Monday, June 8, 2026
Monday, June 8, 2026
Politics
Green re-elected as City Mayor; Deputy replaced by Councillor JaikaranGeorgetown Mayor, Patricia Chase-Green was onThursday elected to serve another year in that capacity as she was unopposed at the…
Increased remuneration for contract workers attributed to VAT; several regional budgets approvedThe Consideration of Estimates for the respective regions, which fall under the purview of the Ministry of Communities, continued today…
Unions, PSC says Parliamentary leaders deliberately avoiding meeting on BudgetAlmost one week after sending a letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr. Barton Scotland, Prime Minister, Moses…
Jagdeo calls out Gov’t on intimidation of MPs; Challenges administration to do its worstOpposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo says he finds the timing of the issuance of letters to five PPP/C Parliamentarians by the…
Duncan drops out of Mayoral race hour before electionDeputy Mayor, Sherod Duncan who was contending for the Mayor of Georgetown at today’s election, has announced his withdrawal from…
Concerns raised over use of Parliamentarians’ Lounge; PPP MP verbally abused by ministerial staffOpposition Chief Whip, Gail Teixeira, on behalf of the Opposition Leader has raised concerns in the National Assembly over the…
Forum to improve visibility of RDCs to come on stream in 2017- Minister BulkanMinister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan during a press conference today at the Parliament Buildings restated his ministry’s commitment to respecting…
Ministers among 38 beneficiaries of fully funded Gov’t scholarshipsA list of scholarship awardees provided by the Government to the National Assembly on Wednesday disclosed that Ministers within the…
PPP/C condemns $500M subvention for D’Urban Park ProjectThe opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) says it views with disgust and outrage the Granger- led APNU+AFC Government’s “raiding the…
Minister Bulkan “mamagizing” the House;should be sent to Privileges Committee says TeixeiraA strong call was this evening made in the National Assembly for Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan to be sent…
Five communities to benefit from US$12.4M funding to resuscitate farmingFive previously known farming communities that over time would have ceased this activity today came in for a US$12.43Mr injection…
Grant signed for multi-million Skills training facility at WaramadongBy Leroy Smith The Government of Japan and the Village Council of Waramadong on Wednesday signed an agreement for the…
$500M for Homestretch Development Inc. to clear debts incurred under D’Urban Park ProjectThe controversial D’Urban Park Project once again has drawn the attention of the National Assembly with the Opposition expressing outrage…
Opposition tells Gov’t to rescind Demerara Bridge toll increasesThe Leader of the Opposition wants government to immediately rescind the proposed toll increases for the Demerara Harbour Bridge. These…
Government’s ‘Christmas freck’ must not distract from wage negotiations -GPSUThe announcement late last week that Public Servants earning less than $500,000.00 per month are to be paid a “one-off,…
Demerara Harbour Bridge tolls to be increased effective January 1, 2017Effective January 1, 2017 tolls will be increased to cross the Demerara Harbour Bridge, as revealed by Minister within the…
Wynter and Yearwood retain Mayorship and Dep. Mayorship in New AmsterdamBy Royan Abrams After almost 20 minutes of proceedings, the councilors of the Mayor and Town Council of New…
