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Some of the political parties aiming to contest the upcoming elections in September have started to camp out at the Umana Yana for Monday’s Nomination Day process. On Monday, the contesting parties will have to hand in their list of candidates for the elections along with the signatures of the nominators for the various candidates […]
General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today denounced claims that his party is bullying contractors and some government part-time workers to join its elections campaign. At a Freedom House press conference this afternoon, Mr. Jagdeo was questioned about the claims thst some 10-day workers and contractors have been pressed to […]
By Svetlana Marshall The United States Government will be deploying security experts to Guyana to train members of the Guyana Police Force ahead of the September 1 General and Regional Elections, US Ambassador Nicole Theriot disclosed today. Those experts, according to Ambassador Theriot, will either come from the Las Vegas or Miami Dade Police Department. […]
A 29-year-old woman from Albouystown was arrested on Monday at the Camp Street jail in Georgetown over an alleged attempt to smuggle mobile phone SIM cards into the jail house. The Guyana Prison Service has identified the woman as Shevaghn Samuels. According to a statement from the Prison Service, the woman showed up at the […]
The 49th Regular Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government opened in Montego Bay, Jamaica on Sunday with the CARICOM Secretary General, Dr Carla Barnett challenging the Regional leaders to recommit to the full implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). In her address to the Regional leaders, Dr Barnett said […]
Justice Winston Anderson has been sworn in as the new President of the Caribbean Court of Justice. Justice Anderson, who joined the regional Court fifteen years ago as its youngest judge, has replaced Justice Adrian Saunders, who retired last month. Anderson was sworn in as the Court’s fourth President on the heels of the opening […]
Presidential Candidate of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Aubrey Norton, has laid out his plan for the public service, which would see a 35% salary increase for public servants on the first day of an administration under his lead. Addressing party supporters on Sunday night at the APNU’s campaign launch, Norton said the public […]
As members and supporters of the People’s National Congress Reforma and A Partnership for National Unity started to gather at the Square of the Revolution for the launch of their election campaign on Sunday, PNC Reform Member, Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde announced his full backing of Aubrey Norton for President. Forde was one of the […]
The Ministry of Housing’s Central Housing and Planning Authority has allocated 1,000 house lots to residents of Linden in the new Wismar Housing Scheme. The new housing development area is divided into two phases, with the second phase expected to come on stream in a few months. Speaking during the Ministry’s Dream Realized event on […]
Presidential Candidate for the Assembly for Liberty and Prosperity (ALP), Simona Broomes, has been on the campaign trail telling voters that a vote for the ALP is a vote to end corruption, and “party politics”. She said she believes “party politics” has resulted in citizens being locked out of development, and investment opportunities due to […]
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