 |         |  | |
Former Government Member of Parliament under the APNU+AFC administration, Charrandass Persaud has been officially accepted by the Indian Government as Guyana’s High Commissioner to India. Mr. Persaud presented his credentials to the Indian Government along with other diplomats on Wednesday. The Opposition APNU+AFC had written the Indian Government objecting to the appointment of Charrandass Persaud. […]
The European Union Election Observer Mission (EOM) submitted its final report of the March 2020 General and Regional elections to Opposition Leader, Joseph Harmon today. The opposition team that met with the EU officials requested time to study the report, but raised several concerns about the elections and other issues. The head of the EU […]
One day after the former Commissioner and CEO of the Lands And Surveys Commission Trevor Benn was questioned about the land deals while he headed the Government agency, the Chief Executive of Cevon’s Waste Management Morse Archer was called in for questioning by the Criminal Investigations Department. Archer’s questioning related to the plot of land […]
The Ministry of Health started administering COVID-19 vaccines to Members of Parliament today. The Speaker and Deputy Speaker along with former Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo were among those vaccinated. A number of Members of Parliament from both sides also received their vaccines, while others including several members of the Opposition said they intend to take […]
The Guyana Public Service Union is seeking the intervention of President Irfaan Ali to address the matter of increases for public servants after none was offered in the past two years. At the press conference today, GPSU President Patrick Yarde emphasized that despite the Union making proposals to the government in the past two years, […]
Guyana continues to experience a spike in new COVID-19 cases. In the past 24 hours, the country recorded 84 new cases with 54 of those new cases being confirmed in Region 4. In the past 15 days, a total of 696 new cases have been recorded across the country. The country also recorded one additional […]
Newly appointed Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana Mark Berman on Wednesday paid a courtesy visit to Leader of the Opposition, Joseph Harmon. During the hour-long meeting, several issues were raised by the Opposition. Mr. Harmon informed the Canadian envoy that the government, though it occupies a one-seat majority in the parliament, governs as though there […]
Former Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission, Trevor Benn was called in again today by the Criminal Investigations Department of the Police Force concerning several transactions he undertook as Head of the Lands and Surveys Commission. Last Friday, Benn was charged for misconduct in public office over the sale […]
As a national COVID-19 vaccination programme continues to be rolled out, Health Officials are becoming worried about the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the country. Since the start of March, the Ministry of Health has recorded 612 new cases of coronavirus in Guyana. Based on the statistics being released by the Health Ministry, the […]
China is making moves to push for more cooperation with Guyana while lifting the bilateral relations between the two countries to a higher level. That announcement came today from Chinese President Xi Jinping following a virtual meeting with President Irfaan Ali and a senior Guyana Government team. Next year, Guyana and China will celebrate 50 […]
 |  |
