By GHK Lall President Irfaan Ali went to Williamsburg, Corentyne, Berbice for the ribbon cutting for a new Republic Bank branch. The president spoke about loans, mortgages, investments, and more. He should have limited himself to ribbon cutting. It was a mouthful, according to a Demerara News article captioned, “More loans being repaid, borrowings increasingly diversified-President Ali” (March 09). When ...

By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus, American University, Washington DC. More than 30,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed by incessant military activities by the Israeli Defense Force. Most of the dead are women and children, and noncombatants. Although Israel undoubtedly has every right to defend itself, it does not have the right to wantonly violate every international and humanitarian ...

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) welcomes the Government of Guyana’s milestone announcement on the authorization of carbon units for use in the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) for the 2024-2026 compliance period. Under the ICAO Council approved Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) programme, 4.64 million CORSIA-eligible units have been issued and authorized by Guyana, now ...

President Irfaan Ali on Saturday said the number of Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) in Guyana has dropped to 2.8 percent, the lowest in Latin America and the Caribbean, and more money is being borrowed for a wider variety of projects. “That is not accidental. That is because there is more money in the economy. That is because there is more disposable ...

Police on Saturday said a prisoner, who escaped from the Mazaruni Prison last month, is the prime suspect in the murder of a man and his mother at Saxacalli Mission, Essequibo River. Dead are driver, 49-year old David Gomes of D’urban Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown and his 75-year old mother Nellie Gomes. Police said the killings occurred between 5 PM and ...

Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali on Friday evening signaled that the regional bloc still recognised Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry as a legitimate interlocutor and said unspecified progress has been made to find a Haitian-led solution. “Whilst we’re making considerable progress, the stakeholders are not yet where they need to be. You’re acutely aware of ...

The Ministry of Education Thursday night denied reaching agreement with the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) earlier in the day about a multi-year period for pay negotiations. “The government maintains its original position that any multi-year agreement must start from the year 2024, not retroactively,” the Ministry of Education’s Chief Education Officer, Saddam Hussain said in a statement, dismissing earlier articles ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday announced that no more sandpit licences would be granted, leaving Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken and Deputy Police Commissioner Calvin Brutus’ plans to open such an operation in limbo. “Let me make it clear that the government of Guyana has put a hold on all the sandpits,” he told a news conference. Mr Jagdeo made ...

Top officials of the Guyana Teachers’ Union and the Ministry of Education on Thursday ended fruitful talks, with the employer agreeing to consider proposed salary increases from 2019 to 2023. GTU President Dr Mark Lyte said the Union succeeded in getting the government side to backdown from its position that the multi-year agreement should begin from 2024. The GTU’s proposal ...

By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus Much has been aired recently on Cheddi Jagan’s ideology and politics. A key part of the ongoing debate is the extent to which Jagan was a communist, or not. Relatedly, there is also intense disagreement on whether Jagan’s ideology pushed the West to remove and keep him from office.  My take is that Jagan ...