Politics

Guyana’s Ambassador to the United States, Samuel Hinds on Tuesday denied that he ever played a role in hiring an American lobbying firm to assist city businessman Nazar ‘Shell’ Mohamed in clearing his name of grave allegations so that he might be considered favourably for an American visa. “I wish to categorically state that at no time did I contact ...

Guyana should be more strategic and offer neighbouring Brazil an oil block as part of its border strategy, according to International Relations Professor Mark Kirton. He was speaking at the launch of his most recent publication titled ‘Building Bridges in The Amazon- Guyana Brazil Relations Into the 21st Century”. “I argue in the book for consideration to be given for ...

A woman has been arrested in connection with her alleged desire to see Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali assassinated, Head of the Police Force’s Criminal Investigations Department, Assistant Police Commissioner Wendell Blanhum said Monday. “The president needs to be assassinated,” she said when asked by an unseen and unidentified person to repeat what she said. In the same video on the ...

Guyana will continue to rely on Brazil for support in ensuring Venezuela complies with the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) final ruling on the border controversy with its western Spanish-speaking neighbour, authorities said. International Relations Professor Dr Mark Kirton, at the same time, advised that Guyana should stiffen its lobby of Latin American nations to convince Venezuela that it should ...

The International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, on Thursday ruled that the United Kingdom (UK) is not an indispensable third party to consider Guyana’s case that the 1899 Arbitral Tribunal Award is a full, final and perfect settlement of the boundary between the two neighbouring South American nations. This ruling potentially clears the way for the ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Tuesday appointed Information Technology (IT) Manager Aneal Giddings to the post of Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO) by a majority 4-3 decision, raising fresh concerns about whether the Chairman of that seven-member body is impartial. Election Commissioners Vincent Alexander and Attorney-at-Law Sase Gunraj separately confirmed that Mr Giddings is the new DCEO. Mr Gunraj, ...

The three opposition-aligned Election Commissioners are poised to oppose the appointment of Information Technology (IT) Manager Aneal Giddings as Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO) because he removed a server from the Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) Returning Office during chaos surrounding the declaration of results there. A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Elections Commissioner, Desmond Trotman said unless and inquiry ...

Just out of police lockups on a charge of racial hostility, Working People’s Alliance (WPA) executive member Tacuma Ogunseye on Monday said he has not been questioned by police about other offences and vowed to continue refusing to cooperate with police. Shortly after GY$100,000 bail was posted for him at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court, the veteran political activist said investigators ...

Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Executive Member Tacuma Ogunseye was Monday morning granted GY$100,000 bail on one count of attempting to  excite racial hostility. Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes said Mr Ogunseye pleaded not guilty and was admitted to bail. The prosecution opposed bail on the grounds of the seriousness of the offence, the penalty is significant and there are ongoing investigations. But ...

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira on Saturday indicated that the work of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was stuck because information for 2017-2018 was unavailable and former top accounting officers fail to show up at meetings of that bipartisan parliamentary body. “Although a lot of work has been done with regards to the 2017/2018 combined report;  due ...