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One week after President David Granger traveled to Trinidad and Tobago for a “private visit” that included a medical check-up with his doctor, according to sources, the Ministry of the Presidency has announced that the President and his wife are now heading to Cuba for the next two weeks. In a three-line statement, the Ministry […]
The Guyana Elections Commission has indicated that its preparations for Local Government Elections are well in advance and the Commission will deliver an efficient election. There are 80 local government areas in Guyana. For Local Government Elections Day, November 12, there will be 1674 polling stations. Some of the polling stations will be stationed at […]
Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry looking into the operations and management of the Georgetown City Council, Justice Cecil Kennard, has said that he has no apology to make over telling the Georgetown City Mayor to “shut up and listen” during her testimony before the Commission on Friday. “I have no apology for making that […]
Town Clerk, Royston King turned up at the Commission of Inquiry this morning but is still to take a the stand after his Attorney objected to the legality and the validity of the Commission of Inquiry into the operations and management of the Georgetown City Council. Over the past few weeks, a number of serious […]
The Commission of Inquiry into the management and operations of the Georgetown City Council became tense on Friday afternoon as Commission Chairman, retired Justice Cecil Kennard warned the Mayor about her “rude” attitude and told her to “shut up” and listen to the questions. At the time of the exchange, the Mayor was being grilled […]
The People’s Progressive Party, through its Executive Secretary, is taking its case against the appointment of the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission all the way to the Caribbean Court of Justice. The party through Attorney Anil Nandlall has officially filed his notice of motion, indicating the move to the Caribbean Court of Justice. The […]
Two weeks after reaching an agreement on increased salaries and benefits for the nation’s teachers, the Education Ministry and the Guyana Teachers Union signed off on the agreement this afternoon. As stated previously, the agreement will see teachers getting a 12% increase on their salaries for 2016 and an 8% increase for 2018. They had […]
The Alliance For Change today said it had no plans to use the Courts to challenge anything that it might have concerns about with the local government elections because that would be a tactic to question local democracy and delay the elections. AFC Region Four District Chairman, Michael Leonard, told a media conference today that […]
(DPI) Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan today said the delay in the payment of salaries for members of the joint services is not a result of unavailable finances, but rather the submission of inaccurate information. In a statement to the Department of Public Information (DPI) Minister Jordan said the Ministry of Public Security’s payroll was released […]
In a span of 11 years – 2002-2013 – the then Peoples’ Progressive Party (PPP) government installed 38 Interim Management Committees (IMCs) at the local government level in the absence of Local Government Elections (LGE). This was revealed by the Ministry of the Presidency’s Communications Director, Mark Archer in a social media post yesterday. Archer’s […]
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