Still reeling from accusations of corruption and discrimination in some quarters during its 23-years in government, the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Saturday set the tone for a makeover of its bruised image in some quarters. At the same time, the PPP took a hard line against patching up relations with members who have left and have been harshly ...
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Time for PPP to get rid of “isms”, reach out to disappointed APNU supporters, Jagdeo tells PPP Congress
Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo on Saturday it is time the People’s Progressive Party unshackle itself from one “isms” and instead focus on what is good for Guyana, even as he said it is time to welcome disappointed supporters of the governing coalition. Addressing the opening of the PPP’s 31st Congress at Cotton Field Secondary School, Jagdeo expressed concern that some ...
Read More »BORDER CONTROVERSY: Guyana, Venezuela welcome UN Secretary General’s decision
Guyana and Venezuela Friday night welcomed the decision by outgoing United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon to give the two neighbouring South American countries one more year to resolve their border controversy through mediation. However, Guyana and Venezuela continue to differ over whether the matter should be taken to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) also known as ...
Read More »BREAKING: Guyana- Venezuela border controversy: UN mediation to continue for one year; World Court next if Good Officer process fails
The United Nations Secretary General has decided to give mediation in the Guyana- Venezuela border controversy one more year. If it fails, the matter will be taken to the International Court of Justice also known as the World Court. Following is the full text of the statement from the United Nations Secretary General’s Office Fifty years ago, shortly before Guyana’s ...
Read More »Tax Chief denies PPP members being targeted; says public officers, MPs must be held to “higher standard”
Commissioner- General of the Guyana Revenue Authority, Godfrey Statia on Friday refuted claims by Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo that several parliamentarians have been politically targeted by being issued property tax demand notices. “I would like to assure the Opposition Leader that if there was any political intervention, any targeting, it would not have been for those five persons because I ...
Read More »Surinamese, Guyanese Presidents agree to appoint special envoy to help fast-track decision implementation
Suriname’s President, Desi Bouterse and the President of Guyana, David Granger on Friday agreed to appoint a high-level representative who will conduct shuttle diplomacy to resolve several areas of concern. “We have agreed to a mechanism in which the different issues that will be brought up or have been brought up per sector can be discussed and that these will ...
Read More »Suriname’s President arrives for one day visit
Suriname's President, Desi Bouterse is seen on the saluting dais with President David Granger at the Ogle International Airport.
Read More »“We don’t know about any dirty money”- Bank of Guyana’s Governor
Governor of the Bank of Guyana, Dr. Gobind Ganga says central bank’s figures do not show any evidence of dirty money being passed through the financial sector. “We don’t know about any dirty money,” he told a news conference when asked by Demerara Waves Online News. Ganga said the Bank of Guyana has the capacity track informal sector activities, but ...
Read More »E-Gov’s Centre of Excellence in Information Technology to be completed in January
The eGovernment Agency’s Centre of Excellence in Information Technology (CEIT) is expected to be officially opened in February, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported. Representatives from the Agency, the High Commission of India, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Finance, Public Telecommunications and board members of the National Data Management Authority (NDMA) on Thursday visited the construction site where the CEIT ...
Read More »Suriname’s President to visit Guyana on Dec 16
Suriname’s President, Desire Delano Bouterse is Friday expected to pay an official visit to Guyana to continue talks that first held with President David Granger six months ago. The Ministry of the Presidency said Bouterse’s visit is a follow-up to one paid by Granger to Nieuw Nickerie, Suriname on July 1, 2016 and the two South American leaders would “discuss areas of ...
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