Last Updated on Sunday, 26 May 2024, 11:15 by Writer Guyanese are living longer and fewer mothers and children are dying, President Irfaan Ali announced Saturday night at a flag-raising ceremony held in Linden to usher in Guyana’s 58th Independence anniversary. He said that from 2020 to now, the country’s life expectancy has increased by two years overall to 70 ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 26 May 2024, 9:08 by Writer –no need for FARA registration, no US legal advice sought The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) on Sunday rejected outrightly assertions by the Chairman of the North American Region (NAR), Ellen Tappin that the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) members could be jailed and fined if they seek to exercise ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 26 May 2024, 9:07 by Writer -bitter fallout between PNCR and NAR The People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) decision to cut ties with its North American Region (NAR) over alleged failure to follow instructions and directions, has triggered a warning by NAR Inc that the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) members could be jailed in the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 25 May 2024, 7:18 by Writer The El Salvador-headquartered UNICOMER, which owns the chain of COURTS stores in Guyana and elsewhere, is building a US$33 million retail centre at Farm East Bank Demerara and plans to construct a hotel, officials said Friday. UNICOMER’s Sub-Regional Managing Director (Guyana and the Caribbean), Vincent Gordon said the construction of ...

Last Updated on Friday, 24 May 2024, 21:07 by Writer Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire on Friday ruled that the constitutional rights of then Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield and his Deputy Roxanne Myers to a fair trial would not be violated because the Representation of the People Act prohibits disclosure of meetings of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). As a ...

Last Updated on Friday, 24 May 2024, 20:05 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Friday said there was insufficient evidence to charge People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) executive member, Nigel Dharamlall with a sexual offence. A woman, Sarah Hakh, earlier this month alleged publicly that she was raped about four years ago at the Region 2 State ...

Last Updated on Friday, 24 May 2024, 19:37 by Writer As the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP)-led administration prepares Saturday to hold Guyana’s 58th Independence Anniversary flag raising ceremony in the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) stronghold of Linden, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Friday said the APNU+AFC coalition would boycott the event. Among the reasons he cited were the ...

Last Updated on Friday, 24 May 2024, 9:15 by Writer Concerns were Friday raised about People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Leader, Aubrey Norton being Congress Director for next month’s party congress which would elect a leader and other officers for the next two years. Congress is scheduled for June 28 to 30. Meanwhile, concerns have been raised about the disbanding ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 23 May 2024, 22:25 by Writer Two trade unionists from affiliates of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) are asking the High Court to stop the Constitutional Reform Commission (CRC) from carrying out its functions because the labour movement was not consulted about who should be the workers’ representative. Filed through their lawyer, Roysdale Forde, 2nd ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 23 May 2024, 22:16 by Writer In the wake of persistent concerns about government’s questionable award of contracts and the shoddy treatment of contractors, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday announced that steps were being taken to review the entire process. “Let me put on notice all of those people who are responsible for procurement in ...