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With local government elections just two months away, the Guyana Elections Commission is pushing to have all vacancies filled for Elections Day staff within the next few weeks and have the persons trained in time for the local polls. Training has already commended but at a press briefing on Monday morning, Chief Elections Officer, Keith […]
As Guyana gears up for the hosting of Local Government Elections on March 18, the Government of Canada through the local High Commission has signed an agreement that will see it offering more support to the Guyana Elections Commission. The agreement was signed at GECOM’s office on Monday morning. When Guyanese head to the polls […]
PPP General Secretary and Former Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee on Monday refused to accept President David Granger’s assurance that the war on crime is being won by law enforcement. At his weekly press conference as General Secretary of the opposition People’s Progressive Party, Rohee challenged the President’s declaration and in turn said his own […]
In a strongly worded statement on Sunday afternoon, the Office of the Prime Minister has slammed a report in the Sunday edition of the Guyana Times about the Prime Minister losing line responsibilities in the government. The Prime Minister’s office dismissed and rejected “the malicious, wicked and utterly false article” and issued a call on all […]
A new workers’ union, claiming to represent the interest of employees in the mining industry, has been formed and is already promising to take stern action against ill-treatment of all categories of workers in the mining sector, both by their employers and the government. The newly formed National Mine Workers Union of Guyana held an […]
Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence, has encouraged young people to play a greater role in the fight against human trafficking and let their voices be heard against the scourge . Speaking at the end of a walk against human trafficking on Saturday, Minister Lawrence said “you have a greater role in the solution of […]
President David Granger said that the thrust to develop greater economic independence demands investments and an increase in the volume and rate of business transactions, which can only be achieved if “the impediments to investment and other forms of economic exchange are removed,” in his feature address, Friday morning, at the commissioning of the Lands […]
Natural Resources and Environment Minister Raphael Trotman sternly instructed the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and the Closed Area Committee on Friday to move urgently to release lands with known occurrences of minerals and accessibility to small scale miners, as complaints in this regard dominated a miners’ forum. Trotman along with Junior Natural Resources […]
President David Granger’s dissatisfaction with Guyana’s economic dependence was made clear on Thursday when he delivered a lengthy address to the Parliament. As Guyana gets ready to celebrate its 50th Independence Anniversary in May, President Granger said it was important that Guyanese look to embark on a new pathway to achieving economic independence. “I come […]
Former Prime Minister Samuel Hinds and three current Members of Parliament for the People’s Progressive Party who served in the last government, have been questioned by the Special Organised Crime Unit as the probe into irregularities at the government holding company, NICIL, gets underway. PPP Chief Whip, Gail Teixeira, on Wednesday confirmed that four members […]
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