By News Source Guyana on August 19, 2016
News, Politics
(MOTP) President David Granger has urged residents of Blairmont, West Coast Berbice to use their religious faith to promote peace, unity and harmony even as the administration continues to work to transform the country into a more cohesive society. The President was at the time speaking at the prana pratistha or consecration ceremony of a […]
By News Source Guyana on August 17, 2016
News, Politics
President David Granger will head into next week’s PNC Reform Congress unchallenged for the leader of the party position. This will be the first party congress being held since the PNC went into government as part of a coalition. The congress takes place on August 27 and 28. At a press conference on Wednesday morning, […]
By News Source Guyana on August 16, 2016
News, Politics
Former Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has sounded the warning that any review and revocation of gun licenses cannot be done by the political directorate. He said such a move could only be carried out by the Firearms Licensing Approval Board. Rohee’s comments come one day after Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan announced that there […]
By News Source Guyana on August 16, 2016
News, Politics
Mediation between Health Minister Dr. George Norton and Board Chairman of the Georgetown Public Hospital, Dr Carl Max Hanoman has started and is expected to put an end to the impasse between the two over the reinstatement of the Chief Executive Officer of the Georgetown Hospital. Attorney General Basil Williams was appointed by Cabinet last week as […]
By News Source Guyana on August 15, 2016
News, Politics
A frustrated Linden Mayor came before the national media in Georgetown on Monday morning, with supporting councillors by his side, to urge that the Town Clerk, Jenella Bowen, be removed from office. Mayor Carwyn Holland, who has been in office for just over four months, said while he does not like to see someone being […]
By News Source Guyana on August 15, 2016
News, Politics
General Secretary of the opposition People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee, has issued a call for Health Minister Dr. George Norton to be fired as the party continues to express dissatisfaction with his behavior in the National Assembly recently and in his management of the health sector. The Party has also responded with dissatisfaction to the government’s […]
By News Source Guyana on August 15, 2016
News, Politics
The opposition People’s Progressive Party on Monday confirmed that Member of Parliament Charles Ramson Jr. will tender his resignation from the House as he prepares to take up a Chevening Scholarship that has been granted by the British Government to study abroad. Party General Secretary Clement Rohee told News Source that discussions surrounding Ramson’s political […]
By News Source Guyana on August 14, 2016
Crime, News, Politics
Embattled Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Presidency Omar Shariff, has broken his silence about the ongoing investigations against him by the Special Organised Crime Unit. In a statement on Saturday night, Shariff, who has remained silent since the probe began, denied any involvement in the embezzlement of public funds and he also lashed out […]
By News Source Guyana on August 14, 2016
News, Politics
The Ministry of Finance in a Saturday afternoon statement said it has noted with absolute disgust, a report in another section of the media indicating that the government has hiked taxes on steel imports. The article quoted Opposition Member of Parliament and the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Irfaan Ali as saying that “Finance Minister […]
By News Source Guyana on August 12, 2016
News, Politics
The Coalition Government’s management of Guyana’s economy has not impressed Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, who on Friday ignored the positives of the Mid Year Report and criticized the administration over what he said was the lack of a plan and policy to address the challenges facing the economy and the private sector. Jagdeo said the […]