By News Source Guyana on October 16, 2019
News, Politics
President David Granger this morning accepted the credentials of the new German Ambassador to Guyana, Ute Konig. Guyana and Germany have shared diplomatic ties for over fifty years, with those ties being developed in Guyana’s year of independence. President Granger said the relationship between Guyana and Germany is founded on mutual respect for each other’s […]
By News Source Guyana on October 16, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
The recently launched Liberty and Justice Party headed by Indigenous Leader and former Toashao Lenox Shuman has started preliminary talks with A Partnership for National Unity over the possibility of the LJP joining forces with the APNU+AFC for the next elections. President David Granger this morning confirmed that he has held discussions with Mr. Shuman […]
By News Source Guyana on October 15, 2019
News, Politics
The Troy Resources Mining company has been forced to bring all of its mining activities in the Region Seven area to a halt following an instruction from the Minister responsible for Labour, Keith Scott. The company announced today that even before the release of the findings into the death of a geologist at the mine […]
By News Source Guyana on October 14, 2019
News, Politics
An exploratory mission from the European Union is expected in Guyana this week to begin meeting with various stakeholders on issues related to the upcoming elections. The European Mission in Guyana has indicated that the Government has expressed an interest in the EU sending a team to observe the March 2, 2020 elections in Guyana. […]
By News Source Guyana on October 11, 2019
News, Politics
As the National Tashaos’ Conference wraps up, the People’s National Congress Reform, which forms part of the coalition government, believes that there could be no doubt that under the coalition government, the lives of the indigenous people have been improved and there has also been development in the hinterland region. At the PNC’s weekly press […]
By News Source Guyana on October 10, 2019
News, Politics
Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo today said that while his party is not opposed to cash grants to citizens, the current Working People’s Alliance proposal for cash grants from the oil proceeds has been found to be technically unsound and unsustainable. The WPA is one of the parties in the coalition government and has […]
By News Source Guyana on October 10, 2019
News, Politics
While admitting that it is his voice on a profanity-laced recorded conversation, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today said he was angry at the time and it was all over the visit of Jamaican cricketer Chris Gayle to Linden on the same day that the People’s National Congress was hosting a rally. Jagdeo, who said he […]
By News Source Guyana on October 9, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
As the coalition partners, the APNU and AFC continue with their review of the Cummingsburg Accord, which established the coalition, President David Granger reported today that the negotiations and meetings have been going well with some headway already being made. “The discussions have been taking place over a long period of time and every party […]
By News Source Guyana on October 9, 2019
Elections, News, Politics
As the debate continues across the country about whether cash grants should be given to citizens from the oil proceeds, the Working People’s Alliance has officially put forward its proposal for the grants to the rest of the coalition. The WPA, which is part of the governing coalition, has been pushing the issue and believes […]
By News Source Guyana on October 8, 2019
News, Politics
All gold mining operations at the Karouni mines of the Troy Resources company have been suspended following the tragic mining pit collapse this morning that claimed the life of geologist, Ryan Taylor. In a statement expressing its sympathy, the Ministry of Natural Resources indicated that it has instructed the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission to […]