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Eight years after his contract as Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission was not renewed, Gocool Boodoo is hoping to make a return to the Guyana Elections Commission. Multiple sources at the Elections Commission have confirmed to News Source that Mr. Boodoo, who served as Chief Elections Officer up until 2013, is among […]
The Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir has summoned the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Opposition Member of Parliament Jermaine Figueira and Government PAC Member, Minister of Governance Gail Teixeira to a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the meetings of the PAC. The Speaker’s request follows a decision of a number of Clerks […]
With 73.6% of Guyana’s adult population receiving a first dose of one of the COVID-19 vaccines and 46.4% of the country now fully vaccinated, the Minister of Health said persons should not become complacent and those who remain unvaccinated need to get vaccinated soon. He said Guyana has enough vaccines to get every person in […]
Three men were arrested by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit on Friday after nearly 10 pounds of marijuana was found in the trunk of a car in Sophia. Those in custody are Roylon Adolph, Akeem Matheson and Kacy Bowen. According to a statement from CANU, a Toyota Fielder car was parked in front of a […]
Longtime rights activist and member of the People’s National Congress Reform, Simona Broomes is thinking about joining the race for the leadership of the PNC Reform. Ms. Broomes who served as Government Minister under the APNU+AFC administration and is well known and loved among the PNC’s grassroots supporters told News Source that once she is […]
The Guyana Agriculture and General Workers Union (GAWU) which represents some workers in the oil and gas sector has raised alarm about the sidelining of Guyanese workers in favour of foreigners in the oil sector. In a statement, GAWU said it was shocked to learn that foreigners continue to penetrate the local oil industry and […]
The work of the Public Accounts Committee has now been stalled after the various Clerks of Committees have indicated their unwillingness to work for the Committee over health concerns. The Clerk of the Public Accounts Committee took ill last week and her illness is being blamed on the high-stress level in the PAC meetings. In […]
With citizens vaccinated with the Sputnik vaccine concerned that their travel to the US and other countries could be affected since those countries only recognise WHO-approved vaccines, the Minister of Health in Guyana has indicated that the Guyana Government is not supportive of persons getting revaccinated. The Sputnik vaccine is still awaiting approval from the […]
The Guyana Public Service Union has written to President Irfaan Ali requesting the payment of a one-off “hardship” cash grant to public servants, which will be outside of their expected salary increases. In the letter to the President, the GPSU is requesting that health care workers in the public sector be paid a $300,000 cash […]
Longtime broadcaster and founder of the Justice for All Party, CN Sharma is back home after recovering from COVID-19 and being discharged from the Intensive Care Unit of the COVID-19 Hospital at Lillendaal. Mr. Sharma spent three weeks in the hospital after encountering breathing problems a few days after he was tested positive for COVID-19 […]
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