Study finds Persons with Disabilities were severely hampered from participating in Local Government Elections

An Accessibility Audit and Observation Study conducted by the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD) has found that persons with disabilities were significantly hampered from participating in this year’s Local Government Elections. The audit and study was completed with support from the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and USAID The Programme […]

MP Forde writes Natural Resources Minister seeking investigation report into oil audit controversy

Opposition Member of Parliament, Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde has written to the Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, requesting a copy of the investigation report conducted into the unauthorized negotiations between the head of the Petroleum Unit, in the Ministry of Natural Resources and the ExxonMobil company over the audit report and the change to […]

Guyana-Haiti group pickets CARICOM over UN’s decision to send international security force to Haiti

On the heels of a decision by the United Nations (UN) Security Council to send a Kenyan-led multinational security force to Haiti to restore peace and order, the Haiti Support Group here in Guyana mounted a protest outside of the CARICOM Headquarters, calling on the regional body not to support an international security force moving […]

NDMA blocks attempts to hack Government database; Launches probe into international report on cyber security issues

The National Data Management Authority (NDMA) discovered and blocked several attempts to hack the Guyana government’s database earlier this year, but the agency denies that there was a successful cyber espionage campaign. This announcement from the National Data Management Authority follows a recent report by Researchers at the Slovakia-based cybersecurity firm ESET. The Researchers identified malicious […]

171 lives lost on country’s roadways since 1st January

The Guyana Police Force has revealed that since the start of the year, a total of 171 persons have lost their lives on Guyana’s roadways in traffic accidents and incidents. According to the Public Relations Department of the Police Force, the death toll has been recorded from more than 145 road accidents and incidents. Over […]