Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton is distancing his party from party member Dr Richard Van West Charles who is tipped to become Guyana’s next Ambassador to Venezuela. Addressing a flag raising ceremony in the forecourt of Congress Place to mark the PNCR’s 66th anniversary, Mr Norton highlighted a number of sectoral achievements whenever that party ...

Guyana’s public health care system is now delivering cancer biopsy results in less than two weeks rather than waiting several months, says Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony. After visiting the doctor and biopsy specimens from suspicious lumps are taken, he said up to last month it took a long time before patients received results, resulting in the “agony” and distress ...

GTT is urging Guyanese to help that company raise GY$30 million to fight breast cancer and other cancers, amid staggering figures about that disease in this South American nation. GTT spokeswoman, Jasmin Harris says the money will be used raise awareness, screening and diagnosis. Key activities for the remainder of October/Pintokber are medical outreaches in Bartica on October 8, World ...

by GHK Lall A social media clip came to me overnight, compliments of a citizen.  It was His Excellency, President Dr. Irfaan Ali.  After the first line, “Everybody is a specialist now…a former president…” I took a hasty exit when he reached “engineer” in that same sentence.  For what I saw and heard in those 15-20 seconds was not a dear ...

By Dr. Randolph Persaud, Professor Emeritus I begin by sending good greetings to the Honorable Chairperson Steven Horsford, and to all the members of the Congressional Black Caucus. My correspondence is warranted because of the incessant efforts by the Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID) based in New York, to insert the politics of Guyana into the dynamic of American ...

President Irfaan Ali has refuted claims by the Guyana Teachers Union, Guyana Public Service Union and the opposition that his meeting with teachers last Monday amounted to negotiations. “This was not a meeting to negotiate anything. This was a meeting to meet directly with teachers to listen to them, to listen to their concerns, to hear from them how they ...

A bus belonging to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) early Saturday morning allegedly struck down and killed a woman on the Foulis Public Road, West Coast Berbice, and police intercepted the vehicle and arrested the soldier minutes later on the East Coast Demerara. The Guyana Police Force said 38-year-old Lavie Long was hit at about 1:05 AM and the soldier,46, ...

In clear reference to a newspaper report quoting former President Donald Ramotar as saying he would have renegotiated the ExxonMobil oil contract, President Irfaan Ali on Friday lashed back saying that such an approach would have dire consequences for investor confidence in Guyana. “How will you build confidence in the system when you have the sophisticated investor looking on from ...

In an effort to address the persisting backlog in the issuance of Guyana passports, the government has announced plans to clear the buildup of about 5,700 passports and ensure the swift issuance of passports to citizens. During a live update on Friday, President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali revealed that all efforts are being made to resolve the problem by next ...

The fire that destroyed a three-storey building in Charlestown, Georgetown. Wednesday night was caused by a slack connection to electrical points, the Guyana Fire Service said Friday. The GFS said the points overheated, the insulation broke down and that lead to arcing and sparking and the subsequent ignition of nearby combustible materials. The now destroyed building was located at 33 Lyng ...