Four Venezuelan men have been arrested for allegedly stabbing and assaulting a Guyanese policeman after he intervened in a violent dispute between two women, one of whom was Spanish-speaking. The incident occurred shortly before midnight Sunday on Cornhill Street, Georgetown, a short distance from the Stabroek Market. While on Cornhill Street he observed a Spanish-speaking female armed with a broken ...

Charrandass Persaud—the then governing APNU+AFC parliamentarian who had voted for an opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion in 2018 to bring down the David Granger-led administration—on Sunday said he would be getting back into active politics. Mr Persaud said he would be deciding his political future by December 15, 2024, noting that if he were to form a party he could secure 5 ...

Demerara Dairies Inc (DDI), a subsidiary of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), is eyeing a double-digit share of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) cow’s milk market when the company begins production at a highly technologically driven farm at the more than 200 acre Moblissa facility, officials said Sunday. According to DDL’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer and DDI’s Finance Director, Vasudeo Singh, the ...

Guyana wants tighter border security with its eastern neighbour Suriname as part of efforts to curb transnational crimes, Minister of Governance, Gail Teixeira said Saturday at a reception to mark that former Dutch colony’s 49th independence anniversary. “Cooperation between Guyana and Suriname is vital to effectively combat crime, particularly involving the transnational trade in narcotics, human trafficking and contraband,” she ...

By GHK Lall Excellency Narendra Modi made me think, pushed me to the brink. I bow in acknowledgement. A leader who could preside over steadfast oppression and sometimes systematic demolition of the way of life of over 200 million of his citizens, could still speak sweetly of democracy. He knows its soft spots, those very sweet ones, and has cultivated ...

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall on Friday filed a more than GY$100 million lawsuit against New York-based Guyanese social media political activist, Melissa “Melly Mel” Atwell for allegedly defaming him in several Facebook posts. The court documents, which were released to the media states that the several posts were made on November 21-22 with a number ...

The chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh, denies any personal political bias in the face of growing opposition calls for her to resign because she allegedly votes with the three People’s Progressive Party (PPP)-aligned election commissioners. “There is an accusation that I’m always voting with the PPP. I make my own decision,” she told a ...

As the number of eligible voters is set to surpass the latest figure of 718,715 and further fuel opposition calls for a clean list and digitalised fingerprint registration and identification of electors at polling stations, Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Claudette Singh on Friday said the commission needs to figure out whether it can introduce that biometric system. ...

by GHK Lall Guyanese are sure going to have fond memories of Indian Prime Minister Shree Narendra Modi’s visit here. It was from India to Guyana with love. The love was a little too much at times, too targeted, too narrowly isolated. In the euphoria of Modi-ji’s official visit, Guyanese looked the other way, rushed past some of what he ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s labelling of three top Indo-Guyanese members of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) as “ambassadors” of Indo-Guyanese would not hurt the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) at next year’s general and regional elections and did not amount to campaigning for the incumbent, PNCR executive member, Ganesh Mahipaul, said Friday. In response to a question by Demerara ...