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A team of business representatives from the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry will be heading to the United Kingdom as part of a business exchange that will focus on the oil and gas sector. Fifteen companies have confirmed their participation. The exchange is the second one to Aberdeen in Scotland, however, during the upcoming […]
The Government of Russia is still to respond to Guyana’s request for a full withdrawal of the statement made by the spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry that the United Kingdom was constructing a military base in Guyana’s Essequibo region. Guyana has denied the setting up of any such base and described the statement as […]
Although it may not be represented in the National Assembly, A New and United Guyana (ANUG) political party, has indicated that it would support an extension in the date for elections once elections will be held this year. In a Facebook Live video release, the General Secretary of the party, Ralph Ramkarran, said “we as […]
The Government of Guyana has announced the opening of applications for full scholarships for law graduates to attend the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago. The scholarships are being offered under the Department of Public Service’s Scholarship Programme which falls under the Ministry of the Presidency. It marks the first time that full […]
The Working People’s Alliance, which is one of the junior partners in the coalition government, is sticking with the coalition for the next elections but wants to ensure that it gets a bigger voice and is allowed to play a bigger role in a new APNU+AFC government. WPA Executive Member, David Hinds, told a media […]
Executive Member of the People’s National Congress, Aubrey Norton, on Friday blasted the Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo over his claims that the APNU+AFC government is illegal. At his party’s weekly press conference at Congress Place, Mr. Norton said it is established that there is no illegal government and Jagdeo is making statements that cannot be […]
The Guyana Elections Commission held its first statutory meeting under the Chairmanship of Justice Claudette Singh today. The meeting came one day after the ruling by Chief Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire, who declared that the ongoing house-to-house registration by the Elections Commission is not illegal and that she could not set a date for elections. Today’s […]
Attorney Anil Nandlall has had a change of mind and is now indicating that he will no longer file an appeal of the Chief Justice’s ruling in the house to house and election date matters. The Chief Justice ruled on Wednesday that the ongoing house-to-house registration exercise was not illegal and she also ruled that […]
The Education Ministry has announced that 73% of the students who wrote the CSEC examinations this year have recorded grade 1 to 3 passes in five or more subjects. Education Minister Nicolette Henry announced the results yesterday afternoon and said Guyana’s pass rate is higher than the 64% regional pass rate recorded by the Caribbean […]
Chief Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire this afternoon ruled that the ongoing house-to-house registration exercise is not illegal and is not unconstitutional. However, she also indicated that there is no residency requirement for registration. The Chief Justice also ruled that the Court cannot set a date or timeline by which elections should be held. The applicant, Christopher […]
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