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President Donald Ramotar, while attending the Third CARICOM-Mexico Summit which began on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 in Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico, highlighted the challenges which the region faces in the agricultural sector, pointing out that despite the many initiatives taken, the Caribbean was still be a net importer of food with the food bill amounting to […]
A 15-year-old North East La Penitence boy is nursing a gunshot wound to his mouth after he was shot late last night by the Police while in Police custody. The teenager, identified as Alex Griffith is a patient of the Georgetown Hospital this morning. According to the boy’s mother Marcelle Griffith, she was at home […]
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Guyana which will see the company investing $60 Million in the University over the next three years. The MOU was signed by GT&T Chief Executive Officer RK Sharma and Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Jacob Opadeyi. According […]
Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar left Guyana on Monday for a Caricom-Mexico meeting without signing into law, the Budget Appropriations Act. The Act was sent to the President for his assent on Friday morning. President Ramotar’s decision not to sign the bill into law may be as a result of the budget being reduced by $38 […]
The Government of Guyana announced on Wednesday morning that it had revoked the work permit and extension of stay for the Chief of Party for the USAID Leadership and Democracy Project, Glenn Bradbury. The announcement was made by Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon and comes at a time when the Guyana government appears to be […]
The Chairman of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry, Sir Richard Cheltenham of Barbados, not only knew the late Dr. Rodney well but was inspired by his struggle. New questions emerged Tuesday night about whether a conflict of interest now exists with Dr. Cheltenham serving on the Commission having known Dr. Rodney, considered him a […]
A feisty former activist for the Working People’s Alliance, Karen De Souza took the stand on Tuesday at the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry and recalled being told of Dr. Rodney’s death by his brother. De Souza said she was at the time at her Croal Street home on June 13, 1980 when there was […]
(CARICOM) Representatives from the 15 CARICOM Member States are meeting in Gros Islet, St Lucia April to agree on a strategy and action plan to reduce adolescent pregnancy in the region. The meeting is a follow-up to the High Level Multi-stakeholder Consultation on the Reduction of Adolescent Pregnancy in the Caribbean that was convened in […]
The House of Israel religious organisation came under the microscope on Tuesday as the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry entered its second day. The elder brother of the late Dr. Walter Rodney, Lawrence Rodney took the stand and spoke about the relationship he shared with his brother. He said Walter Rodney was very “bright” and […]
Thirty-four years after his death, the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the death of historian Dr. Walter Rodney began hearings today at the Supreme Court Library. Lead Counsel for the Commission Glen Hanoman announced that during the four days of hearings, nine persons will be called to testify into Dr. Rodney’s death. The Commission is […]
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