Politics

GECOM issues warning about persons pretending to be Commission staffers

As Guyana faces the possibility of early elections, the Guyana Elections Commission today announced that it has received reports of persons pretending to be working for the Elections Commission, who have been soliciting information from citizens. The Elections Commission in a statement said it does not currently have any field exercise underway and therefore citizens need […]

Violet Smith out as Country Manager for Guyana Goldfields as restructuring plan takes shape

After serving the company for more than twenty years, the Guyana Goldfields Company today announced that its longtime Country Manager, Violet Smith, is leaving the company as the position has been declared redundant. The announcement came today as the company rolled out major changes to its Guyana operations. In a statement, Guyana Goldfields thanked  Ms. […]

Govt. Chief Whip wants GECOM to answer several questions about its preparedness for polls

The President’s representative to discussions with the Guyana Elections Commission, Minister Amna Ally, has written to the Commission requesting answers to several questions in relation to the Commission’s readiness for early elections. In the letter seen by News Source, Ms. Ally, who is also the Government’s Chief Whip in Parliament, wants the Commission to say […]

Education Ministry dispatches mobile counseling unit to Mae’s following student’s suicide

Although the Mae’s School is privately operated, the Ministry of Education on Friday morning dispatched its mobile counseling unit with trained counselors to the Mae’s Private School to assist those students who may be affected after a teenage girl of the school took her own life. Education Minister, Nicolette Henry and Chief Education Officer, Marcel […]

Royston King Fired As Town Clerk of Georgetown

The Local Government Commission has fired Royston King as the Town Clerk for the City of Georgetown. He was fired with immediate effect on Wednesday after he refused to respond to the findings of recently concluded Commission of Inquiry into the Georgetown City Council and his work as Town Clerk. The final report of that […]