Last Updated on Friday, 3 January 2025, 18:17 by Denis Chabrol Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes on Friday said he was not worried that his party was hurting its chances at this year’s general and regional elections by supporting United States-sanctioned businessman, Azruddin Mohamed’s likely participation in the polls. He reiterated that any citizen who wants ...

Last Updated on Friday, 3 January 2025, 17:49 by Writer The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) were Friday cagey about their separate plans for coalescing to contest general elections that are constitutionally due later this year. PNCR Leader, Aubrey Norton said a meeting was slated to be held later this month, but he declined ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 2 January 2025, 22:57 by Writer The Ministry of Public Works on Thursday said British Airways passengers, who were stranded in St Lucia, arrived in Guyana. The ministry, which is responsible for the aviation sector, said passengers who were originally scheduled to travel from Georgetown to London’s Gatwick Airport, departed Thursday evening. Sources said that a ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 2 January 2025, 22:14 by Writer Government cash grants would in the medium- to long-term be deposited into Guyanese bank accounts after the now stalled new Electronic Identification (e-ID) Card system is implemented, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said Thursday. “That’s what I would like to see happen. Once you can prove you’re Guyanese and you’re eligible…that ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 2 January 2025, 20:41 by Writer Public Works Minister Juan Edghill on Thursday said the new Demerara Harbour Bridge would be completed by August 31, 2025, a six-month delay of his previously given deadline of March 31, 2025. “We have some construction that needs to be done that you just can’t shorten the time because you ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 2 January 2025, 11:11 by Writer Two persons were killed in separate incidents at Kumung Kumung Backdam, Puruni River at Lesbeholden, Black Bush Polder in Corentyne, Berbice, with both assailants telling investigators that they acted in self-defence. At Kumung Kumung, Reinsford Kenny was stabbed to death allegedly by 28-year-old Alpha Osafha McPhoy, also known as ‘Bat’, ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 1 January 2025, 22:48 by Writer Guyana’s first mass-based political party, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is 75 years old today. The PPP was formed on 1 January 1950 with the merger of Forbes Burnham’s British Guiana Labour Party and the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) which was co-founded by Dr. Cheddi Jagan, Mrs. Janet Jagan, Mr. ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 1 January 2025, 13:48 by Writer by GHK Lall Guyanese who see anything that is honorable or redemptive in the 2016 Exxon oil contract are neither suitable nor worthy for consideration as a national leader. Nor of continuing to hold office. No one, and I mean anyone from anywhere, who thinks that there is something that ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 1 January 2025, 13:33 by Writer New Year 2025 broke on Wednesday with both the opposition and the government unveiling promises to Guyanese who will be voting in general and regional elections in another 10 months. Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Aubrey Norton announced that the opposition ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 1 January 2025, 10:59 by Writer President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday—New Year’s 2025—announced that the new Demerara Harbour Bridge would be completed by year-end, despite previous assurances that the four-lane, high-span structure would have been finished by March 31, 2025. “By the end of 2025, the new Demerara River Bridge will be operational,” he said in ...