By News Source Guyana on May 12, 2016
News, Politics
The report of the Commission of Inquiry into the death of Guyanese historian, political activist and scholar, Dr. Walter Rodney, was officially laid in the National Assembly on Thursday and made available to the media and public. The report concludes that Dr. Rodney’s assassination was state organised. According to the findings, former President and then […]
By News Source Guyana on May 12, 2016
News, Politics
by Kurt Campbell President David Granger delivered yet another address to the Parliament on Thursday in which he called on Parliamentarians, both on the Government and Opposition side, to do what must be done to rid Guyana of the disunity and racial rivalry that still plagues the land. The President said he believed that as […]
By News Source Guyana on May 12, 2016
News, Politics
Professor Eon Nigel Harris, a Guyanese who recently retired as the Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, has accepted the offer to head the University of Guyana and was installed as the 9th Chancellor of the institution on Wednesday. Professor Harris received glowing tributes at his installation ceremony, where he was regarded […]
By News Source Guyana on May 11, 2016
Elections, News, Politics
by Kurt Campbell President David Granger has expressed satisfaction with the performance of his coalition government as it observes its first year in office. Today, May 11, 2016, marked exactly one year after Guyanese voted in General Elections which ended the 22 year rule of the People’s Progressive Party and resulted in the election of the […]
By News Source Guyana on May 11, 2016
News, Politics
Three months after the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry report was received by the government, it has finally been handed over to House Speaker Dr. Barton Scotland to be properly laid in the National Assembly. The Report was presented even as the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) was preparing to bring a Motion before the […]
By News Source Guyana on May 11, 2016
News, Politics
Despite some early morning showers, Guyana marked its inaugural Social Cohesion Day with a national prayer ceremony at the Durban Park. The day is being observed exactly one year after Guyanese voted in General Elections which ended the PPP’s 22 year rule and resulted in the election of the six party APNU+AFC government. President David […]
By News Source Guyana on May 10, 2016
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President David Granger and Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and for the Dutch Overseas Countries and Territories, Ambassador Jernej Videtič on Monday gave their commitment to the strengthening of relations between Guyana and the EU. The commitment was exchanged at a celebratory reception, which was held to observe […]
By News Source Guyana on May 9, 2016
Elections, News, Politics
The opposition People’s Progressive party (PPP) on Monday dismissed media reports, which claimed that Party executives were divided amidst an internal struggle for top positions. PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee said the report, which appeared in the Stabroek News, was speculative and viewed by the party with “utter disgust”. “The PPP remains united and strong […]
By News Source Guyana on May 9, 2016
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The Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the fiery deaths of 17 Camp Street Prison inmates wrapped up its public hearings on Monday. The conclusion of hearings saw only one Attorney making an oral submission while Social Activist Mark Benschop staged a one man protest outside. None of the Attorneys representing the inmates were present at […]
By News Source Guyana on May 9, 2016
News, Politics
Social activist and former treason accused, Mark Benschop, on Monday morning staged a one man protest outside the Public Service Department, where the Prison Unrest Commission of Inquiry was wrapping up its public hearings. Benschop’s protest is in response to the Commission indicating to him that his testimony would have been taken in-camera, away from […]