Politics

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeon on Friday submitted  to President David Granger a second batch of six nominees for the post of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. They are Retired Justice of Appeal B.S Roy,  Retired Justice William Ramlall;  Attorney-at-law and a former Magistrate, Ms. Oneidge Walrond-Allicock; Attorney-at-Law, Kashir Khan;  Attorney-at-law, Nadia Sagar and businessman, Gerald Gouveia. He said Retired Judges Desiree Bernard, Claudette ...

Gregory Gasper, the man leading Team Change to challenge Patrick Yarde for the GPSU’s Presidency Tuesday (May 2, 2017) distanced himself from a Ministry of the Presidency’s social media missive which labeled him newly elected President of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU). Gasper, in an invited comment, told Demerara Waves, he is unsure as to where the Ministry of the ...

Patrick Yarde on May Day made a thinly veiled claim that he and his team won last Thursday’s elections and they were not about to give up power any time soon, in the face of claims by his rival, Gregory Gaspar,  and team that they were closing in on victory to take over the leadership of the Guyana Public Service ...

The David Granger administration was Monday (May 1, 2017) called out over its failed promises to workers, when union leaders gathered to join with others across the globe to celebrate Workers’ Day/Labour Day/May Day. Among the presentations to the modest crowd which converged at the National Park following the traditional route march, was Guyana Labour Union’s (GLU) Executive Member, Latoya Drakes, ...

Government and the political opposition Monday (May 1, 2017) traded barbs over treatment of workers and the overall economic state of affairs in the country, even as unions leaders sought to herald the return of a unified labour movement in Guyana. Attracting an ever dwindling cadre of unionized workers, the few hundred persons that took part in this year’s Labour ...

  The Alliance For Change (AFC) says the 14 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) is necessary to help bridge a huge deficit in the 2017 National Budget, but promises to lobby for its removal next year. The AFC wants government to set up a body ahead of next year’s budget to discuss the issue “The status of private educational institutions ...

On the eve of the second anniversary of the historic May 11, 2015 General and Regional Elections, the Alliance For Change has announced the appointment of a special Cummingsburg Accord Review Committee (CARC). The AFC has already identified several deficiencies including how to deal with representation at the local government level and the absence of a dispute resolution mechanism although ...

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force were Sunday (April 30) again called in to intervene in the elections process of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) now in its fourth day, with the results of only seven of the 19 ballot boxes released. An unofficial calculation shows that from the seven results posted Saturday night Gasper was at that time ...

Police were Sunday called in at the Guyana Public Service Union’s headquarters in Georgetown to quell disruption of the counting process, the Elections Officer Herman De Souza said. However, supporters of the Change Team led by Gregory Gaspar said their concerns were triggered by the absence of statements of poll, voters lists and tally sheets that are all critical to ...

Counting of less than 3,000 votes in Thursday’s election for a new executive of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) is yet to be completed, sparking off allegations of voter fraud in one of the most keenly contested elections for the first time in years. Supporters of the Change Team are said to be keeping vigil outside the GPSU’s headquarters on Regent ...