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With support from the Government of India, the Centre for Excellence in Information Technology (CEIT) was opened today at the University of Guyana Turkeyen Campus. The establishment of the Centre was part of a partnership between the Governments of Guyana and India. The Centre is expected to cater to building the human resource capacity that […]
The State Department of the United States released its 2019 Trafficking In Persons report this morning and is offering some praise for Guyana as the country continues its fight against trafficking in persons. According to the report, the Guyana government has continued “to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period”. Guyana remains on […]
Opposition Leader and General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo, today said he is ready to engage with the President on the appointment of a new Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. At his Thursday press conference, Mr. Jagdeo said it is important for the process to move forward with the appointment of […]
The 26-year-old Albouystown man who was three weeks ago convicted of the murder of Linden bus driver and pastor, Elvis Lorrimer, has been slapped with a life in prison sentence. The convict, Kerry Cromwell was back in Court this morning before Justice Navindra Singh for sentencing after a 12-member jury found him guilty of the […]
The owner of the Liquid Love nightclub, who was recently sentenced to 12 months in jail for withholding the passports of two Venezuelan women and employing a child, has now been slapped with an additional 15-year prison sentence. A shocked Savita Persaud stood in the Magistrates’ Court this morning as the Chief Magistrate handed down […]
The Opposition People’s Progressive Party has written to the Police Commissioner and the Chairman of the Ethnic Relations Commission over statements made by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance at a public meeting in Bartica. In the letters, PPP Executive Gail Teixeira said the government’s position of “no registration, no election”, should be […]
With the Guyana Prison Service stepping up efforts to clamp down on the smuggling of contraband items into the prisons, another Prison Officer has found himself facing charges before the Courts. The 22-year-old Prison Officer, Keon Webster, was today remanded to jail after he was charged with the smuggling of marijuana into the prison. The […]
by Ravin Singh Following the ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice that the motion of no-confidence against the Government was valid, the administration maintains that a new registration process must take place to allow for a new voters list before elections can take place. The position was articulated by several senior members of the […]
One day after the Caribbean Court of Justice ruled that the President’s unilateral appointment of the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission was “flawed”, President Granger wants the Court to identify the flaw. Speaking to reporters at his office this morning, the President maintained that he acted within the Constitution on the appointment of a […]
Having accepted the rulings of the Caribbean Court of Justice, President David Granger this morning said he intends to write the Leader of the Opposition in the coming days to invite him to restart consultations on the appointment of a Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. The CCJ ruled yesterday that the President’s unilateral appointment […]
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