By News Source Guyana on October 24, 2018
News, Politics
(DPI) Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan today said the delay in the payment of salaries for members of the joint services is not a result of unavailable finances, but rather the submission of inaccurate information. In a statement to the Department of Public Information (DPI) Minister Jordan said the Ministry of Public Security’s payroll was released […]
By News Source Guyana on October 24, 2018
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In a span of 11 years – 2002-2013 – the then Peoples’ Progressive Party (PPP) government installed 38 Interim Management Committees (IMCs) at the local government level in the absence of Local Government Elections (LGE). This was revealed by the Ministry of the Presidency’s Communications Director, Mark Archer in a social media post yesterday. Archer’s […]
By News Source Guyana on October 24, 2018
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The Guyana Elections Commission has reported that Justice Navindra Singh has dismissed the case brought against the Chief Elections Officer and the Returning Officer for Bloomfield /Whim, over the backers list for the Alliance For Change. The case was filed by the PPP, claiming that a number of persons were misled by the AFC into […]
By News Source Guyana on October 23, 2018
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The Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers Union are set to sign their agreement on the salary increases for teachers on Wednesday. The signing comes more than two weeks after the two sides announced that they have reached an agreement. News Source understands that the Minister of Education has also asked that the full […]
By News Source Guyana on October 23, 2018
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
Students from Guyana, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and Jamaica will benefit from a digital education initiative which is to be implemented in one hundred schools in those five countries. Last Tuesday, the Organisation of American States (OAS) signed an agreement with the Spanish-based ProFuturo Foundation, which has one of the largest digital education programmes in […]
By News Source Guyana on October 22, 2018
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Chairman of the Berbice Bridge Company, Dr. Surendra Persaud, today said the company is holding firm to its decision that there must be increases in the tolls and it plans to go ahead with its decision from November 12. In a brief telephone interview with News Source, Dr. Persaud said the company will be releasing […]
By News Source Guyana on October 22, 2018
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Former President Donald Ramotar is not happy at all with the Court of Appeal’s recent decision to back the High Court ruling that there was nothing unlawful with the President’s appointment of the Chairman of the Elections Commission. The Opposition People’s Progressive Party, through its Executive Secretary had moved to the Court in an effort […]
By News Source Guyana on October 22, 2018
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Public sector officials from across The Commonwealth region are in Guyana for their biennial conference. The meeting opened this morning at the Marriott hotel and is examining climate change issues and the transformation of the public sector for climate governance. Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo declared the meeting opened and explained that today’s public sector has […]
By News Source Guyana on October 19, 2018
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Public Policy Specialist, Roxanne Myers, was today officially sworn in as the new Deputy Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission. Ms. Myers took her oath of office before the Chief Magistrate at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The new Deputy Chief Elections Officer in a brief comment to the media, said she is ready […]
By News Source Guyana on October 18, 2018
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President David Granger was back at the Parliament this afternoon to address the National Assembly and he laid out his government’s plans for moving the country forward. In an address that went on for close to an hour, the President announced that Budget 2019 will be presented in November and it will focus more on […]