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For the second week, Opposition nominated members of the Guyana Elections Commission, walked out of a meeting of the Commission over elections preparations. The three Commissioners, Bibi Shadick, Robeson Benn and Sase Gunraj, left the meeting early as they preferred the issue of discussion, to be more about preparations for elections. Commissioner Robeson Benn said […]
The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority is toughening up its approach to the aviation sector in Guyana and the operators and pilots who traverse the skies. At a press conference this morning, the Head of Civil Aviation, Egbert Field announced that sanctions will be taken against those pilots and or operators who use the airspace in […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has responded to the President’s invitation for them to meet and discuss the hosting of elections and funding for the same elections. But Mr. Jagdeo has put forward a number of demands that he wants met before the meeting could take place. The meeting is scheduled for tomorrow, March 6 at […]
General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress, Lincoln Lewis, believes it is time for the impasse with the Rusal Bauxite Company to go to arbitration. Speaking to reporters today after a meeting with officials of the Labour Department, the veteran trade unionist said the Minister could invoke provisions of the labour laws and force […]
Despite a call by the Opposition nominated members of the Guyana Elections Commission for a full withdrawal of all the advertisements related to house-to-house registration, the Guyana Elections Commission is pushing ahead with the process. Public Relations Officer at the Guyana Elections Commission, Yolanda Ward, told News Source today that the Elections Commission had voted […]
Minister of State, Joe Harmon, believes that the Opposition Leader needs to be clear on whether he will attend or not attend the meeting with President David Granger next Wednesday. Minister Harmon made the statement last evening in response to the Opposition Leader’s new position that he will only be attending the meeting if an […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today threw a dark cloud over next week’s planned meeting with the President, saying that he will only meet with the President if the issue is specific to an election date. State Minister Joe Harmon wrote the Opposition Leader earlier this week on the President’s behalf, inviting him to consultations on […]
Minister of State Joe Harmon has written Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, on the President’s behalf, inviting the Opposition Leader to consultations for elections. In the letter seen by News Source, Mr. Harmon informed Mr. Jagdeo that “The President wishes to consult with you on the following matters: The National Assembly’s constitutional role in the present […]
President David Granger has written to the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission informing him that the Government of Guyana is committed to doing “everything possible” to ensure that the Commission is provided with “the financial resources and has sufficient time to conduct credible elections. The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, Justice James Patterson, […]
Minister of Social Protection Amna Ally, this afternoon blasted the Rusal Bauxite Company over its delay to reinstate 61 dismissed workers and a move by the company to tell another 30 workers that they soon could be on the breadline. Minster Ally invited the media into her office as she met with officials of the […]
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