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The Government has approached the National Assembly for approval of an additional $26 Billion in supplementary provisions to cover a number of initiatives. Of that sum, the government has already spent $5.1B from the contingency fund to pay severed sugar workers their one-off cash grant and other cash grant initiatives. However, it is now […]
Three days after the Guyana Elections Commission by majority vote selected him as the new Chief Election Officer, Vishnu Persaud took the oath of office this morning before Chief Justice (ag) Roxanne George. Mr. Persaud was also sworn in as the Commissioner of Registration. In brief remarks to the media just after taking the oath […]
Leader of the People’s National Congress and former President David Granger has informed members of his party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) that he is heading to Cuba today for “medical reasons”, a member of the party CEC confirmed to News Source. Mr. Granger left the country this morning. He will miss his party’s biennial […]
The newly selected Chief Election Officer at the Guyana Elections Commission Vishnu Persaud will start his new job tomorrow, when he will be administered the oath of office. Persaud was selected on Friday by a majority decision when the Guyana Elections Commission met to consider the final two applicants for the GECOM post. Mr. […]
Opposition Leader Joe Harmon has accused Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir and the Government of trying to silence the Opposition in Parliament. Mr. Harmon’s contention is that today’s sitting of the National Assembly was scheduled for ‘private members’ issues on private members’ day, allow the Opposition’s business in the House to take precedence […]
Over 5000 households across Guyana have already been affected by floodwaters owing to the ongoing rainy conditions in various parts of the country. A government team has been out assessing the impact of rainfall and flooding in recent days. Several communities along the East Coast of Demerara and parts of the West Coast are already […]
With heavy and persistent rainfall continuing to pound several parts of the country, President Irfaan Ali has activated a Cabinet Level Task Force to respond to the current rainy season and potential flood impacts across Guyana. In the past two weeks, several parts of the country have been experiencing heavy rainfall with the weather office […]
The Alliance for Change, which is a partner in the APNU+AFC Coalition, believes that whoever would have been chosen as the Chief Elections Officer would have found themselves under suspicion of nearly half of the population. The AFC’s statement in response to the hiring of new Chief Election Officer, Vishnu Persaud, came after stinging criticism […]
Less than three weeks after longstanding PNCR member and Former Attorney General, Basil Williams accepted the nomination to contest for the position of Leader of the PNC and boasted of his more than 20 years of unbroken service to the party, he has pulled out of the contest. In a statement early this morning, Williams […]
Hours after the Guyana Elections Commission announced the selection of Vishu Persaud for the position of Chief Election Officer, Opposition Leader Joe Harmon said the GECOM Chairman, Justice Claudette Singh has once again changed requirements to suit a particular decision. Harmon said the Chairman has ignored the requirements set out by the Commission itself for […]
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