The APNU+AFC administration has clarified that thirty-three persons appointed as Honorary Ministerial Advisors are working for free and without diplomatic passports. This was confirmed by Minister of State Joseph Harmon who was responding to questions raised in the National Assembly by Opposition members of Parliament. The names of the 33 members appointed are as follows: Ronald Albert, Rohan Somar, Joycelyn ...

After the Ministry of Education announced a change in the route for the Jubilee Float parade on Monday – days before the actual event – there has been widespread concern about the issue including the fact that it is much shorter. The Ministry on Monday said the costume bands participating in the Jubilee Float Parade will now assemble at the ...

After months of saying that the APNU+AFC is not doing enough to address crime in Guyana, the People’s Progressive Party is now hailing the Guyana Police Force for its work and calling for the promotion of Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum. On Monday, PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee said that much to their credit, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Police Force ...

Transparency International says that the case of conflict of interest involving Junior Natural Resources Minister Simona Broomes is real and she should be moved from the Ministry. The statement comes on the heels of a report carried on Demerara Waves which details that the Minister has present personal interests in the mining community. Information has surfaced showing that she applied ...

With the mining industry nearing a crisis situation, small and medium scale miners are asking that the APNU+AFC administration do more to address several important concerns and put measures in place to protect them. Ever since the price for the raw commodity began falling on the international market several calls have been made for successive governments to so something to ...

The southern entrance to the capital city of Georgetown at Agricola, East Bank Demerara is now adorned by a new 50th anniversary Independence Arch, compliments of local company Banks DIH. Assembled at a cost of $20M, the arch rests close to 200ft in the air and is decorated with Guyana’s 50th Independence logo and the national flag. Banks DIH Chairman, ...

City Mayor Patricia Chase Greene on Friday defended a move by Town Clerk to demolish a structure at the Stabroek Market square for close to three decades. Early Friday morning, the proprietors of Dread Shop in the vicinity of the 42 route minibus park turned out to their business only to discover that the building was completely bulldozed. The proprietors ...

Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson has revealed that the Government has plans to build   overpasses at strategic locations on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD). On Friday morning, Patterson told a gathering at Agricola that a significant upgrade to the East Bank thoroughfare will be the creation of three pedestrian overpasses and a fly- over at Diamond “The pedestrian overhead ...

  After being moved from the Ministry of Social Protection in a cabinet reshuffle in January, the Minister Simona Broomes may once again find herself being shuffled should a conflict of interest arise with her at the Ministry of Natural Resources. Broome’s the Junior Natural Resources Minister is currently the subject of public scrutiny after transferring mining assets to her ...

  Amidst rising concerns about a possible refugee crisis in Venezuela with the country’s economy on a rapid meltdown, Guyana’s President David Granger has declared that Guyana will be willing to accept Guyanese looking to return home from the neighbouring country. Venezuela has been in crisis since the decline in oil prices on the world market.  International media reports indicate ...