By News Source Guyana on August 21, 2018
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Over three hundred teachers in the mining town of Linden turned out at the LICHAS building at Mackenzie today to show their full support of the move by the Guyana Teachers Union to begin a nationwide strike action from next week. GTU President Mark Lyte and a team from the Union traveled to the community […]
By News Source Guyana on August 20, 2018
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Hours after being declared the new Chairperson of the People’s National Congress Reform, Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence, was back at her party’s headquarters to host the Congress of its women’s arm, the National Congress of Women. She spoke to News Source during the lunch break and laid out some of her plans for the […]
By News Source Guyana on August 20, 2018
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Though she is still to decide on whether she will seek her party’s backing to be its next Presidential Candidate for the 2020 elections, Opposition Chief Whip and longtime PPP Executive Member Gail Teixeira, admits that Volda Lawrence’s rise to the Chairmanship of the People’s National Congress, might be a push for her to seek […]
By News Source Guyana on August 20, 2018
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As the countdown begins to the November 12 Local Government Elections, the Opposition, People’s Progressive Party is raising concern with the Guyana Elections Commission about a recent decision by the Minister of Communities to declare Mahdia as a new town and add a number of new Neighbourhood Democratic Councils in several areas. The PPP at […]
By News Source Guyana on August 20, 2018
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Longtime member of the People’s National Congress Reform, Volda Lawrence has been elected as the new Chairperson of the party, the second highest position in Guyana’s second oldest political party. The results of the elections were announced just after midnight. Lawrence replaces fellow party member, Basil Williams, who was hoping to be re-elected to the […]
By News Source Guyana on August 19, 2018
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A motion put forward by the Atlanta Chapter of the People’s National Congress for the name of late President Forbes Burnham to be added to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, has been forwarded to a Special Committee of the party. The suggestion was made during Saturday’s session at the ongoing Biennial Congress of the People’s […]
By News Source Guyana on August 17, 2018
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An upset Minister of Public Telecommunications, Cathy Hughes, came before the media today to correct what she says are “inaccuracies” that are being peddled about the food catering bill for Parliament. Earlier this week, the Kaieteur Newspaper reported that for every sitting of Parliament, the food catering bill stands at around $700,000. The report created […]
By News Source Guyana on August 17, 2018
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The Ministry of Education is pleased with the improvements that Guyanese students have made in a number of subject areas at the CXC Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate Examination. The Official results were released today showing improvements in the main subjects of mathematics and english as well as in the science subjects. Improved performances have been […]
By News Source Guyana on August 16, 2018
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A Thursday afternoon meeting between the Education Ministry and the Guyana Teachers Union ended with a number of agreements reached, but with the issue of salary increases still finding no common ground. After the nearly three hour meeting, an upbeat GTU President, Mark Lyte, told reporters that the GTU is holding firm to its position […]
By News Source Guyana on August 16, 2018
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The runway has been cleared and US Carrier American Airlines has been granted full approval by the Government to begin its touchdown into the Guyana market. Minister of State, Joe Harmon, announced at his post-cabinet press briefing today, that the Cabinet has granted its full approval for the airline to start its schedule service to […]