By News Source Guyana on August 28, 2015
News, Politics
The government of Guyana has expressed solidarity with the government and people of Dominica and Guyana intends to render whatever assistance that may be necessary as the sister CARICOM state recovers from a devastating tropical storm that has left destruction and death behind. More than 12 persons on the island lost their lives as a […]
By News Source Guyana on August 28, 2015
News, Politics
Despite widespread public outcry, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan on Friday maintained that the government will continue to enforce the 2:00am “party done” closure time for bars and nightspots. Responding to questions from News Source, the Minister indicated that any change on his part would be to close the clubs and nightspots at 12:00 midnight […]
By News Source Guyana on August 28, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The government on Friday expressed worry with the delay of the Berbice River Bridge company to agree to the reduction in the toll for crossing the bridge as proposed by the government, with effect from next Tuesday. According to Finance Minister Winston Jordan, the company’s Directors recently took a decision to have the matter decided […]
By News Source Guyana on August 28, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The Public Servants Staff College which was promised by President David Granger days after being elected, will become operational next month. The President has been lamenting the need for public sector reform to build what he envisions to be a neutral and professional public sector. In an invited comment on Wednesday, President Granger announced that the […]
By News Source Guyana on August 28, 2015
News, Politics
The Guyana Government has been called upon yet again to put its money where its mouth is, as it convened a historic national conference to chart the way forward for a new gender and development policy. United Nations Resident Representative in Guyana, Ms. Khadija Musa gave the government a tap on the back for calling […]
By News Source Guyana on August 27, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
While most of the country was fast asleep this morning, just after 3 o’ clock, the National Assembly passed the Budget following a marathon consideration of the budget estimates. Some amendments were made to ensure a number of agencies that have been removed from under government ministries, now have their own funding. On August 10, […]
By News Source Guyana on August 26, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
A visiting staff team delegation of the United States Congress is in Guyana and has been meeting with the political leaders. On Wednesday evening, the visiting delegation along with the Chargé d’ Affaires at the US Embassy Bryan Hunt and other embassy officials met with Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo and a PPP parliamentary team. The […]
By News Source Guyana on August 26, 2015
News, Politics
The government is to move ahead with its election promise to upgrade and expand the existing maternity ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) with the approval of budgetary allocations in the National Assembly on Wednesday. A total of $59.3 million was approved on the capital side of expenditure for the GPHC through which […]
By News Source Guyana on August 25, 2015
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Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo is upset with the front page of today’s edition of the Guyana Chronicle and believes the state-owned newspaper was not objective in its reporting of yesterday’s consideration of the budget estimates. The front page of the Tuesday August 25th edition of the Chronicle screamed “Govt. blunders on budget estimates…violates laws assented […]
By News Source Guyana on August 25, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
A quarrel ensued between the Government and the Opposition on Tuesday over the appointment of two persons from the APNU+AFC’s list of candidates for the 2015 elections as Regional Executive Officers (REOs). The issue came up during the consideration of the 2015 estimates of expenditure in the National Assembly where several opposition Members of Parliament pressed […]