Guyana is planning to boost its defence capability, but Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said that decision was not linked to most recent threats by Venezuela’s to annex the county of Essequibo. “We have to spend more on defence, on ensuring that we grow our capability to protect our country,” he told his weekly news conference at ‘Freedom House’, ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said the United States’ Export-Import Bank (EXIMBANK) would approve an application for US$660 million to finance the construction of the Gas-to-Shore natural gas-fired electricity and liquids plants at Wales, West Bank Demerara. He said he received “assurance” from the President and Vice President of the EXIMBANK, Department of Commerce and the US State Department ...

Even as the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana government on Thursday remained mum on a series of questions related to the service of summonses to New York-based Guyanese anti-government activist Rickford Burke, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said the fugitive was properly served at his Brooklyn residence. “By the way, from what I gather, they have video evidence of him ...

by GHK Lall I admit to a sense of awe. If it were not for its mental deformity, it would have been a thing of exceptional beauty. I point to and speak of the PPP Government machinery. It is supposed to be working for the national interest, through accentuating the positive, when such may be nothing but a figment of ...

By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus In a recent letter to the editor, Mr. Christopher Ram suggested commentators express opinions for the good of the order. The comment was made in the context of some caution provided by Hon. Anil Nandlall (SC), Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs. Mr. Nandlall (SC) cautioned that criticism of ExxonMobil can be used ...

A number of Georgetown City Council workers could be laid off next year and others would be required to perform multiple functions as part of a staff restructuring exercise, City Mayor Alfred Mentore told a council meeting on Wednesday. “Those matters in itself we will look at and we will look at seeing how we’ll be able to treat with ...

Well-known veteran Guyanese Attorney-at-Law, Senior Counsel Rex McKay died early Thursday morning, according to well-placed sources. He was 95. Mr McKay passed away at 2:30 AM at the Woodlands Hospital, Carmichael Street after a prolonged illness. The Caribbean Court of Justice Academy of Law in October, 2023 listed him among eight Guyanese “Legendary Caribbean Legal Practitioners”. He was appointed Senior ...

Charrandass Persaud – the then governing APNU+AFC coalition parliamentarian who set in motion the virtual collapse of the David Granger-led administration by voting for a People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-sponsored no-confidence motion- has fallen seriously ill and was Wednesday evacuated to Canada, according to medical sources. One of the sources said Mr Persaud was suffering from internal bleeding and subsequently ...

New York-based Guyanese, Rickford Burke, who is wanted in Guyana for a series of offences, has been served with a Guyana Police Force summons to attend court in March, 2024. Mr Burke, a known activist against the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC), earlier this week claimed that armed men were seen nearby his residence in New York. He said that ...

The Georgetown City Council on Wednesday unanimously decided to pay a GY$25,000 bonus to its 550 workers and a 6.5 percent wage and salary increase from January 2024, but they would have to wait until the council gets sufficient money during the first quarter of next year for their 2023 back pay. While the Finance Committee had recommended a 5 ...