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The European Union (EU) on Tuesday called on Guyana to heighten efforts to set a benchmark for reducing greenhouse gases that experts believe cause climate change spawning droughts, storms and floods. “Climate change is a particularly important issue for Guyana and the Caribbean region, and I urge Guyana to follow the EU’s lead by intensifying their domestic preparations to put ...

by Zena Henry Even though a date has not yet been set for the overdue Local Government Elections (LGE), the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) have already expressed an unwillingness to part take in the regional elections if chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Dr. Steve Surujbally should remain. At the party’s press conference, Monday June 15, General Secretary Clement ...

by Zena Henry The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) says it is not prepared to sit and talk with the government on any issue of unity and shared governance if they continue to witch-hunt their supporters in what they believe is “political headhunting and forensic sleuthing.” The party believes that the “unity government” is attacking its members and supporters to prove ...

by Zena Henry President David Granger has promised to appear in Parliament every year to redefine is legislative agenda for the Parliament and outline the direction of the country for that particular year. This is according to Minister of State Joseph Harmon, who told the media on Thursday 11, 2015, that the President’s speech at the re-opening of Parliament was ...

Coverage courtesy Fly Jamaica Plans are in train to speed up the issuance of passports to Guyanese living in the United States (US) and that consular services would be decentralised, according to a top official government official. Minister of State in the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon gave the assurance to thousands of Guyanese at an APNU+AFC victory rally ...

Coverage courtesy Fly Jamaica Key influential elected officials of the United States (US) Democratic Party on Sunday highlighted that lobbying for fair elections last month helped defeat the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) for the first time in 23 years. Addressing thousands of Guyanese at the APNU+AFC victory rally in Brooklyn, Congressman Hakim Jeffries of the 8th District of New ...

Coverage made possible Fly Jamaica A United States Congressman, who represents New York areas densely populated by Guyanese, on Sunday signaled that his country stood ready to support Guyana against Venezuela’s ongoing territorial aggression in the wake of that Spanish-speaking country’s unilateral extension of its maritime boundary to include Guyanese waters. Congressman Hakim Jeffries of the 8th District of New York ...

Brazil’s plans to build hydropower stations in Guyana have apparently have hit a brick-wall as a result of Venezuela’s objections, according to Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge. Greenidge told the National Assembly that those efforts by its Spanish-speaking neighbour have been “rejected.”  “Those approaches and that insistence have been roundly rejected,” Greenidge said in a statement on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy. ...

Guyana Water Inc, GWI wishes to inform that the chlorine gas leak which occurred earlier this morning at GWI’s Water Treatment Facility at Better Hope, East Coast Demerara has been contained. A Hazmat Team located the leaking cylinder and took necessary action to contain the leak including burying the cylinder.  Nearby residents will be advised by GWI teams to return ...

Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc; a local associate of the global corruption watchdog – Transparency International- now has a new team to lead it over the next year or so. They are Calvin Bernard (President), Ayana McCalman (First Vice President), Aruna Budhram (Second Vice President), Dhanmattie Sohai (Secretary) and Directors Sara Bharrat, Christopher Ram, Harri Persaud Beharry, Troy Thomas and ...