By News Source Guyana on November 15, 2019
News, Politics
The Alliance For Change today announced that next Monday will be the last day for the renegotiation talks with A Partnership for National Unity on the Cummingsburg Accord. Party Treasurer Dominic Gaskin at an AFC press conference today said one deadline has already been missed and the AFC does not intend to extend the deadline […]
By News Source Guyana on November 14, 2019
News, Politics
Finance Minister Winston Jordan today made it clear that the workers of those semi-autonomous government agencies will also benefit from the salary increases that were announced by the President yesterday. There was some concern among workers of the Guyana Revenue Authority and other semi-autonomous agencies that the increases might not trickle down to them since […]
By News Source Guyana on November 14, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today encouraged public servants to collect the salary increases since they were already budgeted for by the government in the last budget. At his weekly solo press conference, Mr. Jagdeo said he is more concerned about contracts that the government may be signing while it is an interim government. “I say […]
By News Source Guyana on November 14, 2019
News, Politics
The Director-General in the Ministry of the Presidency Joe Harmon today announced that he is no longer the holder of U.S citizenship and like other Guyanese nationals, will have to apply for a visa the next time he wants to travel to the U.S. Mr. Harmon was among four Government Ministers who were forced to […]
By News Source Guyana on November 13, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
In an address to the nation from the garden at State House, President David Granger this afternoon assured public servants that the government is in their corner as he announced increases in salary and allowances for public servants. “Public servants’ minimum wage will be increased to $70,000 from $64,220 per month. This represents a nine […]
By News Source Guyana on November 13, 2019
News, Politics
The Government of Guyana is getting set to announce salary increases for public servants on Thursday. News Source understands that those public servants working for the minimum wage to $99,999 per month will enjoy a 9% salary increase. Public servants earning between $100,000 to $999,000 per month will enjoy an 8.5% increase and those making […]
By News Source Guyana on November 12, 2019
News, Politics
The recently formed Change Guyana party wants to change the taxation system in Guyana and is promising that if it is elected to government, there will be a complete overhaul. At the party’s weekly press conference today, the focus was on fixing the tax system. Presidential Candidate for Change Guyana, Robert Badal, said when it […]
By News Source Guyana on November 8, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission has indicated that while the Commission will go ahead with the publishing of the names of over 20,000 persons who have not collected their ID Cards in since 2008, those persons will still be allowed to vote if they show up on elections day with some other form […]
By News Source Guyana on November 7, 2019
News, Politics
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is threatening to call out his supporters to restart protests if the President does not dissolve the parliament soon as preparations for elections swing into high gear. At his weekly solo press conference today, the Opposition Leader said the dissolution of Parliament must take place soon. “He has to dissolve the […]
By News Source Guyana on November 7, 2019
News, Politics
Finance Minister Winston Jordan has indicated that he will soon be announcing retroactive salary increases for 2019 for all public servants. The increases are expected to be retroactive to January of this year. In a brief statement today through his Public Relations Office, Jordan said “there’s no provision for a bonus this year or foreseeable […]