Last Updated on Monday, 1 January 2024, 20:47 by Denis Chabrol Trinidad and Tobago’s former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday died on Monday, and already the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is mourning the loss of 0ne 0f the Caribbean’s foremost politicians. He was 90 years old. Panday, who celebrated his 90th birthday on May 25, was Trinidad and Tobago’s fifth prime ...

Last Updated on Monday, 1 January 2024, 12:36 by Denis Chabrol By: Dr. Vivian M. Williams After a failed coup d’état in Türkiye, the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, directed its fury to a dissident exiled in the United States. It accused Fetullah Gulen of instigating antigovernment sentiments and violence in Türkiye that led to the attempt on the ...

Last Updated on Monday, 1 January 2024, 12:12 by Denis Chabrol An Assistant at the Lands and Surveys Commission was shot dead and another man was seriously by bandits who invaded a wedding house at Canal Number 2 Polder, West Bank Demerara late Old Year’s Night 2023. Investigators said 40-year-old Natram ‘Vishal’ Persaud, an Assistant at the Lands and Survey ...

Last Updated on Monday, 1 January 2024, 8:49 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Monday-New Year’s Day 2024- said the serving of summonses to New York-based Guyanese opposition activist, Rickford Burke, is a sign of the further deterioration of human rights by the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-led administration. “Its assault on our freedoms of expression and association ...

Last Updated on Monday, 1 January 2024, 2:36 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali and Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Monday broke New Year 2024 with different accounts on whether Guyanese are pocketing more money or are grappling with serious poverty. While the Guyanese leader boasted of a “phenomenal” 40 percent economic growth in 2023, a more than 21.5 percent ...

Last Updated on Monday, 1 January 2024, 1:48 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Monday- New Year’s Day 2024- announced that steps would be taken to reduce the number of traffic accidents on Guyana’s roads, even as a number of traffic offences are committed just outside State House and the Police Headquarters at least weekly. In his New Year’s ...