Last Updated on Friday, 18 October 2024, 21:12 by Writer Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday distanced his People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) administration from a senior police officer and declared that details of alleged corruption would be released in response to that officer’s High Court constitutional motion. “Trust me, our affidavit to respond to those charges may not be ...

Last Updated on Friday, 18 October 2024, 21:07 by Writer The Guyana government on Thursday announced that more cash grants would be handed out to Guyanese while investment in infrastructural development would continue, in stark contrast to President Irfaan Ali’s position against countrywide disbursements more than one year ago. “It’s a sustainable thing for us. We can do this periodically: ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 October 2024, 18:31 by Writer By Dr Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus, American University, Washington DC By now you know that the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to two MIT economists, Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, and political scientist, James Robinson of the University of Chicago. The technically correct name of the award is ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 October 2024, 18:12 by Writer Former Finance Minister, Winston Jordan on Thursday assailed the Guyana government for excluding youths, who would turn 18 years by year end, from receiving the GY$100,000 cash grant per person. Mr Jordan said government also needed to specify that only Guyanese 18 years and older who are residing in the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 October 2024, 18:03 by Writer President Irfaan Ali says his government will not give into opposition demands for huge cash transfers, even it means that his People’s Progressive Party Civic’s (PPPC) chances of losing an election are reduced. Addressing the opening of the Guyana-Suriname International Business Conference at the Marriot Hotel, he said government would ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 October 2024, 17:59 by Writer Assistant Police Commissioner, Calvin Brutus on Wednesday moved to the High Court to challenge the decision to send him on leave to make way for a probe into alleged financial crimes, saying he was never afforded the right to a fair hearing and that leaks to the media and social ...