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Representatives of President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo are scheduled to meet this afternoon to begin “hammering” out the process for the official submission of nominees for the position of GECOM Chairman. Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan and Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency Joe Harmon […]
One day after the Opposition Leader had what he described as a “fruitful” meeting with the President, he was out with his party’s Presidential Candidate and scores of supporters in the pouring rain outside the President’s office calling for “early elections”. The PPP brought several of its supporters to the city on Friday to join […]
The largest party in the APNU+AFC Coalition, the People’s National Congress Reform is fully behind the President’s position that there must be a clean voters list to ensure credible elections. President David Granger is the Leader of the PNC/Reform, while his Public Health Minister, Volda Lawrence, is the party’s Chairperson. It was Lawrence who hosted […]
A meeting between President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo was described as “fruitful” as the two sides start the process for the appointment of a new Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. The two leaders were accompanied by other representatives of the Government and Opposition at the Ministry of the Presidency meeting this […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo this afternoon tore into African Rights Activist and Executive of the African Cultural Development Association Eric Phillips. At his weekly press conference, Mr. Jagdeo, who has fired off at Phillips over his lease of state lands, stated that he has been doing more for the Afro-Guyanese community than Phillips ever will. […]
The Cabinet has been meeting since the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice and the Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joe Harmon, today said the Cabinet is awaiting clarity from the Caribbean Court of Justice. Two weeks ago, the CCJ ruled that the no-confidence motion against the Government of Guyana was […]
Guyana Goldfields has announced that it has temporarily suspended its operations at its Aurora Mine site as workers continued a protest action by staying away from the job. In a statement, the company said a portion of the workforce blocked delivery of ore to the mill and that triggered the decision to halt operations and […]
A 14-year-old boy from Matthew’s Ridge, North West District has been remanded to the Juvenile Detention Centre after being charged with the murder of his schoolmate. The teenager appeared in Court on Tuesday and was charged with the June 27 murder of Joseph Bunbury. According to reports, the accused was at a shop with a […]
The Government of Guyana this afternoon announced that the Cabinet has approved the proposal to remove custodial sentences for persons found in possession of small amounts of marijuana. The Cabinet approval was made back in April during the Cabinet meeting at Linden. With the proposal now being approved, the way is cleared for amendments to […]
Mayor of Georgetown Ubraj Narine has lashed out at the City Engineer Colvern Venture over his alleged sloth in responding to correspondences and addresses major concerns in the capital city. At a press conference this morning, the Georgetown Mayor responded to a report in the media that the City Engineer has refuted his statements at […]
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