by Peter Richards BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Oct 17, CMC – Venezuela’s government and opposition Tuesday signed agreements here paving the way for new electoral conditions in the South American country and raising the possibility of the removal of sanctions by the United States against Caracas. The signings here came following the latest round of talks mediated by Norway and after multiple ...

The bipartisan Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Guyana’s National Assembly was Monday informed that a number of then officials of the Maritime Administration (MARAD) were relieved of their duties for allegedly not abiding by the procurement rules that had led to the variation in the award of multi-million-dollar contracts. Government parliamentarian Dharamkumar Seeraj and his opposition counterpart, Ganesh Mahipaul questioned ...

Worried about a “soft invasion” of Guyana and eventual annexation of the Essequibo Region by Venezuela, the opposition People’s National Congress Reform-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) on Tuesday called on government to screen Venezuelan “refugees”. “Should they become a majority in any sizeable area of our territory, Guyana could face the threat ...

ExxonMobil President Alistair Routledge on Tuesday acknowledged telling a parliamentary opposition delegation that an agreement had been reached with government for the reduction in disputed audited costs to US$3 million but said that was not a formal accord. “We did not have any formal agreement from the ministry and,indeed as the ministry, the minister and the Vice President made clearer, ...

by GHK Lall They tell me that Attorney General, The Hon. Mr. Anil Nandlall, SC, MP, Esq., is a fine son of this magnificent soil.  That he is, oh yes, that he is.  The word is that the same Mr. Nandlall is an even finer ray in his luminosity on things related to the law.  Though there is confidence that ...

By Dr. Randolph Persaud (Randy), Professor Emeritus I write in response to a letter in the media (10/13/2023) in which the current PPP is accused of diverting from its ideals established seventy-three years ago when the party was founded by Cheddi and Janet Jagan, and others. The said argument by Hamilton Green demonstrates that neither he nor the PNC/APNU, have ...

The Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Khan on Tuesday indicated that there was no need for Guyanese to be worried about the movement of Venezuelan soldiers in areas off the border with Guyana. “If there is any need to alert on developments outside of the norm, we have a duty to make it known,” he told Demerara Waves ...

Guyana is training more nurses, providing advanced training to doctors, buying higher quality equipment and encouraging surgeons from across the Caribbean to come here to share their expertise as part of a wider plan to gear up the country to become a medical “hub” for the rest of the region, according to Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony. “In another couple ...

A Dutch company and a Chinese company have submitted bids to Guyana’s National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) to build the Corentyne River bridge. They are The Netherlands-headquartered Ballast Nedam and China Road and Bridges. Ballast Nedam has built most major river bridges in Suriname. Demerara Waves Online News was told that the next step is for the bids ...

Two members of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), who resisted the eviction and demolition of a building housing their party’s office in Lethem, had charges against them dismissed because the prosecution could prove that the building was in possession of the State. Their Attorney-at-Law, Darren Wade, who is also a PNCR member, described the charges as “politically motivated” against ...