Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 23:35 by Denis Chabrol The International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) on Tuesday told the United Nations (UN) permanent forum for the people of African descent that the time has come for Guyana and other Caribbean states to assess and compensate Afro-Guyanese for their contribution to the development of the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 19:48 by Denis Chabrol The Mahdia Secondary School student, who was badly burnt in last week’s dormitory fire, has undergone her first of many surgeries in a New York hospital, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said Tursday. He said the 13-year old girl, who was flown out of Guyana aboard an air ambulance ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 17:18 by Denis Chabrol Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire on Tuesday dismissed applications by Attorney General Anil Nandlall and People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo to intervene in a case by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) that seeks to cancel or postpone the June 12, 2023 Local Government Elections (LGE) because ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 13:05 by Denis Chabrol The High Court on Tuesday ruled that A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Chief Scrutineer, Carol Smith-Joseph failed to provide hard and credible evidence the voters list is flawed and could not be used to extract the separate voters list for the originally scheduled local government elections. “It does ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 12:25 by Denis Chabrol The death toll in the fire at the dormitory of the Mahdia Secondary School on Tuesday increased by one, bringing the total number of children who perished to 20, a senior health sector official said. The 14 -year old girl, Sherena Daniels, succumbed in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ...