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State Minister Joseph Harmon has made it clear that he will not be moving any furniture for any Member of the Opposition People’s Progressive Party. This is after, Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira on Monday told reporters that the Government was wilfully withholding resources from the office of the Opposition Leader. This, according to Teixeira, was stymieing the work of ...

While concern has been expressed by sections of society over a move by the government to increase the salaries of its officials, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon has opined that the Ministers are deserving of the increase. Reports in several sections of the media indicate that the Order for the increase was given by Finance Minister Winston Jordan on September ...

(BBC).-US authorities have charged a former United Nations General Assembly president with taking bribes from a Chinese billionaire. New York prosecutors said John Ashe “converted the UN into a platform for profit” as he helped real estate mogul Ng Lap Seng gain government contracts. Mr Ashe is accused of taking $1.3m, spending the cash on luxury goods. UN Secretary General ...

Convicted Guyanese drug lord Roger Khan could be returned to Guyana if a request is made for him to give testimony at a Commission of Inquiry. This is according to United States (US) Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway who indicated that Guyana and the US are signatories to many international conventions that govern such matters. Holloway indicated that for such ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has begin training persons to conduct Local Government Elections which could be held any time after mid-February. The Commission said in a statement that scores of persons took part in a two-day training exercise coordinated and executed by that elections management authority, last Saturday and Sunday. “This exercise has been designed to comprehensively train persons ...

The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Tuesday called for wide consultations and the full involvement of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) in deciding whether votes should be counted electronically. “The Party is of the view that introduction of machines for E-counting must be discussed with all the stakeholders in a timely and transparent manner. Further, such offers must not ...

Guyanese will late this year or early 2016 get higher mobile data speeds and lower international calling packages, among other benefits, when long-awaited laws are passed by the National Assembly. Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson says that work on the draft amendment bills for the Public Utilities Commission and the Telecommunication sector have been completed. “I had said before that it ...

Residents in southern Guyana are preparing for a severe drought caused by what weather experts say is El Nino. Lethem resident, Clairmont Lyte said in a release that residents of Lethem, Rupununi are being kept abreast of the situation by an “El Nino Committee”. With the Takatu River drying up and the water-table falling due to the prolonged dry spell, ...

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams says part-time judges will soon be hired and new rule introduced to fast-track the clearance of a huge backlog of cases in the court system. “If we have four judges working for six months this would contribute to the ending of the backlog…the backlog could also be ended by the introduction ...

The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC), in collaboration with the Hand-in-Hand Group of  Companies, released four new locally themed postage stamps on Monday October 5, 2015, to observe the insurance institution’s 150th Anniversary. Stamps will be available for circulation in $80 and $150 denominations at selected Post Offices. “Commemorative stamps are the perfect memorabilia to celebrate an anniversary or significant ...