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The opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic has gone to High Court seeking to prevent APNU+AFC Ministers Winston Felix and Keith Scott from serving as Members of Parliament. The Party’s contention is that the two Ministers cannot sit in the National Assembly because their names were not extracted from the coalition’s list of candidates. The Court action was filed […]
by Gordon Moseley in Bridgetown, Barbados In what may probably be his strongest statement on the ongoing threats to Guyana’s territory by Venezuela, President of Guyana, retired Brigadier David Granger blasted Venezuela’s continuing claims to Guyana’s territory and said it is time for CARICOM to let its commitment to Guyana be known when it comes […]
There is a push for youths of the CARICOM region to be given more attention and for systems to be put in place to ensure their development and their involvement in decision-making. Outgoing Chairman of CARICOM, Prime Minister of the Bahamas Perry Christie told the opening of the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in Barbados […]
As the 36th Meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government opens at the Hilton Hotel in Barbados, the regional body is still to offer a definitive statement on the latest decree by Venezuela which claims Guyana’s oil rich territorial waters. While The Commonwealth, the Organisation of American States and the United States government have all […]
Former Minister of Tourism Irfaan Ali is clearing his name in the over $1M ‘free fuel’ scam involving unnamed former government officials, their families and friends. On Wednesday, Minister of State Joseph Harmon disclosed that the Ministry Tourism along with the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Home affairs were under the radar […]
President David Granger has confirmed that he has been invited to meet with his Venezuelan counterpart, President Nicolas Maduro on the outskirts of the CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting in Barbados. Speaking to News Source in Bridgetown, President Granger said “I am prepared to meet” but he made it clear that the recent decree by […]
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban-Ki-Moon on Thursday encouraged CARICOM Heads of Government to remain focused and fully engaged in strengthening the partnership for global sustainable development. The UN Secretary General told the opening of a Conference for Sustainable Development for Small Island States that the year 2015 is a year of global […]
by Gordon Moseley in Bridgetown, Barbados President David Granger arrived in Barbados on Wednesday afternoon for the CARICOM Heads of Government Meetings and immediately made it clear that he intends to press CARICOM to strongly condemn Venezuela’s decree claiming Guyanese territory and he wants the regional body to do so in more than just one paragraph. […]
The Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Natural Resources are the government ministries that are under the radar of the new government and are currently under investigation as the probe into the fuel scam and abuse of the government credit system at the Guyana Oil Company (GuyOil) widens. Minister […]
Former Prime Ministerial Candidate for the People’s Progressive Party, Elisabeth Harper has decided that she does not want to serve with the PPP/C in the National Assembly. In a brief interview with News Source, Ms. Harper indicated that she was offered the position as a Member of Parliament for the PPP Civic but has turned […]
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