Housing Minister’s husband given contracts to build Govt houses
The husband of Junior Minister of Communities with responsibility for housing, Valerie Adams-Yearwood, has been awarded contracts to construct homes for a Government-spearheaded housing...
Opposition MP Adrian Anamayah to resign
Opposition back-bencher Adrian Anamayah has decided to resign as a Member of Parliament (MP).
Anamayah, who is also a US citizen, told Inews that he...
Resignation of ministers will not take immediate effect
…three resigned MPs to give up foreign citizenship
The Ministry of the Presidency has announced that the resignation of four ministers will not take immediate...
Opposition GECOM Commissioners forced to walk out in protest of chairman’s autocratic approach
The statutory meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) which was hosted on April 2 ended abruptly after the Opposition-nominated GECOM Commissioners were forced...
Harmon, Greenidge resigned as Ministers – PNC/R confirms
Joseph Harmon and Carl Greenidge have resigned from their posts as Ministers of State and Foreign Affairs respectively, according to the Peoples National Congress...
GECOM threatened with legal action over house-to-house registration
Opposition-nominated Commissioner, Robeson Benn has formally threatened to take legal action against the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) over its decision to forge ahead with...
Breaking: Govt MPs with dual citizenship resign
With effect from April 1, Members of Parliament (MP) on the government side who have dual citizenship have resigned and as such, will not...
Venezuela crisis: Opposition’s Guaidó awaits army support
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has acknowledged that there can only be a change of government with the support of the armed forces.
Military...
Guyana gets US$50.7M debt write-off from Kuwait
The Government of Kuwait has cancelled some US$50.7 million in debt owed by Guyana from a loan taken in 1975.
This massive debt write-off is...
Speaker should not permit dual citizens in National Assembly – Ram
…MPs should resign or renounce out of “political morality”– WPA executive
Despite recent court rulings that persons holding dual citizenship status should not be parliamentarians,...
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The incident...
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