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In wake of a stinging review of Guyana’s Oil and Gas Sector, the Government of Guyana today assured that it is putting the requisite measures in place to mitigate the resource “curse”. In a statement, the Ministry of Natural Resources said the Government remains committed to its strategic development path, which is being reinforced by […]
Eight members of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) were sworn-in by President Irfaan Ali today. Representative of the Hindu community, Pandit Krishna Sharma; Trade Unionist, Norris Witter; Private Sector Representative, Charles Ogle; Youth Representative, Dwayne Adams; Representative of Women Organisations, Chandrowtie Sarran; Indigenous Representative, Ashton Simon; Deon Dick, a representative of Afro-Guyanese groups and Neaz […]
Well-respected Geotechnical engineer, Charles Ceres has been named as the Chairman of a ten member Commission of Inquiry that will probe the circumstances surrounding the incident at the Bosai Mining company that led to the death of dozer operator, Neptrid Hercules. The other members of the COI include a number of officials from the Guyana […]
The Government and the Opposition today underscored the need to eradicate all forms of racial discrimination as they joined the world in observing International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. President Irfaan Ali, in a statement, said he was proud to be part of a country that celebrates ethnic diversity. According to the President, […]
One day after alleged members of a gang invaded the Harmony Secondary School in Linden and injured a teacher, teachers and students of the school took to the street to voice their concerns and call for better security, while denouncing gang violence in schools. News Source understands that following an altercation between two students on […]
The Ministry of Labour, Occupational Health and Safety Department, has caught the attention of the US Department of State in its latest human rights report, over the Ministry’s inability to enforce applicable laws in workplaces that have been deemed unsafe. In the 2022 human rights country report on Guyana, the US State Department noted that […]
The US State Department has flagged corruption in the Guyana Police Force again, pointing out that there were frequent reports of corruption by officers last year. The State Department has released its latest report on Human Rights practices in Guyana and took the Police Force to task over some of its practices. “Corruption by police […]
The Ministry of Health, with support from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), has received 4,800 doses of the Pfizer vaccines for children ages 5-11 from Spain through the COVAX mechanism. The Ambassador of Spain to Guyana Fernando Nogales handed over the Pfizer vaccines to the Chief Medical Officer (CEO), Dr Narine Singh in the […]
Officials of the US government are engaging the Guyanese authorities on cybercrime issues and solutions. Today, a meeting was hosted between the Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice Richard W. Downing, Cybersecurity Program Manager from the Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism, Organization of America States (OAS), Kerry-Ann Barrett, a […]
The Guyana Human Rights Association is not letting up on its earlier position for the government to put a pause on that E-identification card contract which was recently signed with a German company. In addition to raising procurement concerns, the human rights body has also questioned the introduction of the e-identification card without data protection […]
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