Politics

The APNU+AFC on Thursday issued a plea for the Joint Services to vote for the Coalition. Over 10,000 members of the Army, Police and Prison and Fire Services are registered to vote on Friday. The Disciplined Forces are voting ten days…

With ten days left before Guyanese head to the polls, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has cited what he described as “blatant last minute changes” to polling places across the country. He listed the Mon Repos Primary and Nursery Schools…

Less than 24 hours before members of the Joint Services cast their vote, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo sought to remind them that during the Peoples’ Progressive Party’s 23 years in power, they kept the country safe and invested in the…

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan on Thursday said he is contemplating whether to declare Elections Day a National Holiday. Moments after the Private Sector Commission (PSC) issued a call for this to be done, the Minister…

The Carter Center, which is observing the electoral process on Thursday said that plans for the elections are on track but expressed concern that the procedures for counting the votes have not been made clear to all stakeholders. The…

Former Foreign Affairs Minister, Sir Shridath Ramphal has issued a call for peace during and after the March 2 general and regional elections, as any disruption can have an impact on Guyana’s case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ)…

Sugar workers, led by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), have increased protests for a pay increase, with work grinding to a halt at the Blairmont Estate, West Coast Berbice on Wednesday. Protests have also been…

President David Granger on Tuesday night disclosed that the Government has received the report from the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) which investigated the 2018 killing of 20 fishermen in a piracy attack in Suriname waters. Addressing…

The Department of Labour is awaiting advice from the Attorney General Chambers to determine the way forward on the ongoing dispute between workers and the Russian owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI). The company fired 326…

The People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) on Sunday took its rally to Bath Settlement on the West Coast of Berbice, where they had established the largest Housing Scheme in Region Five during their time in office. Economic activity…