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As if participating in President Obama’s Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative was not enough, young Guyanese business woman, Abbigail Loncke, has been left on cloud nine after the US President himself recognised her and her business efforts during his final international speech and town hall meeting in Peru. The 31-year-old Loncke said she was […]
The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) in a strongly worded missive has objected to the impending passage of the Hamilton Green Pension Bill, noting that the treatment being offered to the “Princes of the City” reinforces the notion that the purpose of politics is to enrich politicians. The Prime Minister Hamilton Green Pension Bill 2016 […]
As Secretary General (SG) of the United Nations (UN), Mr. Ban ki-Moon prepares to leave office in December, President David Granger is holding him to a commitment made to assess the next step in resolving Guyana’s border controversy with neighbouring Venezuela. “We have to hold Mr. Ban ki-Moon to his own word. The word he […]
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo today announced that the Alliance For Change (AFC) will be hosting its National Congress in January 2017. It will mark the first national congress for the party since it took the reigns of political power in Guyana as part of the coalition government. The Prime Minister is the party’s acting Chairman. […]
Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman has fired back at Opposition Leader Bharat Jagdeo’s claims of the Guysuco board being incompetent and that British company Booker Tate being responsible for the rundown of the multi million dollar Skeldon Factory. Trotman said Jagdeo’s criticism now is a classic case of “a bad worker blaming his tools.” “It is […]
President David Granger and Norway’s Minister of Climate and Environment Vidar Helgesen met on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Convention in Marrakesh, Morocco, for what has been described as “a very constructive dialogue on the way forward for their forest and climate partnership”. The cornerstones of the Guyana-Norway partnership are to safeguard Guyana’s […]
Russian bauxite company, RUSAL, has angered the Labour Department after its representatives failed to show up to a meeting with Ministers of Social Protection and representatives of the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union on Wednesday. Minister Keith Scott told media operatives that the meeting was arranged between the company and union so as to “finally […]
Leader of the Opposition, Bharat Jagdeo, has blasted the coalition government over the way the government has been dealing with the sugar industry in Guyana, saying that instead of trying to stop the “massive hemorrhaging” of the sugar industry, the government appears more focused on closure and misleading the public. Jagdeo earlier today, at his […]
(motp) President David Granger has supported the call for increased climate financing, particularly for adaptation, and based on vulnerabilities of countries and not their economies measured by their Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Head of State made these remarks, during his address at the High Level Session (HLS) of the 22nd Session of the Conference […]
The Government has announced that the 2017 National Budget will now be presented on November 28, 2016. The previous date of December 5 was recently changed. But as the government prepares to unveil its budget for 2017, the Guyana Public Service Union is expressing frustration that the government is still not returning to negotiate the […]
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