By News Source Guyana on October 31, 2019
News, Politics
The Ministry of Education hosted its award ceremony this morning in celebration of those students who performed well at the various exams over the past year. The Presidential Scholarship Award was presented to Michael Bhopaul of Queens College and Farah Chin of the Marian Academy for their outstanding performances in the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations […]
By News Source Guyana on October 31, 2019
News, Politics
Talks on updating the Cummmingsburg Accord which formed the governing APNU+AFC coalition are set to restart tomorrow as the two sides today reported progress in a meeting that included Leader of the APNU, President David Granger and Leader of the AFC, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan. The talks came to a standstill last week […]
By News Source Guyana on October 31, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
President David Granger is set to meet this morning with AFC Leader and Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan over the Cummingsburg Accord negotiations between the APNU and AFC. The negotiations to update the agreement, which formed the APNU+AFC Coalition, hit a wall last week as the AFC continued to push for the two sides […]
By News Source Guyana on October 30, 2019
News, Politics
With a plan to tackle Guyana’s problems urgently, the newest political party in Guyana, Change Guyana was officially launched last evening at the pegasus hotel. The party is headed by businessman and owner of the Pegasus, Robert Badal. He will serve as the party’s Presidential Candidate for the next elections, while well known Chartered Accountant […]
By News Source Guyana on October 30, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today expressed surprise and disappointment at the decision of the Chairman of the Elections Commission Claudette Singh on the issue of registered persons who have not uplifted their ID cards in more than 10 years. The GECOM Chair at the Commission’s meeting yesterday ruled that those persons who have not collected […]
By News Source Guyana on October 30, 2019
News, Politics
Guyana is now set to see first oil earlier than expected. In a new report, which was released this morning by the Hess Corporation, the President of the company, John Hess, announced that oil production in Phase 1 of the Liza development is now targeted to begin in December 2019. The Stabroek Block is operated […]
By News Source Guyana on October 29, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, Justice Claudette Singh has decided that the more than 25,000 persons who have failed to pick up their national ID cards in more than 10 years will be removed from the voter’s list if they do not pick up the cards during a 21-day period. Justice Singh made […]
By News Source Guyana on October 29, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
The Guyana Elections Commission today reported that since the start of the claims and objections period almost a month ago, there have been 3,924 new registrations while 9516 persons have applied for transfers in their registration. The information was released today by GECOM Public Relations Officer, Yolanda Warde. Ms. Warde also revealed that there have […]
By News Source Guyana on October 24, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
Expressing disappointment with some of the decisions coming out of the Guyana Elections Commission and the indecision of the Chairman on several issues, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today issued a call on Guyanese to ensure they are registered during the ongoing claims and objections period. Mr. Jagdeo, who during the house to house registration had […]
By News Source Guyana on October 24, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
With the Alliance For Change declaring today that it was putting its participation in the Cummingsburg Accord renegotiation talks on hold over the Prime Ministerial Candidate spot, President David Granger has reminded that the AFC is not the only party in the coalition. During an interview for the new podcast INSIDE Sources which premieres this […]