Politics

Christopher Ram to sue over non-provision of information on oil agreement and other information requests

Chartered Accountant and Attorney-at-Law Christopher Ram has issued a pre-action notice to the Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat and the Commissioner of Information retired Justice of Appeal, Charles Ramson regarding their failure to comply with requests made under the Access to Information Act (2011).  In a statement today, Ram said his requests date back […]

Nandlall hammers US report on money laundering, corruption and narco trafficking in Guyana

Two weeks after declaring that the US Government has full confidence in Guyana’s leadership with the visit of three Secretaries of State in four years, Guyana’s Attorney General Anil Nandlall is now firing off at the US Government over its latest International Drug Control Strategy Report, which was released by its State Department on Monday. […]

Pope Francis, groundbreaking leader of Catholic Church, dies at age 88

(CBS NEWS) Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms and made it his mission to change the perception of the Catholic Church around the world, has died at the age of 88. The Vatican said Francis died just after 7:30 a.m. local time on Monday, a day after he surprised many by appearing outside the Vatican on Easter Sunday to […]

APNU and AFC end Coalition talks with no agreement in place

The APNU and the AFC are likely to go their separate ways into the upcoming General elections, as coalition talks between the two have completely collapsed with no agreement in place. The talks have been ongoing for several months. At a press conference this afternoon, Chairman of the AFC, David Patterson said the AFC will […]

Guyana rejects Chinese Embassy’s suggestion of “negotiation” with Venezuela over border controversy

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today rejected the statement made by China’s Deputy Chief of Mission in Guyana, Huang Rui, where he suggested that Guyana and Venezuela can resolve the border controversy through friendly “consultations and negotiations”. The rare statement from the Chinese official yesterday departed from Beijing’s longstanding tradition of staying out of the internal […]