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 ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 17:44 by Writer President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday announced that each Guyanese 18 years and older as of January 1, 2024 would now get GY$100,000 in cash grants. He said that decision was in response to concerns by many persons including young persons who were not heads of household. “My government will now ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 17:38 by Writer The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) on Wednesday said nine proposals, the majority from India and China, were received to build a new bridge across the Berbice River. Public Works Minister, Juan Edghill said the format for the bridge would be “design-build” and so government would be examining ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 17:32 by Writer Assistant Police Commissioner, Calvin Brutus would not be charged for “certain activities” that he had been fingered in earlier this year, but the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) has recommended “dozens” of charges from a second a probe, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said Wednesday. “Earlier this year, SOCU launched ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 17:26 by Writer The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would be investigating claims that dust pollution at the incomplete Nooitgedacht access road exposes nearby residents to toxic material, EPA Executive Director, Kemraj Parsram said Tuesday. He told Demerara Waves Online News that his agency first learnt of the matter Tuesday and would first validate ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 19:55 by Writer Attorney General, Anil Nandlall on Monday maintained that the Guyana government was on solid constitutional grounds to appoint Assistant Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken as substantive police commissioner, although he has passed retirement age. “To the contrary, the conjoint effect of the relevant provisions of the Constitution and the Constitution (Prescribed ...

Last Updated on Monday, 14 October 2024, 20:39 by Writer The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Monday, in a lukewarm welcome, deemed the government’s GY$200,000 cash grant to all Guyanese households as “election gimmickry” and said much more must be done for the poor and disadvantaged. WPA Co-leader, Dr David Hinds instead said government needed to pay more cash grants ...