The United States (US) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is paying close attention to China’s influence in Guyana and several other Caribbean countries as part of a US$67.1 billion authorised spending under the Intelligence Authorisation Act 2023. “The Committee remains concerned, among other areas, about the People’s Republic of China’s intentions and influence in the Caribbean, including in Suriname and Guyana,” ...

Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali will  Thursday join other Caribbean leaders for a meeting with United States Vice President Kamala Harris, his office announced on Wednesday. “The meeting is a follow-up to H.E President Joseph Biden and Vice President Harris’s commitment at the recent Summit of the Americas to partner with the Caribbean to promote energy security, access to finance, and ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Wednesday decided to extend the Claims and Objections period by seven days, to afford eligible persons further opportunities to participate in the process, based on a request by the opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC). The elections management agency said persons who are desirous of making a Claim to be included ...

Major Western Nations  on the occasion of International Day of Democracy- to be observed on Thursday- said democracy is not limited to free and fair elections, even as they pledged to support efforts by “all” Guyanese to play a role in their country’s development. “While free, fair and inclusive elections are critical, democracies also help safeguard human rights and fundamental ...

A retired policeman on Wednesday remained in custody for his alleged role in the abduction and armed robbery  of a businessman from Belmont, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, the Guyana Police Force said. The robbery victim, 35-year old Jagdesh Mangal, said after he was whisked away and robbed of GY$3.6 million dollars worth of gold and diamond jewellery, he was taken ...

Two Guyanese gold miners were Tuesday shot accidentally when a Venezuelan man and a Guyanese man opened fire at each other during a heated argument, police said. Those shot are 38-year old Ronell Cleon Trotman of Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara and 30-year old Kurt Arthur of Lot 51 First Alley Wismar, Linden. After the incident, which occurred at Gold ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will Wednesday decide whether to give into a request by A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) for the extension of the Claims and Objections period of the continuous registration process, Chief Elections Officer Vishnu Persaud said Tuesday. “The issue was discussed was today (Tuesday) at the statutory commission meeting. It will be revisited ...

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall on Tuesday said the current constitutional provisions and laws governing elections  could be changed if the constitutional reform commission accepts such proposals. “Nothing is cast in stone. Everything can change but we must understand the process and we must understand what the law says on each of these matters,” he told ...

One of the architects and a judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Professor Duke Pollard, died on Tuesday in a hospital in the United States, close friends said. He was 86 years old. Sources said he passed away in a hospital in New York shortly before he was due to return home. Mr. Pollard was a former Legal ...

The Commissioners of Inquiry into alleged attempts to rig the March 2020 general and regional elections were sworn in on Tuesday before Chief Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan. They are Chairman of the Commission – Retired Justice of  Appeal of the Turks and Caicos Islands,  Stanley John; Former Attorney General, High Court Judge and Acting Justice of Appeal in the Eastern ...