Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 21:26 by Writer by GHK Lall Do President Ali and Vice President Jagdeo desire with a passion to shut up and shutdown Dr. Terrence Campbell, or what! The man spoke, he shouldn’t have. The two leaders reacted; it was better that they didn’t. For when Dr. Campbell tore the curtain of silence re ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 21:15 by Writer A 17-year-old boy was shot dead Friday night after he allegedly opened fire on a security guard, who went to intervene in an armed robbery of a food vendor and her daughter on Aubrey Barker Road, North Ruimveldt, police said. Dead is Carl Rolland Reid called ‘Carloo Reid’, a 17-year-old ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 20:59 by Writer The Guyana government has dispatched a formal letter of protest to Venezuela against that country’s construction of a bridge to a military base on Ankoko Island, Cuyuni River, that borders both countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday. “Guyana also registered its formal protest of the completion of a ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 20:51 by Writer Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Friday fended off questions of accountability and transparency by the coalition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) administration, saying that he never asked two then government ministers about the “details” of persistent allegations by the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC). “I did not ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 December 2024, 20:54 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Thursday said he would be moving to the High Court to challenge the appointment of Mr Clifton Hicken as Police Commissioner, although he has past the age of retirement, but the Guyana government said it was ready to defend its decision. “We believe it’s ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 December 2024, 20:09 by Writer People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) member Carol Smith-Joseph has asked the High Court to order the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to conduct house-to-house verification of the addresses of registrants or the elections would not be credible. “Without the interpretation of the court and the making of a declaration by the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 December 2024, 19:58 by Writer The vast majority of media houses were not invited to the swearing in of Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken and five deputy police commissioners in what is becoming a customary feature for the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the President. Except for one media operative, who is closely associated with Mr ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 December 2024, 19:47 by Writer ExxonMobil Guyana is Thursday marking five years of oil production in Guyana on December 19, a significant achievement that underscores the transformative potential of the country’s growing energy sector. Since “first oil” at the offshore Liza Phase 1 project five years ago, the company said Guyana has become the third largest ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 December 2024, 19:40 by Writer The man, who confessed to the stabbing death of a Toshao (Amerindian village captain) in a hotel room, would be charged after a post mortem is conducted on the deceased man’s body, police said. That autopsy is scheduled to be conducted by a Government pathologist on Friday. Twenty-four-year-old Noah Beaton ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 December 2024, 19:41 by Writer Air Canada is yet to apply to the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to serve the Georgetown-Toronto route, a senior official of the regulatory agency said. “Air Canada has not signaled its intention to the GCAA to commence flight operations much less apply,” the official told Demerara Waves Online News. ...