Last Updated on Thursday, 24 August 2023, 22:57 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Thursday night said he was fairly optimistic that the government would give in to demands for biometric screening of voters to avoid electoral fraud but signaled that if not was not done the results could be rejected. “I’m saying this to you: once there ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 August 2023, 17:52 by Denis Chabrol Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday ruled out disclosing the names of persons he said knew alleged attempts to mislead his government about a six-year long “insurgency” whose aim had been to “dislodge” his People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-led administration. He said they included villagers in “those communities” and ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 August 2023, 14:44 by Denis Chabrol The heirs of late British slaveowner, John Gladstone, are to also apologise for both slavery and indentureship, the University of Guyana (UG) said on Thursday. The apology is scheduled to be issued in Friday morning at the University of GGuyan’s launch of Centre of Migration and Diaspora Studies. “The ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 August 2023, 7:42 by Denis Chabrol The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Thursday defended the right of a woman at the recently held Cuffy250 forum to characterise the role and status of Muslim women at home and at mosques,and accused two Muslim organisations of creating divisions between the party and Indo-Guyanese. In a joint statement, ...