By News Source Guyana on October 7, 2015
News, Politics
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro wants the United States to stay out of the border controversy that Guyana has with Venezuela. Mr. Maduro’s statement comes in response to Monday’s statement from the U.S Ambassador to Guyana that both countries should respect the 1899 Arbitration Tribunal ruling which settled the border controversy. Mr. Maduro has been quoted […]
By News Source Guyana on October 6, 2015
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
NEW YORK (AP) — A former president of the United Nations General Assembly turned the world body into a “platform for profit” by accepting over $1 million in bribes and a trip to New Orleans from a billionaire Chinese real estate mogul and other businesspeople to pave the way for lucrative investments, a prosecutor charged […]
By News Source Guyana on October 6, 2015
News, Politics
The government’s Chief Spokesman, Minister of State Joe Harmon on Tuesday stood his ground to defend salary increases that were offered to government ministers and Members of Parliament. Harmon told the media that he was not prepared to offer any apologies for the salary increases since it is his fervent belief that it can be […]
By News Source Guyana on October 6, 2015
News, Politics
The APNU+AFC government is renting the former office of the Opposition Leader, located at Hadfield Street Georgetown, for the sum of $400,000 per month and the building is being used to house the offices of two Presidential Advisors. During a brief interview on Tuesday, Minister of State, Joe Harmon said the APNU, after being elected […]
By News Source Guyana on October 5, 2015
News, Politics
Almost five month after Guyanese voted in general elections which resulted in a change in government, the United States government maintains that no concrete evidence exists to support claims of the elections being fraudulent. The People’s Progressive Party which lost the elections after being in office for 23 years continues to complain that the elections […]
By News Source Guyana on October 5, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
Former President Donald Ramotar who was bowled out of office on May 11, is accusing President David Granger of “not stepping out of his crease” when it comes to the management of the economy since taking over. At a Freedom House press conference, the former President who was not supported by his party to be Opposition […]
By News Source Guyana on October 5, 2015
News, Politics
The new United States Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Halloway believes that the 1899 Tribunal award which settled the border conflict between Guyana and Venezuela must be respected by all sides. At his first press conference on Monday at the U.S Embassy, Ambassador Halloway told reporters that the United States believes that both Guyana and Venezuela […]
By News Source Guyana on October 5, 2015
News, Politics
The Guyana Water Incorporated announced on Monday that there is a new Chief Executive Officer and Board in place. Former Minister of Health under the PNC government, Dr. Richard Van West Charles, will serve as the new Chief Executive Officer. According to a GWI statement, Dr. Van West Charles took over his new appointment with […]
By News Source Guyana on October 5, 2015
News, Politics
The opposition People’s Progressive Party on Monday said it will be going before the government instituted State Asset Recovery Unit to ask that it investigates the whereabouts of equipment and furniture that were given to the previous Office of the Leader of the Opposition under the leadership of then Opposition Leader David Granger. According to […]
By News Source Guyana on October 4, 2015
News, Politics
(MOTP) As President David Granger participated in a National Tree Planting Day exercise, in Bartica, Region Seven, he called on residents of the community to take the lead role in making Guyana a country with a green economy. The President made the call at a simple ceremony, which was organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and […]