The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)- the major party in Guyana’s opposition- could return to holding its congress in August, although the two-year life of the current executive expires in December, party leader Aubrey Norton said Friday. “There will be a congress. What I can’t guarantee you is that it will be in December because there is also the view ...

By Dr Randolph Persaud, Professor Emeritus Every now and again someone emerges in this land who claims to be the new Messiah. They come in big, bad, and with bad-ass bravado. They spout, tout, and shout. They assume the identity of saints, geniuses, pundits, men who will knock senses in the minds of a lost nation. They talk and write ...

The Guyana Police Force made history today as it became the first Public Agency in Guyana to be recognised and accredited by the National Accreditation Council, that law enforcement agency said in a statement. In a historic ‘Handing Over Ceremony’ hosted at the Officers’ Training Centre earlier this morning (Friday, September 08, 2023), the Police Force’s Academy officially received the ...

The 40-year old United Kingdom government’s Chevening Scholarship is contributing “future leaders”, several of whom are periodically brainstorming issues in Guyana and encouraging more locals to apply. President of the Chevening Alumni (Guyana), Hubert Forrester said his organisation pairs previous scholarship awardees with new counterparts. Members, he said, also host online discussions titled’ Chevening Talks’ where they “share their expertise” ...

The People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) congress to elect a new leader and other executive members could be held this year but there is a chance it could spill over into early next year, party sources said Friday. While sources said the circular to party groups notifying them of a date for congress is yet to be dispatched, party General ...

by GHK Lall A youngster was prompted by someone he felt he had to please to attack my servanthood and, worse still, my integrity.  Because he had to please at all costs, it was felt that any means would suffice, and the lower the better.  He did go low: splicing and cherry-picking, and exaggerating and distorting.  The lengths that is ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday signaled that government would pay the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s GY$420 million debt to the Sugar Trading Enterprise Pension Scheme (STEPS), in the wake of a formal demand by the regulator to the State-owned producer of the sweetener. “Once it has to do with workers’ pension and contribution, then just like how we promised to keep ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday demanded that the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) admit to its history of election rigging before there could be a possibility of engagement in the executive. “Our insistence, as a political party, on their acknowledgement that they have sought throughout their entire history to steal elections is an ...

by GHK Lall For a while now operatives of the PPP have come up with a new one: those who are haters of the PPP.  It is a most peculiar contention since some members of the People’s Progressive Party can be so full of hate that it has taken hold of them like a disease.  I think this same hatefulness ...

The Greater Guyana Initiative (GGI)-funded Enhancing Community Wellness Project, which aims to reduce the prevalence of chronic health conditions in 150 participants was officially launched August 30 at 3t EnerMech, Lusignan, East Coast Demerara (ECD). This project is being led by the Roraima Learning Trust (RLT) and aims to reduce the prevalence of chronic health conditions such as diabetes and ...