by GHK Lall Democracy is one strange animal, an unending fascination, to be sure.  Perhaps, it is the understanding and practices of democracy in Guyana that are strange, in that they are unique to here.  Many are those who speak of its lofty ideals, its vaunted values.  In harmonious times, those have no opponents.  It is when circumstances are crushing ...

The High Court on Monday ruled that former husbands can also now apply for financial maintenance from their ex wives, finding that the Matrimonial Causes Act which provided that only men were liable to pay maintenance violates Guyana’s Constitution, Attorney-at-Law Tamara Evelyn-Khan said. The decision, which was handed down by Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire, essentially means that either a man ...

A Nigerian man, who perpetrated an attack at State House more than three years ago, was Monday sentenced to three years imprisonment. Police said Bethel Chimezie, who committed the offence on December 15, 2022, was sentenced to three months imprisonment together with three years of supervised probation. Chimeze was arrested by Assistant Superintendent Rodwell Sarrabo on 16th January 2023 for ...

President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) Mark Lyte on Sunday dismissed government’s claims that billions of dollars in membership dues have been misspent and instead said there is clear evidence that teachers benefit every year from the GY$700 monthly contribution. “Our members are satisfied that their dues are spent in a very fair and honest manner,” he said. The ...

The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department  on Sunday said it has launched an investigation into a fatal accident that resulted in the death of a Health and Safety aide who was working with a subcontractor at Vreed-en-Hoop Shorebase. The company and the Labour Ministry said the accident occurred at 6:40  Saturday evening at the shorebase construction ...

By Dr Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus I once was assigned the unbelievably fortunate task of accompanying Ngugi Wa Thiong΄o around American University (Washington DC), where I was a faculty member. I took the opportunity to ask him a simple question – how do you go about writing? He told me he had asked VS Naipaul the same question years back, ...

President Mohamed Irfaan Ali on Friday pleaded with teachers to exercise patience as the government continues working to gradually improve the working conditions for every category of worker. “Everybody believes that all our resources are available now. In 2027, that is when the real revenue growth would be seen in the country. And I have said to our teachers, nurses, ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd on Friday said Guyana was paying attention to satellite pictures of Venezuela’s increasing expansion of its military presence near the border with Guyana, raising concerns about double-standards by that Spanish-speaking neighbour. “Clearly, there is some amount of inconsistencies based on what they are doing on the international front in terms of diplomacy and what they ...

Amid claims and counter-claims about whether the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has been properly accounting for membership dues, the Registrar of Commerce and the Auditor General’s Office on Friday both  said that that workers’ organisation has not filed annual returns several years. “An examination of the relevant records at the Deeds and Commercial Registries Authority discloses that Annual Returns required ...

A West Coast Demerara man on Friday remained in custody after he was arrested allegedly with 11.4 kilogrammes of cocaine, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said. The agency said 39-year old Sahadeo Prasad of Grant 104 Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara during an intelligence-led operation at Cornelia Ida Public Road. CANU said they intercepted the vehicle on February 8, 2024. ...