A City Constable, who allegedly shot a Lance Corporal and her male friend at the Bourda, Regent Street outpost, surrendered Thursday afternoon in the company of a lawyer, well-placed sources said. Sources said Constable Lindon Isaacs also took the weapon that he allegedly used to shoot the duo to the City Constabulary headquarters. The handgun had no live rounds, according ...

Leader of the People’s Nati0nal Congress Reform (PNCR) Aubrey Norton on Thursday said Chairman of the Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) Council, Daniel Seeram should resign because he has been allegedly involved in domestic violence. “We think he should step down but I’m saying to you, at this stage, we have not said to him ‘look, you need to go,” Mr Norton ...

by GHK Lall So, who is having a memory lapse, who is having a ‘senior moment’, and who is plain outright fabricating what went on in the meeting between officials of the PPP Government and US Congressman’s Hakeem Jeffries’ delegation?  The PPP Government side said that inclusion never came up in the discussions.  The Minority Leader in the US House ...

The United States (US) on Wednesday afternoon deemed as “unacceptable” Venezuela’s clear threat to oil companies that have bid for eight oil blocks offshore Guyana. “The U.S. supports Guyana’s sovereign right to develop its own natural resources. Efforts to infringe upon Guyana’s sovereignty are unacceptable. We call on Venezuela to respect international law, including the 1899 arbitral award & the ...

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday vowed to defend its territorial sovereignty in the face of  fresh threats by Venezuela after several companies bid to explore for oil in a number of offshore blocks. “Guyana will spared no effort in defending its sovereignty and territorial integrity,” he said in his address to the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly ...

President Irfaan Ali is Wednesday expected to voice concern at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) about Venezuela’s threat to block investors from taking up oil blocks offshore Guyana. “The President will also highlight the recent statements and even threats made by Venezuela and bringing the UN General Assembly to it and, further, a number of bilaterals have also been ...

By Dr. Randolph Persaud, Professor Emeritus I read with interest a piece by Collin Haynes in the media talking about a “race dilemma” in Guyana (KN 19/9/2023). The main contention is that “[i]n order for the country to move past racial bias that’s (sic) been ingrained in the moral fabric and political psyche of the nation, every party in power ...

Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro on Tuesday denounced Venezuela’s insistence that much of Guyana’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is hers and so investors should not be allowed to explore or produce oil there unless there is a bilateral agreement between the two neighbouring South American nations. “We vehemently decry intimidatory tactics that seek to ...

by GHK Lall President Ali is caught on the jagged prongs of a dilemma.  He turns to the left he is in trouble; he looks to the right, and he would be in the wrong.  This is being between the devil and the raging sea, and it is the President’s lot.  I feel sorry for him: he is damned if ...

Guyana’s potable water and sanitation utilities are among those in the Caribbean that can now take advantage of a low-cost United Kingdom-funded US$25 million insurance scheme to fund repairs caused by disasters such as hurricanes and floods, , the UK High Commission here said in a statement. All Caribbean water and sanitation utilities are encouraged to join and will benefit ...