Last Updated on Thursday, 26 December 2024, 10:32 by Writer In the wake of widespread stinging criticism by teachers and the wider public about hundreds of educators in the Ministry of Education’s Georgetown District having been made to line up to collect the GY$100,000 cash grant, the Guyana government is mulling new arrangements for distribution in other densely populated regions, ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 26 December 2024, 10:25 by Writer The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Tuesday said it has begun widespread campaign to impound luxury vehicles for which there were false declarations that resulted in a massive evasion of millions of dollars in taxes. “The Revenue Authority has commenced a widespread tax compliance activity to detain all such motor ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 26 December 2024, 10:18 by Writer By Dr Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus, American University, Washington DC The racialization of politics is downright dangerous. Responsible citizens must think twice before they venture down that sordid path. It is clear that Terrence Campbell does not understand this salient fact of political engagement. He crossed a red line when ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 26 December 2024, 9:46 by Writer By GHK Lall Clueless. Hapless. Listless. Voiceless. Ladies and gentlemen of Guyana, those four small words that everyone understands represent the substance of oil leadership in this country. Here is one way to assess the situation: a fisherman with a hungry family catches a huge shark, but he is clueless ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 26 December 2024, 9:24 by Writer By GHK Lall It could be from father to son, considering our respective ages. However, with an eye to his high office, I content myself with from brother Gabriel to Brother Irfaan. May the presumption be excused. To speak in a different manner is more than the moment of great ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 22:20 by Writer The wife of the owner of a Superbet outlet in Castello Housing Scheme, Georgetown, and a patron were severely chopped on Friday morning and on Sunday remained hospitalised, the owner said. The owner, Claude Stuart, said the incident was not a robbery. He said “it was an attack on a ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 22:11 by Writer Incumbent President, Dr Irfaan Ali on Friday predicted that his People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) would win the 2025 general and regional elections convincingly, pointing to no hostility in traditional opposition strongholds. “I’ve seen tremendous changes and it’s going to be reflected in the votes in 2025. Let me tell ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 22:05 by Writer President Irfaan Ali on Friday vowed that if Guyanese continue to be hit by electricity outages next year, a number of Guyana Power & Light (GPL) managers would be fired. “I’ve made it very clear to the management of GPL that heads will roll…that if we don’t see with these ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 21:59 by Writer President Irfaan Ali 0n Friday said he read the “riot act” to the management of the loss-making and low-producing Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), even as the entity’s new investment plan was being considered by government. “I’ve read the riot act to the management of GuySuCo. I’ve let them understand that ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 21:49 by Writer Attorney General Anil Nandlall says the People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) is asking the High Court to make an unconstitutional order for the verification of the addresses of registrants because Guyana’s Constitution does not contain a residency requirement, but just the provision of an address at the time of registration. ...