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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 […]
The Alliance For Change decided to step away from its national coalition partner and head into the local government elections on its own as the “fit and proper” alternative to the other parties. The results from yesterday’s elections are not as fit and proper as the AFC might have liked them to be. The party […]
While admitting that the results of the Local Government Elections prove that there is more work for her party to do on the ground, APNU Executive and PNC Chairman, Volda Lawrence said she would not base the LGE results on the party’s chances to stay in Government in 2020. She said “in terms of 2020, […]
The nation’s capital city saw a voter turn out of 28% at yesterday’s local government elections. According to the Guyana Elections Commission, of the 119,000 eligible voters in the Georgetown municipality, just over 28,000 of them cast their ballots at Monday’s elections. A Partnership for National Unity, which is mostly supported by the People’s National […]
Three popular APNU Candidates lost their race for the Georgetown City Council on Monday, but the governing party will still hold a wide majority in the Council. The candidates, Astell Collins, Andrea Marks and Shondell Hope all lost their constituency race to PPP candidates. Collins who was busy on election day assisting a few elderly […]
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled that the law in Guyana, which makes it a criminal offence for a man or a woman to appear in a public place while dressed in clothing of the opposite sex for an “improper purpose”, is unconstitutional. In a ruling handed down this morning, the Court said […]
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