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The United States is now solidly backing Guyana in the territorial controversy with Venezuela. Speaking at Friday’s farewell ceremony for the US Ambassador, the Deputy Chief of Missions, Terry Steers-Gonzalez, noted that previously, the US would simply support a timely resolution of the controversy. Now it wants the 1899 arbitration award respected. The Deputy Chief […]
Outgoing US Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway, believes that despite the low voter turnout at Guyana’s 2018 Local Government Elections, democracy came away as the big winner. Monday’s local government elections marked the second such elections in three years after an absence of over two decades. Speaking at his farewell ceremony on Friday night, Ambassador […]
Of the 573,000 persons on the local government elections voter’s list, only 208, 534 of them turned up and cast their ballots at the polls on Monday, representing a voter turn out of just over 38%. That’s an almost 10% decline in the voter turn out rate when compared to the figures from two years […]
The results of the local government elections for the Alliance For Change might not necessarily change the party’s negotiating power in the APNU+AFC coalition. Although the two parties went into the local elections separately, today they put up a united front at a joint press conference. The coalition was formed through the Cummingsburg Accord, which […]
On the heels of its self-described “massive” performance at the just concluded Local Government Elections, the Opposition People’s Progressive Party has filed a no confidence motion against the Government. The Government holds the majority in the National Assembly by one seat. At his weekly press conference, Opposition Leader and PPP General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo announced […]
The Doctors in Cuba who are treating President David Granger for his Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma diagnosis have given him a good prognosis, saying that he will make a full recovery. That’s according to the Guyana Embassy in Cuba. In a statement last evening on the President’s cancer diagnosis and treatment, the Embassy said the President’s medical […]
Guyana’s President, retired Brigadier David Granger, has been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and will begin chemotherapy treatment on Thursday. A senior official of the Government confirmed the diagnosis to News Source this evening and explained that the Guyana Embassy in Cuba will issue a full release on the development within the next 24hrs. The President, […]
The President of the Guyana Public Service Union, Patrick Yarde, today expressed his union’s frustration with the prolonged negotiations with government to address the working conditions and salaries for public servants. At a mid-morning press conference, Mr. Yarde complained that the concerns of the union do not appear to be getting much attention from the […]
The Guyana Public Service Union is calling an important meeting with members of the Public Service Cooperative Credit Union, following several complaints about the current operations of the credit union. The meeting is set for Thursday from 4:45pm at the GPSU headquarters. The credit union is currently under the management of a committee that was […]
The People’s Progressive Party picked up wins in five towns and several Neighbourhood Democratic Councils at Monday’s Local Government Elections. The party has described the victories as “massive” although it admits that the low voter turnout was national. PPP General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo, today said his party intends to keep the promises that it made […]
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