
The South Rupununi District Council (SRDC) today fired back at the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association, (GGDMA) over the association’s rejection of calls to halt mining in the Marudi area over a recent gang attack. The Council today denounced the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA), describing its response to the concern of […]
By News Source Guyana on November 8, 2024
Crime, News
Police investigators are probing the shooting of a 14-year-old boy late on Thursday night at Durban Park in Georgetown. The teenager is a patient of the Georgetown Hospital nursing a gunshot wound to his chest. According to a Police statement, the teen told investigators that at around 10:40 on Thursday night, he was in the […]
By News Source Guyana on November 8, 2024
Business, News, Politics
In wake of the firing of 65 workers who were contracted for the gas to shore project without warning, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union through its Oil and Gas Branch is one again pressing for union representation for workers in the oil and gas sector and related fields. The 65 workers were laid […]
By News Source Guyana on November 7, 2024
News, Politics
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today said the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) should have all systems in place by August 2025 to facilitate General and Regional Elections. Ahead of those elections, the Opposition wants the Voters’ List to be sanitized, and systems to be put in place for electronic voting and the use of biometrics at […]
By News Source Guyana on November 7, 2024
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
Longtime Parliamentarian and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira, has been bestowed with the prestigious Commonwealth Parliamentarian Lifetime Achievement Award at the 67th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference in Sydney, Australia. The award was presented during the conference’s award ceremony today. Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir accepted the award on behalf of […]
By News Source Guyana on November 7, 2024
Crime, News, Politics
The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) has dismissed a call by the South Rupununi District Council for there to be a suspension of mining activities in the Marudi area following last weekend’s attack and abductions by a suspected Brazilian gang. The Gold Miners body described the call to suspend mining in the Marudi […]
By News Source Guyana on November 7, 2024
News, Politics
US President-elect Donald Trump is two months away from being sworn in, but Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo is already planning to engage the incoming Trump administration to counter what he considers to be “lies” that have been told on the Guyana Government. Mr. Jagdeo opened his weekly press conference at Freedom House this afternoon by […]