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Citing recent concerns from The Carter Center over the current impasse at the Guyana Elections Commission, the Leader of the Opposition, Azruddin Mohamed has penned another letter to President Irfaan Ali requesting the appointment of his three nominees to the Guyana Elections Commission. Mohamed wants his three private Attorneys, Roysdale Forde, Siand Dhurjon and Damien […]
President Irfaan Ali has admitted that despite measures implemented by his Government to address the rise in the cost of living, food prices continue to climb. He said the climb is linked to external shocks, changing shopping and eating patterns, and inflated prices on the local market. At a press conference on Tuesday, the President […]
The 57th Annual General Assembly of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) opened last evening at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre with the Director of the Center for Media Integrity of the Americas, Ambassador John Feeley underscoring the importance of a free press to democratic societies. Stating that there cannot be genuine democracy without a free […]
An argument between two former friends in Linden this morning, ended tragically in a murder. The dead man has been identified as 28-year-old Keron McDonald of Block 22, Wismar. The suspect, who has since been arrested, has been identified as 28-year-old Jamal Cumberbatch aka “Brains”. The two youths reportedly shared a friendship for several years, […]
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has announced that with immediate effect, it has implemented revised arrangements governing the assignment of Judges to panels of the Court. Under the revised arrangements, all Judges of the Court will sit on all panels, except where a Judge is formally excused from sitting for a legitimate reason. The […]
Guyana will be raking in billions of dollars more in oil revenues as its share of oil in the Stabroek block has been increased from 12.5% to 39.8%, President Irfaan Ali has said. This follows the full recovery of the US$55 billion investment by the ExxonMobil-led consortium since 2014. During a Press Conference yesterday, the […]
Through the Office of the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, President Irfaan Ali has initiated consultation with the Leader of the Opposition, Azruddin Mohamed on a number of constitutional appointments. “Already, Minister Teixeira has written on different matters that constitutionally, we should write on in relation to the Leader of the Opposition, and those […]
This year’s most outstanding performer in Guyana at the Caribbean Secondary Education Examination is Nitya Narine of the Tagore High School in Berbice. She secured 26 Grade One passes and 1 Grade two at the regional examinations. Narine is among 78 students who secured 12 or more Grade Ones at CSEC, with a total number […]
Minister of Public Utilities and Aviation, Deodat Indar, has reported that additional power has been added to the country’s grid, surpassing the power needed during the peak demand periods. The announcement comes as power outages in a number of communities have been blamed on increased demand. According to Minister Indar, the peak demand period now […]
The Attorneys representing Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed and his father Nazar Mohamed in their ongoing extradition matter, have written to the Caribbean Court of Justice, requesting that the President of the Court, Justice Winston Anderson withdraws himself from any matter that may involve the Mohameds until a number of issues raised by them are resolved. […]
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