Last Updated on Thursday, 18 July 2024, 20:59 by Writer Almost one month after Dawn Hastings-Williams resigned from the post, the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has on Wednesday announced its recent Congress Administrator, Sherwin Benjamin as the party’s new General Secretary. “As the new General Secretary, Mr. Benjamin will play a key role in leading the PNCR’s efforts to ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 July 2024, 20:49 by Writer by GHK Lall I deal with the ‘ruff’ stuff, as usual, and in this instance, Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn. What others bypass, as usual, I dive into, head-on. I am as one with Minister Benn breaking his peace and blasting away at the Guyana Police Force (police), at the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 July 2024, 20:09 by Writer Two Guyana Defence Force soldiers were Thursday arrested for using an army vehicle to transport 154 pounds of marijuana found in their possession at the time of their arrest, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said. “Police stopped the vehicle along the Coverden Public Road, East Bank Demerara, in the vicinity ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 July 2024, 19:56 by Writer By GHK Lall Conflict of interest is in season today. It is good. It is better that those who are troubled by the conflicts of interest in others, first look within themselves. First find what should not be. It’s a start, and there is hope, minimal as it is, that ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 July 2024, 8:15 by Writer By Dr Randy Persaud Some things make you angry. Other things can make you sad. And then there are things that just make you wonder. You wonder why. Why would a presumably rational individual who often professes love of country conduct such a vile attack against an international brand just ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 July 2024, 7:39 by Writer As A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) celebrates its 13th anniversary, the founder of one of that coalition’s small parties has stepped down and made way for a new leader. Mr Keith Scott, who co-founded the now 23-year-old National Front Alliance (NFA), said it was time to make way for ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 July 2024, 7:35 by Writer Guyana is among several Caribbean countries that would be sending personnel to Jamaica to help that island restore electricity to several areas that are still without electricity about two weeks since Hurricane Beryl struck, officials said Wednesday. Prime Minister Mark Phillips told Demerara Waves Online News that “we are sending ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 July 2024, 7:32 by Writer Guyanese police on Wednesday said they were on the manhunt for two persons in connection with four guns, a total of 1,752 rounds of a variety of ammunition and more than 3 pounds of marijuana that were discovered in South Ruimveldt. Police said the weapons would be subjected to ballistic ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 July 2024, 8:28 by Writer The Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, on Tuesday said the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF’s) “biggest immediate ongoing problem” was alleged corruption in procurement which was now the subject of investigation. “They have started reviews and investigations and audits in relation to the Guyana Police Force and also in relation ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 July 2024, 8:21 by Writer The Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, on Tuesday scolded the Guyana Police Force for poor quality members, despite a 20 percent drop in serious crimes for about four years, saying the time has come for them to cease taking bribes, end wearing a lot of valuable jewellery as a ...