Guyana’s debt to foreign reserves ratio higher than most countries in hemisphere – IMF
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Guyana’s debt to foreign reserves ratio higher than most countries in hemisphere – IMF

A recent report conducted and released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows that compared with most countries in the Region, Guyana’s external debt to foreign reserves ratio…

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9000+ persons in Reg. 4 fail to uplift ID Cards
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9000+ persons in Reg. 4 fail to uplift ID Cards

Approximately 9,343 persons from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) have not collected their Identification (ID) cards from a list of over 18,000 names published by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)…

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Thursday is make or break day for coalition – sources
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Thursday is make or break day for coalition – sources

The  deadline given to the Alliance for Change’s negotiators by its constituency for a new Cummingsburg Accord with APNU expired yesterday but having failed to reach consensus on…

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India, Ghana experts to assist GECOM – Chairwoman
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India, Ghana experts to assist GECOM – Chairwoman

Chairwoman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice Claudette Singh, says GECOM is anticipating the assistance of two experts from Ghana and India. They are expected later this…

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AFC opens East Coast campaign office
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AFC opens East Coast campaign office

Recognising that its supporters from the East Coast of Demerara played a vital role during the 2015 elections, the Alliance For Change (AFC) has opened a campaign office…

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LJP plans to lobby for renegotiation of oil contracts
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LJP plans to lobby for renegotiation of oil contracts

The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) plans to use any influence it gains at the March 2020 elections to force a renegotiation oil production contracts and to push…

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WPA frowns on critics
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WPA frowns on critics

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has said it will not be blackmailed into leaving the coalition, noting that APNU+AFC is the only avenue right now to a genuine…

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APNU objects to 93 dead persons on voters list in Region 5
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APNU objects to 93 dead persons on voters list in Region 5

With the discovery of the names of ninety three dead persons on the voters list, objections by the APNU AFC in the Claims and Objections exercise in Region…

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650,000+ registered to vote in upcoming elections … Former Chief Election Officers of Canada, India, Ghana to advise GECOM
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650,000+ registered to vote in upcoming elections … Former Chief Election Officers of Canada, India, Ghana to advise GECOM

Recent estimates of Guyana’s population tend to place it at 750,000. Sometimes, it hits 800,000 if those doing the assessment are generous. It has not gotten much higher…

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Public Health Ministry anticipates first batch of locally-trained psychiatrists
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Public Health Ministry anticipates first batch of locally-trained psychiatrists

The first batch of locally-trained psychiatrists will be among the graduates at the 2019 Convocation of the University of Guyana (UG). These students would have enrolled in the…

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