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Daily Archives: Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 22:37

Divorce laws amended: no-fault divorce, ex-wives maintenance of ex-husbands

Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 23:09 by Writer The National Assembly on Wednesday unanimously amended the Matrimonial Causes Act to allow for a wife or husband to petition the court for divorce without showing fault, and for an ex-wife to provide cash maintenance of her ex-husband. Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall told the House ...

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No urgency for reintroduction of railway – Jagdeo

Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 22:25 by Writer The Guyana government is not anxious to reintroduce a railway system on the coastland, but would likely first have a tramcar service in Georgetown when the country begins generating cheaper electricity, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said Wednesday. “Once you have cheap electricity, then you can go with the tram system ...

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Jagdeo leaves for US

Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 22:11 by Denis Chabrol Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo is scheduled to leave on Thursday for the United States (US) on “government” and other business, but he declined to divulge details. “I’m travelling to the US for government business and other business,” he said, when asked by Demerara Waves Online News. He said he ...

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OPINION: Emancipation Day, I call from president to peasant: let there be the fullest self-emancipation

Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 17:17 by Writer by GHK Lall May all Guyanese make the best of Emancipation Day 2024. Closing in on 200 years since the abolition of slavery by the British, and considering the incomparable blunt traumas inflicted on Africans, a special hand of warmth is extended to Guyanese of that historical heritage on this ...

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Fulcrum LNG selected to develop gas infrastructure to support upstream developments in Guyana 

Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 16:57 by Writer July 31, 2024 – Houston, Texas – Fulcrum LNG on Wednesday announced that following the Government of Guyana’s public request for proposals, it has been selected to design, finance, construct, and operate the required gas infrastructure to provide gas monetization solutions and support the acceleration of upstream gas developments in ...

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OPINION: The utility of international theory

Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 16:48 by Writer By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus In practical politics as in everyday life, theory is a bad word. You know the refrain – “that’s just theoretical” – meaning that there is little useful wisdom in what is being said or written. Academics in foreign affairs face quite an uphill task ...

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