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The Local Government Commission has fired Royston King as the Town Clerk for the City of Georgetown. He was fired with immediate effect on Wednesday after he refused to respond to the findings of recently concluded Commission of Inquiry into the Georgetown City Council and his work as Town Clerk. The final report of that […]
The Annual Officers Conference of the Guyana Defence Force opened this morning with Commander-In-Chief, President David Granger indicating the need for stronger border control in wake of the movement of Venezuelans into Guyana seeking refuge from economic and other issues in their homeland. The President told GDF Officers that “the influx of more than three […]
At around noon today, Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission emerged from their meeting and explained that the Chief Elections Officer has provided them with various documents and scenarios that they will have to use to come up with a timeline for possible early elections. Commissioner Vincent Alexander said the meeting will continue this afternoon […]
Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge is in the United States and yesterday he met and held discussions with the US Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan. According to the US State Department, the two leaders commended the strength of the U.S.-Guyana partnership, and Deputy Secretary Sullivan affirmed Guyana’s sovereign rights and jurisdiction within its Exclusive […]
Submissions and arguments in the Ram vs Attorney General no-confidence motion case were completed today and Chief Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire has indicated that she will hand down her decision on the 31st January. The case was brought against the Attorney General and the Speaker of the National Assembly by Attorney and Chartered Accountant, Christopher Ram, […]
The Largest party in the coalition government, the People’s National Congress is making it clear that President David Granger will be the Coalition’s Presidential Candidate for the next elections. Mr. Granger is also the Leader of the People’s National Congress and Chairman of the APNU. In a statement, PNC General Secretary Amna Ally said the […]
As the dust settles following the election of Irfaan Ali to lead the People’s Progressive Party into the next elections, two of the former hopefuls for the same position have revealed that they preferred Anil Nandlall for the top spot. In Facebook posts this evening, both Dr. Frank Anthony and Dr. Vindhya Persaud revealed that […]
General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo does not plan to step away from that position anytime soon and has indicated that he takes his job seriously as General Secretary. In an interview on Saturday just after the PPP elected Irfaan Ali as its Presidential Candidate, Mr. Jagdeo said one of his tasks […]
The Opposition People’s Progressive Party may find itself doing damage control in the coming days as part of its efforts to support its Presidential Candidate, Irfaan Ali. There has been a firestorm of criticism on social media about the party’s central committee election of Ali to lead the PPP into the next elections. Many of […]
Before departing Cuba for Guyana on Saturday, President David Granger met with and held discussions with Cuban President, Miguel Diaz Canel Bermudez. According to a statement from the Guyana Embassy in Cuba, the discussions covered several areas, including relations between Guyana and Cuba and the United States and Cuba. “President Diaz Canel pointed out that […]
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