By News Source Guyana on February 8, 2022
News, Politics
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has denied that he has ever accepted bribes from Chinese companies in exchange for large contracts in Guyana. In a wide-ranging interview, a New-York based correspondent for Vice-News told the Vice-President that a number of Chinese businessmen have related that the only way to get business done in Guyana is to […]
By News Source Guyana on February 8, 2022
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
The decision to establish a Taiwan office in Guyana was made at the level of the Foreign Affairs Ministry and not the Cabinet, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo revealed in an interview with an international correspondent from the Vice News Agency, which operates in the US and Canada. In a surprising and controversial move in February […]
By News Source Guyana on February 7, 2022
News, Politics
Police investigations are continuing their probe into the shooting death of 24-year-old Carlos Waithe early this morning. A suspect is still to be identified as the probe widens. The youth was shot in Leopold Street, Werk-en-Rust as he reportedly sought peace between a group of men and one of his friends who were involved in […]
By News Source Guyana on February 7, 2022
News, Politics
The Guyana Government has re-appointed retired Appeal Court Judge and former Attorney General Charles Ramson Snr., as the country’s Commissioner of Information. Mr. Ramson was first appointed to the position back in 2013 as the first person to hold that office but was fired back in 2018 when the coalition rendered his office dysfunctional. It […]
By News Source Guyana on February 7, 2022
Elections, News, Politics
The Opposition today pressed the government on allocations for the Guyana Elections Commission to conduct House-to-House registration before Local Government Elections which are on the cards for this year. Declaring that the current voter’s list has serious problems, the Opposition sought to ascertain what monetary provisions have been put in place to ensure a new […]
By News Source Guyana on February 7, 2022
Elections, News, Politics
The Office of the Leader of the Opposition has seen its budgetary allocation for 2022 slashed significantly. The Opposition Leader’s Office had made a request for $87 million for the day-to-day operations of the office but received $27.7M. The constitutional office had also requested $48 million to buy new equipment for the office but it […]
By News Source Guyana on February 7, 2022
News, Politics
With Opposition Member of Parliament, Nicolette Henry submitting her letter of resignation as an MP to the party’s list leader, David Granger, the former PNC Leader has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Clerk about the decision. The People’s National Congress Reform has already written to the former party leader informing […]
By News Source Guyana on February 7, 2022
Elections, News, Politics
The Government has used its majority in the National Assembly’s Business Sub-Committee to shorten the time for the consideration of the budget estimates in the Committee of Supply. That process begins today and instead of the customary five days, the government has cut the timeline down to four days, and instead of 30 minutes for […]
By News Source Guyana on February 4, 2022
News, Politics
Opposition Member of Parliament and Spokesman on Legal Affairs, Roysdale Forde today criticized the government for its “poor management” of the country. He also raised concern over what he sees as the return of extra-judicial killings in Guyana. Contributing on the final day of the Budget debates, Mr. Forde said citizens have witnessed and experienced […]
By News Source Guyana on February 4, 2022
News, Politics
In responding to concerns about the delay in the hosting of local government elections, Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall assured the National Assembly today that Local Government polls will take place this year. During his budget presentation, Mr. Dharamlall said the government believes in democracy and the choices of citizens and will therefore be […]