By News Source Guyana on March 24, 2015
Politics
More than 200 jobs will be created for persons living along the Essequibo Coast in the near future with the establishment of the Institute of Applied Science and Technology’s (IAST) $100M rice cereal factory. The rice cereal is branded ‘Morning Glory’. President Donald Ramotar has lauded the initiative and noted that this is a step in the […]
By News Source Guyana on March 23, 2015
Elections, Politics
President Donald Ramotar is looking to work closer with the Christian community to ensure development across Guyana. The Christian community represents close to 60% of the country’s population. Speaking at the Good News Gospel Church crusade in Essequibo, on Saturday, the President said the family unit is one of several foundations on which the strength […]
By News Source Guyana on March 20, 2015
Elections, Politics
The Minister within the Ministry of Finance, Bishop Juan Edghill has declared that the people of Linden and Region 10 have received their fair share of development under the current administration. According to the Government Information Agency, Edghill who has been campaigning for The PPP/C in Linden, said that the government promised Lindeners that it […]
By News Source Guyana on March 19, 2015
commissioner, crime, Granger, police, ramotar
Politics
The government and the Leader of the opposition David Granger continue to be at odds over the confirmation of Seelall Persaud as Police Commissioner.Mr. Granger is contending that he was not meaningfully consulted in his capacity as Opposition Leader but the government is maintaining that there was consultation. Granger, who last week challenged the presidential appointment, on […]
By News Source Guyana on March 16, 2015
Politics
The only daughter of late Guyanese President Dr. Cheddi Jagan has expressed her extreme disappointment that former President Bharrat Jagdeo “would try to compare his lifestyle to that of my parents, former Presidents Dr. Cheddi Jagan and Mrs. Janet Jagan, and defend his opulent lifestyle by pathetically claiming that my parents also lived in a […]
By News Source Guyana on March 14, 2015
Politics
Opposition Leader David Granger on Friday challenged the legality of the recent confirmation of Seelall Persaud as the substantive Commissioner of Police by President Donald Ramotar. According to Granger, he was not consulted in keeping with provisions laid out in Article 2: 12 of the Guyana Constitution. He inferred that Tuesday’s swearing in ceremony was […]
By News Source Guyana on March 13, 2015
Elections, Politics
President Donald Ramotar on Thursday rolled out a 15 point plan for 2015 which he has dubbed the “15/2015 plan” and says he expects the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to work on its implementation as it seeks to restore high levels of public trust and increase its aggressiveness in fighting criminal elements and curbing criminality. […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2015
Politics
Senior officers of the Guyana Police Force got an early morning tongue lashing from President Donald Ramotar who said the Force needs to do a whole lot more and regain the trust of the public. In a stern voice, the President lambasted the Force over the number of reports of corruption that have been revealed […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2015
News, Politics
As the police continues to review CCTV footage from the Diamond community hoping for a breakthrough in the investigations into the execution of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing, President Donald Ramotar has instructed the top brass of the Force to leave no stone unturned in their probe into the man’s Tuesday night murder. Speaking at the […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2015
News, Politics
Retired Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Major General Joe Singh has issued a call for all political parties to strongly condemn the execution of political activist, Courtney Crum-Ewing who was shot dead on Tuesday evening while encouraging persons in the Diamond community to vote the current administration out of office. “All political […]