Foreign Affairs Ministry acted without Cabinet knowledge in embarrassing Taiwan agreement -VP Jagdeo reveals

The decision to establish a Taiwan office in Guyana was made at the level of the Foreign Affairs Ministry and not the Cabinet, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo revealed in an interview with an international correspondent from the Vice News Agency, which operates in the US and Canada. In a surprising and controversial move in February […]

GECOM’s budgetary allocation does not cater for H2H registration or new voters list

The Opposition today pressed the government on allocations for the Guyana Elections Commission to conduct House-to-House registration before Local Government Elections which are on the cards for this year. Declaring that the current voter’s list has serious problems, the Opposition sought to ascertain what monetary provisions have been put in place to ensure a new […]

Budget for Opposition Leader’s Office slashed

The Office of the Leader of the Opposition has seen its budgetary allocation for 2022 slashed significantly. The Opposition Leader’s Office had made a request for $87 million for the day-to-day operations of the office but received $27.7M. The constitutional office had also requested $48 million to buy new equipment for the office but it […]

Granger writes Speaker on Henry’s resignation from National Assembly; Process for Norton’s entry set to begin

With Opposition Member of Parliament, Nicolette Henry submitting her letter of resignation as an MP to the party’s list leader, David Granger, the former PNC Leader has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Clerk about the decision. The People’s National Congress Reform has already written to the former party leader informing […]

Peacemaker shot dead while parting fight in Leopold Street

Police investigators are probing the shooting death of 24-year-old Carlos Waithe. The man was shot dead in Leopold Street, Georgetown early this morning as he reportedly attempted to break up a fight between two other men. Waithe collapsed at the scene and died. At first, persons attempted to resuscitate him after he was shot but […]

Escapee recaptured in canefields still shackled

One day after he made a dash for his freedom from the Lusignan jail, 18-year-old robbery accused Kavin Singh was recaptured this afternoon in the Good Hope canefields, still shackled at the feet. The man was found in a swampy section of the canefield by members of the Joint Services, who received information that he […]