Incumbent Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, David Granger has not been nominated by any party group for any position. This is the first time in that party’s 60-odd year history that a sitting leader has not been nominated. The PNCR’S Congress is scheduled to be held on December 11. The PNCR did not release the number of nominations ...

In the wake of a leaked letter by Guyana’s Agent for the border case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Carl Greenidge, the Foreign Affairs Ministry  late Tuesday night sought to explain its decision to include two border experts in the process. In a letter dated April 7, 2021, Mr. Greenidge objected to  Head of the Frontiers Section, Donnette ...

Two siblings- Mr. Delonte De Clou and Ms. Ama De Clou- were Monday admitted to  practice in Guyana, marking what Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire remarked appeared to be a Blenman ‘dynasty’ in the legal profession. “Both of you are fortunate in that I want to think that there is a Blenman-De Clou dynasty in the making. We have other legal ...

Acting Deputy Police Commissioner, Wendell Blanhum on Friday bemoaned the shortage of investigators, even as he released figures showing an overall 19.4 percent reduction in crime. “There is an inadequate amount of investigators to police all ten regions,” he said He attributed the shortage of these key personnel to resignations, retirements, transfers to other regions as part of disciplinary actions ...

The opposition Alliance For Change (AFC) and A New and United Guyana (ANUG) disagree with the GY$10 million fines and life imprisonment for a number of election offences but the government said attempts to cheat an election amount to toppling an elected government. ANUG Chairman, Attorney-at-Law Timothy Jonas said the way the proposed amendments to the Representation of the People ...

Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Friday dismissed claims by People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Aubrey Norton that the proposed break-up of Region Four into four electoral sub-districts is aimed at rigging future elections by creating additional seats. “Region Four remains the same number of seats. We didn’t create more than one district. We kept the district as one and we ...

Executive member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton on Friday accused the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) administration of splitting Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) into four sub-districts to rig future general and regional elections. He does not believe that the break-up of Region/District Four is merely about the convenience of counting the votes in the highest populated region ...

Joseph Harmon says the positions of Opposition Leader and Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) should be held  by one person, but his main rival, Aubrey Norton, says if he wins the leadership race the party will have to decide. Tracing the history of the PNCR, Mr. Harmon noted that its  founder-leader Forbes Burnham, as President,  through from ...

Two United States-based Guyanese brothers drowned on Tuesday They have been identified as Ryan and Rawle Fortune of Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara. They are the nephews of well-known Physical Education Teacher and coach, Johnny ‘Overseas’ Barnwell. Mr. Barnwell told Demerara Waves Online News/News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM that Rawle visited Guyana last month. “It grieve me to see that ...

by GHK Lall The proposed draft amendments to the Representation of the People Act, all six thousand, five hundred and more words, have strong pluses, some glaring minuses.  The priorities rightly target fraud and attempts at fraud, but only partially and selectively, I believe.  I think that some areas that were left untouched open the door for more disputes, and ...