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Just one week after Patrick Yarde defied predictions and was re-elected President of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), a new challenge is being put forward to his recent appointment as Acting Chairman of the Public Service Commission. The veteran trade unionist was sworn in as the acting Chair of the PSC by President David Granger […]
As the debate rages on about possible ways to salvage the sugar industry, Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder, told the National Assembly today that the government intends to close at least two more sugar estates by the end of 2017 as it pushes ahead with plans for diversification. Holder identified those estates to be the Enmore […]
Justice Franklyn Holder this morning indicated that he has decided to recuse himself from further hearing the case involving the government and suspended Chairman of the Public Service Commission, Carvil Duncan. The Judge’s decision, came days after Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo made a request for him to recuse himself. The Prime Minister is a respondent […]
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, who is a party in the court matter against suspended Public Service Commission Chairman Carvil Duncan, has formally requested that the Judge in the matter, Justice Franklyn Holder, recuses himself from further hearing the case. The Prime Minister’s request was made on May 4th, and comes just three days before the […]
Weeks after President David Granger assured that he would appoint Judges with the aim of reducing the current shortfall in both the Court of Appeal and the High Court; a new promise to move ahead with the appointments has been given. State Minister Joseph Harmon told media operatives on Thursday that the President is working […]
Confusion unfolded at the Georgetown Public Hospital on Wednesday during a visit by the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Social Services which resulted in the Chairperson, Dr. Vindhya Persaud being instructed out of the storage bond. At the beginning of the announced tour, Chairperson of the GPHC Board, Kesaundra Alves announced that the tour will be […]
A recently formed group is seeking to remove some of the stigma associated with persons who would have been deported. The Guyana Re-migrant Mission is a non-governmental group and according to its President, Marlous Henderick, there is a need for more plans to be in place to assist persons who find themselves as involuntary remigrants. […]
As Guyanese Journalists join their colleagues across the globe to celebrate World Press Freedom Day, the Guyana Press Association is using the occasion to call on the government to immediately address issues that threaten this freedom such as the continued existence of political interference in some sections of the state media. World Press Freedom Day […]
Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo has submitted his new list of nominees for the consideration for the Elections Commission Chairman position to President David Granger. The submission is in keeping with provisions of Article 161(2) of the Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. The six (6) names are as follows: The six nominees are […]
One day after government reiterated that it could no longer financially support the failing sugar industry the way it has done in the past, a large number of field and factory workers of the Rose Hall Estate continued to protest the potential closure of that estate. Despite the rainy weather, the workers staged a picketing […]
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