Politics

Support rally held for Guyanese activist detained in the US

Several persons including a number of Opposition political figures, gathered at the Square of the Revolution in Georgetown this evening for a support and unity public meeting for detained activist Melissa Atwell-Holder aka “Melly Mel”. Atwell-Holder was taken into custody last Thursday from her New York home by agents from the US Department of Homeland […]

Visit Rupununi joins Region 9 Chairman in objecting to mining operations in Aranaputa village

Non-profit group, Visit Rupununi, has joined the Region Nine Chairman, Bryan Allicock in objecting to plans by Sol Nascente Incorporated to do mining in Aranaputa, a village in North Rupununi. Allicock is objecting to the project on the grounds that no Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) or Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) was done ahead […]

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 […]