The seven-member Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Tuesday appeared split down the middle over whether former Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO) Vishnu Persaud should be given the nod to succeed Keith Lowenfield as Chief Election Officer (CEO). Pro-People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Elections Commissioner, Bibi Shadick was quite confident that Mr. Persaud could be appointed “hopefully by the end of the ...

Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony wants more pregnant women to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, COVID-19, as many of them are ending up in hospital with the viral disease. “The point here is that the majority of the patients that we have at the Ocean View Hospital now are because they are pregnant and they are positive for COVID and ...

Leader hopeful for the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton is promising to train party members how to manage money, amid a raging controversy over government minister Charles Ramson saying that Black Guyanese do not have proper role models especially in the area of wealth creation. “Most importantly, we intend to train them in financial literacy and small business ...

by GHK Lall Many damaging negatives have been piled on the glistening tome of Guyana’s Vice President.  I take stock, and reach conclusions, which would surprise my Guyanese brethren (American, too).  I now see him in a different light, a human one. The VP is a good man.  His head led him astray, he is troubled by bad days.  We ...

At least 87 percent of Guyanese do not believe that votes in general and regional elections are “never” counted correctly and fairly, according to the latest Latin American Public Opinion (LAPOP) poll conducted this year. Titled “Pulse of Democracy”, the report states that “there is wide variation across countries in terms of beliefs about election integrity”. While 75 percent of ...

President Irfaan Ali on Friday appealed to trade unions to take the 7 percent retroactive wage and salary increase for this year, and dismissed the call by the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) for a full payout of the GY$10 billion allocated for annual emoluments. “I appeal to the unions to take off their political hat, take off their political ...

by GHK Lall In fabled British espionage and author Graham Greene lore, there was a ‘fifth man’ somewhere out there.  The mystery has never been satisfactorily finalized.  So, the question is that, though, he was suspected of being ‘out there’, how far out there was he really, and did he really exist? That is the extended question that I ask ...

Workers of Banks DIH will get a nine percent pay increase for this year, as part of a three-year agreement between management and the Guyana Workers Union (GWU), the company said. According to the company, which is one of Guyana’s leading manufacturers, workers would get five percent in 2022 and three percent in 2023. The signature of the Memorandum of  ...

A man was early Thursday morning burnt to death in a fire at his residence at Market Street, Enterprise, East Coast Demerara The Guyana Fire Service has identified him as 54- year old Shwavash Goolchand. Investigators are reportedly trying to ascertain the cause of the blaze. The Fire Service says that due to radiated heat two vehicles located on the ...

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) on Tuesday asked President Irfaan Ali to pay government employees an additional 7 percent retroactive increase in wages and salaries for this year, saying that workers in this oil-rich nation now deserve fatter pay packets. The GTU said GY$10 billion was allocated in the 2021 National Budget for increases in pay to Public Servants. ...