Politics

Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali will  Thursday join other Caribbean leaders for a meeting with United States Vice President Kamala Harris, his office announced on Wednesday. “The meeting is a follow-up to H.E President Joseph Biden and Vice President Harris’s commitment at the recent Summit of the Americas to partner with the Caribbean to promote energy security, access to finance, and ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Wednesday decided to extend the Claims and Objections period by seven days, to afford eligible persons further opportunities to participate in the process, based on a request by the opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC). The elections management agency said persons who are desirous of making a Claim to be included ...

Major Western Nations  on the occasion of International Day of Democracy- to be observed on Thursday- said democracy is not limited to free and fair elections, even as they pledged to support efforts by “all” Guyanese to play a role in their country’s development. “While free, fair and inclusive elections are critical, democracies also help safeguard human rights and fundamental ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will Wednesday decide whether to give into a request by A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) for the extension of the Claims and Objections period of the continuous registration process, Chief Elections Officer Vishnu Persaud said Tuesday. “The issue was discussed was today (Tuesday) at the statutory commission meeting. It will be revisited ...

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall on Tuesday said the current constitutional provisions and laws governing elections  could be changed if the constitutional reform commission accepts such proposals. “Nothing is cast in stone. Everything can change but we must understand the process and we must understand what the law says on each of these matters,” he told ...

The Commissioners of Inquiry into alleged attempts to rig the March 2020 general and regional elections were sworn in on Tuesday before Chief Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan. They are Chairman of the Commission – Retired Justice of  Appeal of the Turks and Caicos Islands,  Stanley John; Former Attorney General, High Court Judge and Acting Justice of Appeal in the Eastern ...

In the wake of President Irfaan Ali’s fiery response to a call for government ministers to involve the elected Mocha-Arcadia local council and a concern that  the four  opposition-controlled neighbourhood councils in Region Four were not given a GY$4 million clean-up grant, the Chairman of the Mocha-Arcadia Local Council Rudolph Adams said he was left aghast by the Guyanese leader’s ...

President Irfaan Ali on Sunday issued a public challenge to critics of his government to prove that it is practising racial discrimination. “I challenge anyone to do an audit and tell me where the sensational and stupid narrative of marginalisation comes from,” he told a packed top flat of the Mocha-Arcadia Primary School. His challenge came against the background of ...

The Ministry of Agriculture said approximately 2:00 am on Thursday the sluice door at Providence developed a breach resulting in flooding in parts of the area. More than 200 households in Providence and Peter’s Hall are reportedly affected by flooding, with the lower flats of these houses being inundated with river water. After learning of the incident, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar ...

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday said representatives of Guyana and Suriname are scheduled to meet in the coming weeks to iron out that Dutch-speaking neighbour’s failure so far to keep its reported promise to grant 150 coastal fishing licences to Guyanese fishermen. But already, the Guyanese leader has admitted that the major sticking point has to do with the illegal ...