By News Source Guyana on March 22, 2024
News, Politics
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 […]
By News Source Guyana on March 22, 2024
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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 […]
By News Source Guyana on March 22, 2024
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
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 […]
By News Source Guyana on March 22, 2024
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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 […]
By News Source Guyana on March 21, 2024
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Chief Education Officer (CEO), Saddam Hussain admitted under oath today that he has no records of “negotiations” taking place between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) as he took the witness box for a second day in the case brought against the Government, over its alleged failure to engage the Union […]
By News Source Guyana on March 21, 2024
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An irritated Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo this afternoon declared that the Guyana Government wants to see the names of the persons or organizations that made submissions to the United Nations Human Rights Committee in the name of transparency. The Government has been firing off at the UN Human Rights Committee after its members raised concern […]
By News Source Guyana on March 21, 2024
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The issue of the prolonged absence of a substantive Chancellor and Chief Justice, made it to the floor of the United Nations Human Rights Committee on Wednesday as Guyana was under its periodic review. Vice President of the Committee Mr. José Manuel Santos Pais , stated that by not confirming judges, it exposes the judiciary to […]
By News Source Guyana on March 21, 2024
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Just one year into its term in office, the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has reported that it has received a total of 80 complaints of ethnic and racial discrimination with five of those complaints requiring the attention of the Guyana Police Force. The announcement came today from the Chairman of the ERC, Shaikh Moeenul Hack. […]
By News Source Guyana on March 21, 2024
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Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, is not happy with the line of questioning that the Government has been facing in its appearance before the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Speaking during his weekly programme “Issues in the News”, Mr. Nandlall said some of the questions are bordering on propaganda, while others […]
By News Source Guyana on March 20, 2024
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by Svetlana Marshall The hearing in the case brought against the Government by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) over the alleged failure to engage in Collective Bargaining on financial matters, commenced today with the GTU’s Vice President, Julian Cambridge, maintaining that financial matters as proposed by the Union were not discussed in the statutory meetings […]
