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The three Presidential Candidates who came under scrutiny over their dual citizenship and were almost removed from contesting the elections, will now be able to remain on their respective party lists and contest the elections. The Public Relations Officer at GECOM, Yolanda Ward told News Source this afternoon that the Elections Commission has made a […]
A Guyanese medical student who returned from China via Suriname last evening created mayhem at the Diamond Hospital after she was taken there from the Cheddi Jagan Airport to undergo an evaluation and additional screening as part of the protocol to deal with the coronavirus. News Source understands that the medical student and her relatives […]
The Government of Guyana has broken its silence on the highly controversial report on Guyana’s oil agreement with ExxonMobil and the government has pointed out that the report failed to identify any incidence of corruption and or malpractice. In a statement this evening, the coalition government said it believes the report was seemingly released to […]
One day after the Global Witness organisation released a report on Guyana’s oil industry, claiming that the country could possibly lose up to US$55 billion because of a “bad” contract with Exxon, the International Energy research group, Rystad Energy is looking at the actual benefits that Guyana will get, based on its own studies and […]
Barbadian Prime Minister and Chairman of CARICOM, Mia Mottley believes the region needs to move with the same alacrity to address violence as it is using to take on the global threat of the coronavirus. Ms. Mottley was in Guyana on Monday for a series of meetings with officials of the CARICOM Secretariat. She also […]
A large group of sugar workers from the Albion, Blairmont and Uitvlugt estates picketed the President’s office this morning, demanding that he gets Guysuco to increase their salaries. Armed with placards carrying slogans about the cost of living and the need for a salary increase, the workers and their union representatives said they want the […]
The Elections Observer Mission from the European Union has started its work with the first group of observers arriving in Guyana. The EU Observer Mission is here at the invitation of President David Granger. The teams from the mission will be dispatched to the various regions across Guyana in the run-up to and during the […]
Close to one thousand young Guyanese gathered at the Arthur Convention Centre this morning to enrol for free training in oil and gas. The training programme will be conducted online and has brought together the Ministry of Education, the Council for Technical & Vocational Education and Training (CTVET) and PetroEd of the United States. Under […]
The Ethnic Relations Commission has issued a call on the political leaders to urge their supporters to immediately stop and reject any inclination by to taunt, confront and intimidate supporters of opposing sides. The ERC said it is engaging political leaders on the development and its proposed Code of Conduct. In a statement, the ERC […]
The Integrity Commission has gazetted the names of public officials who failed to submit declarations of their assets to the Commission for the period July 2018 to June 2019. The Speaker and the Clerk of the National Assembly, and a number of Government Ministers and Members of Parliament are among the names of more than […]
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