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APNU+AFC Member of Parliament for Region Ten, Jermaine Figueira has been elected as the new Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform Region Ten Committee. Mr. Figueira beat out two other contenders for the post at the party’s internal regional elections on Saturday in his hometown of Linden. Figueira had put together an entire slate […]
The Opposition’s no confidence motion against the Government will not make it for debate in the National Assembly until after the reading, debate and passage of the National Budget. The Leader of Government’s business in the House, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, in a statement yesterday said the motion will be defeated. The Prime Minister went […]
The University of Guyana Senior Staff Association and the University of Guyana Workers Union have both rejected the salary increases being put forward by the University’s administration. At a press conference this morning, President of the UGSSA, Jewel Thomas, said there should be no imposition of increases where unions exist and where negotiations could take […]
The Guyana Public Service Union has rejected the Government’s announced salary increases for public servants and is not pleased that the APNU+AFC administration may be doing like its predecessor and imposing salary increases. GPSU First Vice President, Dawn Gardner, today told News Source that the announcement by the Government of salary increases between 0.5% and […]
The Clerk of the National Assembly has announced that the date for the hearing of the Opposition’s “No confidence motion” against the Government, will have to be determined by the Government itself and not the speaker of the National Assembly. The Clerk’s statement is in response to several questions by the media following a demand […]
Aviation officials from all across the world are in Guyana for the 2018 Conference of the International Civil Aviation Organisation. More than 190 delegates are attending the meeting, which opened at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre this morning. The meeting is being hosted by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority with the support of the Guyana […]
President David Granger arrived back in Guyana just before 10pm last evening, after completing the first round of treatment in Cuba for his non-hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis. The top brass of the Joint Services was at the Cheddi Jagan Airport to welcome the President. The President, who arrived wearing a surgical face mask, walked confidently off […]
The Ministry of Finance has dispatched a circular to the heads of all budget agencies informing them of the Government’s approval of wages and salary increases for public servants. According to the circular, which was seen by News Source, those public servants earning up to $100,000 per month, will get a 7% increase in their […]
The Government of Guyana, through the Foreign Affairs Ministry, today announced that Guyana has submitted its Memorial of Jurisdiction to the International Court of Justice in the case brought against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Guyana wants the Court to confirm, in a final and binding judgment, the full legal validity of the arbitral award […]
The Embassy of Guyana in Cuba has announced that President David Granger has completed his first round of chemotherapy treatment in the island and has been given the green light by his Doctors to return home to Guyana. The President has also completed a number of surgical interventions to treat his non-hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis. The […]
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