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Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today threw a dark cloud over next week’s planned meeting with the President, saying that he will only meet with the President if the issue is specific to an election date. State Minister Joe Harmon wrote the Opposition Leader earlier this week on the President’s behalf, inviting him to consultations on […]
Minister of State Joe Harmon has written Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, on the President’s behalf, inviting the Opposition Leader to consultations for elections. In the letter seen by News Source, Mr. Harmon informed Mr. Jagdeo that “The President wishes to consult with you on the following matters: The National Assembly’s constitutional role in the present […]
President David Granger has written to the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission informing him that the Government of Guyana is committed to doing “everything possible” to ensure that the Commission is provided with “the financial resources and has sufficient time to conduct credible elections. The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, Justice James Patterson, […]
Minister of Social Protection Amna Ally, this afternoon blasted the Rusal Bauxite Company over its delay to reinstate 61 dismissed workers and a move by the company to tell another 30 workers that they soon could be on the breadline. Minster Ally invited the media into her office as she met with officials of the […]
The Guyana Rice Development Board will be looking to put stricter measures in place to safeguard the quality and export of Guyana’s rice. The move comes after more than 30 containers of rice that was exported by one miller to Panama through the GRDB had to be returned, because it was rejected. The shipment was […]
The Government of Guyana is pressing the Rusal bauxite company to reinstate the 61 dismissed workers by this week. Today, Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman said the administration is hoping that the situation could be addressed and the workers reinstated by Wednesday. Local company officials have said that they intend to inform the government […]
Convicted Guyana drug king pin, Shaheed Roger Khan, is expected to be released from a US prison in July. It is not clear whether he will face deportation immediately as the details of his plea deal have never been made public. Roger Khan’s drug empire in Guyana has been blamed for a number of deaths […]
A high level team from the Government of Guyana today met with officials of the Rusal bauxite company and told them that Guyanese workers must be treated in a respectful manner and at all times the country’s labour laws must be upheld. Ministers Amna Ally, Joe Harmon, Raphael Trotman and Keith Scott along with the Chief […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today said his party will not be voting to extend the timeline for the hosting of elections. Under the Constitution of Guyana, following the successful passage of a no-confidence motion, elections has to be called within 90 days or at a time agreed to by two-thirds of the National Assembly. That […]
The Guyana Goldfields Company has announced that it has received environmental authorization from the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to resume construction and development work on an underground exploration decline at its Aurora Gold Mine. According to the company, the mine, which has been in commercial operation as an open pit since 2016, is anticipated to […]
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