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US-based, Guyanese Political Activist Rickford Burke has asked the High Court to throw out several defamation charges brought against him, as well as to declare the service of a summon on him by the Guyana Police Force at his New York, residence to be illegal. Through his Attorneys, Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde, Dawn Holder- Cush […]
The Governments of Guyana and France have announced that the two countries are taking steps to improve their relations with the establishment of a French embassy in Guyana. President Irfaan Ali, met with the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs of the French Republic Stéphane Séjourné, on Monday at State House to discuss a range […]
The Government has submitted written responses to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, as part of the ongoing review of Guyana’s Third Periodic Report by the Committee which took place from March 18- 24. The Government said its written submission is intended to provide updates and additional information in response to the questions raised by […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that the Government has granted approval to the Sigma Engineers Limited to recruit a total of 500 nurses from Bangladesh. While the company is not known to be directly involved in the healthcare sector, it is believed that the permission was sought to fill vacancies that may be […]
The Government is moving to shake up management at the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation as it is preparing to name a new Chief Executive Officer. News Source has learnt that former Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Paul Cheong, is set to become the new GuySuCo Chief Executive Officer. Senior Government sources have indicated to […]
In January of this year, the Government made a decision that the Ministry of Education would only engage in negotiations with the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) on a fresh multi-year agreement, starting 2024, according to the Chief Education Officer (CEO), Saddam Hussain. He made that revelation today while he was being cross-examined for a third […]
Opposition Member of Parliament with responsibility for Foreign Affairs, Amanza Walton-Desir, has written to Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd, calling for the urgent convening of the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Foreign Relations in wake of Venezuela’s purported creation of anew state in Guyana’s Essequibo. In a statement this afternoon, Walton-Desir described the latest development […]
The Guyana Government today expressed its great concern over the adoption of a law by the Venezuelan National Assembly declaring the Essequibo region of Guyana, which constitutes more than two thirds of the country’s national territory, to part of Venezuela. The move by Venezuela comes three months after Venezuelan voted in a referendum to officially […]
In a closely guarded visit to Guyana that lasted a few hours on Thursday, the Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, William J. Burns met with President Irfaan Ali and top Guyana Security Officials. The visit to Guyana was secretive, as there were no announcements of the visit before the CIA Director arrived, and […]
Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton has announced that the Opposition has informed the United Nations (UN) about the “misinformation and untruths” that were told to the UN Human Rights Committee by the Guyana Government, as the country underwent its periodic review on human rights this week. At a press conference on Thursday, Mr. Norton […]
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