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President David Granger has issued proclamations for the dissolution of Parliament and the Regional Councils on Monday as the country gets ready to head to the polls on the 2nd March 2020. The Proclamations were issued after the President met with the Chairman and all of the Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission today. In […]
Vice President and Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan today dismissed accusations by the Opposition PPP and its General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo that he has an account at the Capital One Bank in the US with over $5million US dollars. In a brief statement to News Source, Minister Ramjattan said “I Have nothing to do with […]
President David Granger as Leader of the APNU and Minister Khemraj Ramjattan as Leader of the AFC, today added their signatures to the revised Cummingsburg Accord, which is the agreement that formed the APNU+AFC coalition. The signing of the revised document was done away from the glitz, glamour and pageantry that welcomed the original signing […]
One of the newest political parties in Guyana, The Citizenship Initiative is offering a Christmas gift to the nation in the form of its manifesto for the March elections. The actual manifesto will be released on Christmas Day. The party called the media to the launching this morning but some technical difficulties prevented party officials […]
The Guyana Elections Commission has been able to verify over 60% of the first time registrants. In a data release, the Commission said that of the 16,863 new registrants, it was not able to verify 6,534. GECOM’s Public Relations Officer said those who were not verified might not have been home at the time of […]
The Government has announced that Norway has released G$9.1B to the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund, administered by the World Bank for disbursement to Guyana for approved projects. Back in 2009, Guyana and Norway signed the climate and forest partnership. Head of the Project Management Office of the Ministry of the Presidency, Dr. Marlon Bristol said […]
Just days after Guyana announced the start of oil production, the Exxon company has announced its 15th oil discovery in Guyana. In a statement this morning, the Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe, today, announced that the discovery was made at the Mako-1 Well southeast of the Liza field in the Stabroek Block. “This discovery […]
Guyana has officially become an oil-producing nation with first oil coming to the surface today. President David Granger in an address to the nation this evening announced the start of petroleum production. “I have been advised that petroleum production is about to commence – three months ahead of the original schedule. Guyana has become a […]
The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) has rejected claims that its policies and decisions are influenced by the current government. GNBA Chairman Leslie Sobers called a press conference today to respond to the claims which were made by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo. Mr. Sobers dismissed the claims by Jagdeo that the GNBA is serving partisan […]
The Opposition People’s Progressive Party wants Guyana’s oil to be sold through a public tendering process and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo believes that Guyana’s share of the first lift of crude should be sold by the Exxon company. “Because they have to sell it, it’s a publicly-traded company. They can’t tamper with the price and […]
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