Politics
Guyana stands firm on sovereignty as ICJ prepares final judgment in border case – PM
Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips addressed the National Assembly on Friday, emphasising that Guyana stands firm on its sovereignty as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) prepares its final judgment in the border controversy case with Venezuela. Guyana has asked the court to confirm that the boundary defined in the 1899 award and demarcated...
Gov’t moves to repeal ‘flawed’ 2015 Fmr. Presidents’ Benefits law
See below the full release from the Ministry of Finance: Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility...
Minister Singh tables Loan Agreements in National Assembly
See below full release from the Ministry of Finance: The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government continues to manage Guyana’s public...
Nandlall’s Motion to revoke establishment of Land Rights Commission “disallowed”
A request to move the adjournment of the National Assembly to discuss the motion calling for the President to revoke...
Guyana dollar should remain relatively stable due to low price of petroleum imports- Governor tells PSC
Governor of the Bank of Guyana, Dr. Gobind Ganga opined that no one should be made to pay more than...
East Demerara cane planters picket GuySuCo Head Office
This morning (April 12, 2017), a number of cane planters along with officials of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers...
Tolls to remain the same for new Demerara River Crossing; Gov’t to acquire Private lands
Stakeholders were today (April 12, 2017) given the opportunity to contribute to the design and location of the New Demerara...
38 drums of fuel, two vessels seized by Energy Agency
Thirty-eight drums containing fuel were estimated to be 1,900 gallons were seized by inspectors of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA),...
Parking Meter project led to significant decrease of traffic across Harbour Bridge
After eight years, vehicular traffic across the Demerara Harbour Bridge saw a 6.7% decrease in February 2017. According to General...
PPP supports setting up of broad based Committee for Constitutional Reform
The Opposition Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) is standing by its claims that any engagement with Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo on...
Association mulls legal action against ‘restriction on used tyres’
The Guyana Used Tyre Association today (Tuesday, April 11, 2017), picketed the State House, calling for the restriction on used...
Enmore NDC demands seized equipment within seven days; Threatens legal action thereafter
Attorney-at-law, Anil Nandlall on behalf of the Enmore Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) has written to Head of the State Assets...
Junior Chambers International- West Indies Chapter meets with President
Executive Vice President of Junior Chambers International (JCI), West Indies from Antigua, Ms. Shenella Govia, is currently visiting Guyana as...
Petroleum Commission to ensure local participation in oil industry; Bill for National Assembly this week
The Petroleum Commission of Guyana Bill 2017 will be tabled in the National Assembly on Thursday (April 13, 2017) by...
Second term for Georgetown Council begins with same Mayor and new Deputy
By Mark Murray Patricia Chase-Greene will officially begin serving once again as the City’s Mayor while her new Deputy will...
Finance Ministry debunked claims of being in possession of taxpayers’ records
The Finance Ministry is refuting claims that it is in possession of taxpayers’ records. During a meeting to discuss the...
Charges recommended against Nursery School Head Teacher for fraud
Charges have been recommended for Head-teacher of the Liana Nursery school, Penelope George for the misuse of security grants allocated...
CLICO interested in Government’s housing drive; Requests evidence of debts owed
The Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) has requested information to back claims of debts owed to Guyana from the Central...
Audience walks out on Prime Minister during 14% VAT on Private tuition meeting
After almost four hours which included a late start, a meeting which was intended to be a consultation on the...
$1 Billion Government bailout approved for GuySuCo to prevent workers from striking
Government has once again stepped in, to the rescue of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) as the company finds it...
Enmore NDC attempted to sell computers donated by BNTF- eGovernment Unit responds to PPP statement
The eGovernment Project Execution Unit says the fifteen computers seized during an operation by the unit and officers attached to...
