Politics

As the sod was turned to construct a €$149million (more than US$150 million) paediatric and maternal hospital, the Guyana government on Sunday announced that contractors would have to abide by new internationally recognised contract terms that would see them bearing the bulk of the responsibilities for the design and build infrastructure model. The hospital, which would be built on 10 ...

President Irfaan Ali on Sunday dismissed a recent suggestion that the United States (US) and other Western Nations were pumping money into Latin America and the Caribbean to only dislodge China rather than help the region as that Asian nation has been doing in Developing Nations. “(I) saw some headline about this relationship and I went there and the US ...

President Irfaan Ali on Sunday lashed out at United States (US) Congressman Hakeem Jeffries who apparently refused to meet with him during last week’s visit to Washington DC. Dr Ali said he asked the Foreign Ministry and Guyana’s Ambassador to the US Samuel Hinds to write Mr Jeffries to formally invite him to a meeting. “He has not responded,” the ...

China on Thursday played down any concerns about the United States’ (US) renewed efforts this week to carve out deeper relations with Guyana, amid fears by former President of Guyana Donald Ramotar of a hidden Western agenda to displace that Asian country from Latin America and the Caribbean. China’s Ambassador to Guyana,  Guo Haiyan told a public discussion that marked ...

Twenty United States-based Guyanese organisations, including People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) chapters, have officially asked United States Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate Guyana’s Attorney General Anil Nandlall’s alleged misuse of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to target his critics. “We the representatives of the below stated Guyanese-American organisations hereby respectfully request an investigation into unlawful and nefarious attempts ...

United States (US) Congresswoman for Texas, Sheila Jackson-Lee on Thursday evening, at a dinner hosted by members of the Congressional Black Caucus, has hailed President Irfaan Ali’s election almost two years ago as a “triumph of democracy.” “It goes on to assure that you are steadfast in your commitment to the wellbeing and the future of the Guyanese people, and ...

The eight opposition parliamentarians, who were suspended for their alleged participation in a violent ruckus during a sitting of the National Assembly late last December, would not be paid salaries and allowances until their suspensions have been completed. With no dates set for upcoming sittings of the House, it is not clear how long they would have to await payments ...

Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali said the United States (US) has begun ending decades of “neglect” of the Caribbean, with a US$2 billion line-of-credit now being available to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as evidence of a tangible move to claw back influence in the region from China. “I mean, look at this this week here; we have been able to accomplish ...

Guyana on Wednesday appeared to have made a major shift in its international financing relations with the inking of a US$2 billion deal with the United States’ Export-Import (EXIM) Bank for government projects and hailing the importance of Washington to the South American nation’s development. “In this development phase of our country we want to see greater US participation not ...

United States (US) Secretary of State, Antony Blinken has identified the need for inclusive growth and improved transparency  among key priorities for relations with Guyana, but Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton was Wednesday not optimistic that government would fix some of the problems. Mr Norton was pessimistic that government would now take action following the talks with Mr Blinken and other ...