By News Source Guyana on March 4, 2019
News, Politics
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 […]
By News Source Guyana on March 4, 2019
News, Politics
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 […]
By News Source Guyana on March 1, 2019
News, Politics
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 […]
By News Source Guyana on February 28, 2019
News, Politics
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 […]
By News Source Guyana on February 26, 2019
News, Politics
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 […]
By News Source Guyana on February 26, 2019
News, Politics
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, […]
By News Source Guyana on February 26, 2019
News, Politics
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 […]
By News Source Guyana on February 26, 2019
News, Politics
The Guyana Rice Development Board will be looking to put stricter measures in place to safeguard the quality and export of Guyana’s rice. The move comes after more than 30 containers of rice that was exported by one miller to Panama through the GRDB had to be returned, because it was rejected. The shipment was […]
By News Source Guyana on February 25, 2019
News, Politics
The Government of Guyana is pressing the Rusal bauxite company to reinstate the 61 dismissed workers by this week. Today, Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman said the administration is hoping that the situation could be addressed and the workers reinstated by Wednesday. Local company officials have said that they intend to inform the government […]
By News Source Guyana on February 22, 2019
Crime, News, Politics
Convicted Guyana drug king pin, Shaheed Roger Khan, is expected to be released from a US prison in July. It is not clear whether he will face deportation immediately as the details of his plea deal have never been made public. Roger Khan’s drug empire in Guyana has been blamed for a number of deaths […]