By GHK Lall It is strange the lengths to which powerful men would go to rationalize the irrational, to stand up for what makes for little sense, since it is so hollow, so-self-serving.  This was the case recently when the Hon Vice President went public to share, he and (possibly) his government’s position on those nominated by the Opposition for ...

The Director of the Ministry of Health’s Food and Drugs Department Dr. Marlan Cole was Friday officially stripped of his responsibilities and reassigned in what is being regarded as a demotion. “You are instructed to meet with the  Chief Medical Officer and the Director of Standards and Technical Services to discuss your scope of work, the specifics of your new ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday defended his administration’s decision to shut out all of the opposition’s nominees to sit on the board of the Natural Resources Fund and indicated there was hardly any room for compromise with the opposition in approving spending. The Vice President sought to justify government’s selection of former People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) parliamentarian Dunstan ...

Pressure on Friday intensified for a lawyer to be investigated for allegedly assaulting, verbally abusing  hurling racial slurs against a policewoman who was on duty at the residence of his father. But the Guyana Police Force was Friday officially silent on allegations by the policewoman of the Constabulary section. Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie declined to take calls or respond to ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday said his government was working to tightening electoral laws and procedures but he effectively ruled out reverting to residency as a requirement for being on the voters list. “I pointed out that we are going to work with the international community and all the parties, including APNU (A Partnership for National Unity) in the ...

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton said he on Thursday told the United States government’s Caribbean Chief  Dianne Feinstein that the mechanism set up to manage Guyana’s oil revenues excludes elected representatives of almost half of the population. Mr. Norton said she committed to taking back his party’s concerns to the US, but he hoped that ...

Public Works Minister Juan Edghill says an inquiry has found that the captain of the trawler that sank several weeks ago had informed Noble House Seafoods that the vessel had been taking in water. However, Mr Edghill says that Noble House never reported the occurrence until nine hours later. He says the trawler captain was not licensed and he and ...

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) said it has teamed up with the Guyana government to support this year’s hackathon styled the 2022 “Innovation Challenge” whose aim is to find technology solutions to some of the country’s problems.  The telecommunications company said it has partnered with the Office of the Prime Minister’s  Industry and Innovation Unit for the launch of ...

The United States Deputy Assistant Secretary for Caribbean Affairs and Haiti, Barbara A. Feinstein will this week hold wide-ranging talks with the Guyana government, opposition and civil society, the American Embassy said Wednesday. Ms. Feinstein’s March 24-26 visit to Guyana comes against the backdrop of frequent calls by American Democratic Congressmen and President Joe Biden for “inclusive” economic growth for ...

The Guyana government is on the verge of licensing a new merchant bank that will target the rapidly emerging large business sector, officials said. Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo first announced the formation of the financial institution at a meeting with residents of Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam). “We just licensed a merchant bank- a Guyanese guy who got it, the licence- and ...