Politics

President not happy with pace of works for connecting roads for new Demerara River Bridge; No work extensions to be granted

President Irfaan Ali this morning scolded contractors executing several projects on the East Bank of Demerara for not having a 24-hour work schedule in place to meet their deadlines. He noted that there will be no extensions on the projects. Just before the break of dawn, the President visited the project which is expected to […]

Government ordered to pay fired Housing CEO 29 months of salary and other benefits over wrongful dismissal

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George has ruled that the former Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Lelon Saul was wrongfully terminated by Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal in August 2020, weeks after the People’s Progressive Party Civic government took office. Saul who had a three-year contract with the Central […]

St. Vincent PM in Venezuela to meet Maduro on tensions with Guyana

The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines has announced that its Prime Minister and Interlocutor of the Argyle Declaration between Guyana and Venezuela, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has traveled to Venezuela to meet with Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, on the tensions with Guyana over the border controversy. In a statement this morning, the St. Vincent […]

High Court to rule in house-to-house verification case on March 28

Acting Chief Justice, Roxane George is set to deliver her ruling in the house-to-house verification case. This will occur on Friday, March 28. On Monday, Justice George grilled Attorney-at-Law Dexter Todd on the declarations sought in the case brought by his client, People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Chief Election Scrutineer, Carol Smith-Joseph. Smith-Joseph wants the […]

PSC tells IMF “Unemployment in Guyana is largely voluntary”

During a recent engagement with a visiting team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Private Sector Commission of Guyana drummed up the country’s economic growth and told the visiting team that unemployment in Guyana “is largely voluntary”. Guyana’s unemployment rate hovers around 12%, and with the growth of the economy and the oil and […]

US Ambassador reinforces US support for Guyana against Venezuela’s aggression

US Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot, on Thursday reaffirmed her country’s longstanding support of Guyana against Venezuela’s claims of Guyana’s Essequibo region and the neighbouring country’s continuing aggression. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the launch of a Greater Guyana Initiative project, the Ambassador said the US is also extremely concerned about Venezuela’s latest […]

Enhanced EU Broadband satellite initiative launched in Guyana

A project aimed at enhancing broadband access and digital satellite communications across Latin America and the Caribbean was launched today in Georgetown. Project CONDOSAT which is being supported through European satellite provider, Hispasat follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Caribbean Telecommunication Union and the European satellite provider. The initiative aligns with […]

Jagdeo challenges Mohamed to provide evidence of Government conducting business with family after sanctions

The war of words between Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and the Mohamed family appear to be heating up with the Vice President today challenging the sanctioned business magnate to provide evidence of the transactions that he claims the Government conducted with his businesses after the sanctions were imposed against them by the US Government. On […]