By News Source Guyana on July 31, 2023
News, Politics
Five years after Guyana signed onto China’s Belt and Road Initiative, President Irfaan Ali has signaled the country’s willingness to conclude negotiations on the Initiative’s Joint Action Plan as he wrapped up an eight-day visit to the People’s Republic of China. The Joint Action Plan would guide the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative, […]
By News Source Guyana on July 31, 2023
Crime, News, Politics
Guyana joined the rest of the world on Sunday in observing World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. In a statement, Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, said the Government remains committed to the fight against trafficking in persons and the continued efforts to dismantle networks and prosecute perpetrators who commit the heinous act, while ensuring […]
By News Source Guyana on July 28, 2023
News, Politics
Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali met and held discussions today with Chinese President Xi Jinping. According to a statement from the Chinese Government, President Xi expressed the willingness of his government to support the advancement of the ‘One Road, One Belt’ Initiative in Guyana, while simultaneously assisting with the implementation of Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy […]
By News Source Guyana on July 28, 2023
News, Politics
Chief Justice Roxane George today dismissed a Court Challenge mounted by the Public Service Union challenges the nomination of Mr. Mohandatt Goolsarran, to sit as a Commissioner on the Public Service Commission. Mr. Goolsarran was nominated by the Public Service Senior Staff Association. The legal action filed by the GPSU was to essentially question the […]
By News Source Guyana on July 28, 2023
News, Politics
The United States Senate on Thursday confirmed that longtime diplomat Nicole D. Theriot, as the next US Ambassador to Guyana. The confirmation follows several rounds of back and forth and negotiations in the US Senate by Members of the Foreign Relations Committee. She was eventually confirmed by a voice vote. When accredited, Ambassador Theriot, will […]
By News Source Guyana on July 28, 2023
News, Politics
Just one week after distancing himself and party from the Mohamed’s company after news broke of the family being under investigation by the US Government, General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Bharrat Jagdeo, has now admitted that the PPP might have received donations from the Mohamed’s family in the past. “Yes, I think […]
By News Source Guyana on July 27, 2023
News, Politics
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today said the Government will respect the ruling of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), which has granted precautionary measures in favour of the Indigenous Carib Community of Chinese Landing. The international human rights body said the people of Chinese Landing are at serious risk of suffering irreparable harm to […]
By News Source Guyana on July 27, 2023
Crime, News, Politics
The Opposition today vowed to continue to press on with its calls for there to be a full and proper investigation of the rape allegations that were leveled against former Local Government Minister, Nigel Dharamlall by a school girl. Following the resignation of Dharamall, the young lady who accused him of rape released a statement […]
By News Source Guyana on July 27, 2023
News, Politics
Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Omar Khan, and Commander of the US Military’s Southern Command General Laura Richardson, have signed a Human Rights Framework Agreement committing the GDF and US Military Southern Command to “human rights engagement, cooperation and integration” Guyana is now the thirteenth nation to join SOUTHCOM’s Human Rights […]
By News Source Guyana on July 27, 2023
Elections, News, Politics
The Opposition APNU has stepped up its calls for the Government to establish an independent Commission of Inquiry to probe the circumstances surrounding the deadly Mahdia school dorm fire. The fire claimed the lives of 20 children. Although the President has promised to establish a COI, no announcement has been made as to the start […]