Last Updated on Tuesday, 8 January 2019, 11:17 by Writer Thieves early Tuesday morning tied up two guards at the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) branch at Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara, and carted off a safe containing GYD$600,000, police said. A Guyana Police Force officer said three men tied up the guards, took away a firearm belonging to one of ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 December 2019, 13:37 by Writer Attorney General Basil Williams on Monday asked the High Court to find that 34 instead of 33 votes are required to pass a no-confidence motion even as Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has separately asked the Court to join proceedings challenging the validity of former government parliamentarian Charrandass Persaud’s vote because ...

Last Updated on Monday, 7 January 2019, 17:35 by Denis Chabrol Co-founder of A New and United Guyana (ANUAG), Terrence Campbell on Monday announced that he has resigned from the newly-formed political party because the country’s political environment has been poisoned by the no-confidence motion. “It is like a poisoned well and since last week I had great angst,” the ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 December 2019, 13:38 by Writer The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has ordered the Eugene F. Correia ‘Ogle’ International Airport (EFCIA) to stop issuing protocol passes in the wake of their use by a Canadian High Commission security officer and a supporter of the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to escort Charrandass Persaud to a ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 December 2019, 13:39 by Writer People’s Progressive Party (PPP) supporter, Peter Ramsaroop, Saturday night confirmed that he obtained a VIP pass to accompany defected government parliamentarian, Charrandass Persaud, to an airplane at the Ogle International Airport hours after Persaud had voted in favour of a no-confidence motion. An official of Ogle Airport Inc. also said ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 5 January 2019, 20:27 by Writer Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Saturday indicated that he has put down a two-pronged approach for next week’s talks with President David Granger, the priority being general elections following the no-confidence motion. “Compliance with our Constitution in relation to the no confidence motion and preparation for free and fair elections ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 5 January 2019, 21:06 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s former Ambassador to Venezuela, the United States and Kuwait Odeen Ishamael CCH died on Saturday at his home in the southern United States, his brother said. “It is with deep sadness that I inform you of the death of our brother Dr. Odeen Ishmael at his home in ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 5 January 2019, 20:11 by Writer A loosely organised youth-driven forum on involvement in politics on Saturday concluded with a decision to lobby political parties on their needs, even as ideas were floated for greater parliamentary representation by youths and influencing election manifestos. “The aim is that we write to these political parties, regardless if it ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 December 2019, 13:39 by Writer The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Friday night disputed a High Court challenge to scrap former government Member of Parliament Charrandass Persaud’s vote for the opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion because he is a Canadian. The PPP contended that the Guyana Constitution also provides for the preservation of all acts by parliamentarians ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 December 2019, 13:40 by Writer The High Court was Friday asked to quash a no-confidence motion against the Guyana Government on the grounds that former government parliamentarian, Charrandass Persaud, who sided with the opposition to pass the motion had falsely declared that he was a Guyanese citizen, but immigration records show that he has been ...