Opposition Guyana Elections Commissioner Vincent Alexander is suggesting that a biometric system be introduced for voters to cast their ballots and so remove the possibility of persons voting in the names of the dead, migrants and other absent persons. “I think, as a temporary, mechanism that a biometric feature should be introduced at the place of poll which feature requires ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday night set conditions for a public debate, in a heated but respectful exchange between the two senior political figures. Mr. Jagdeo to Mr. Norton: “If you bring your SOPs (Statements of Poll) tomorrow, make them public, the next day I’ll debate you. Mr. Norton to Mr. Jagdeo: “If you ...

by GHK Lall On this the eve of the one-week anniversary of World Press Freedom Day, attention is drawn again to that joint release by the ABCEU people on the ground here.  It was not just what was said, but how it was said, and placed before every Guyanese.  As I weighed the words of the diplomatic release, there is ...

President Irfaan Ali on Saturday night urged  the Guyanese Diaspora in Canada take advantage of growing economic opportunities in their homeland, even as Governance Minister Gail Teixeira said the Guyanese at home alone could not develop Guyana. “The Diaspora is a powerful tool but the Diaspora cannot be lazy. The Diaspora cannot be reactive, You have to be proactive. The ...

Several houses and foundations at Amelia’s Ward, Linden were demolished and destroyed on Saturday because they are in the path of a proposed road for the expansion of housing in the town, but the opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) has formally requested compensation and alternative land for the dislocated residents. Housing Minister Colin Croal said notice ...

Opposition-nominated Guyana Elections Commissioner, Vincent Alexander on Friday said government’s plan to remove the names of deceased persons from the voters list is nothing new and still thousands of names of unregistered deaths and persons who died overseas would remain on the national register. “That proposal is flawed. It is an attempt to retain the bloated list for the perpetration ...

The Guyana government on Thursday signaled strongly that the groundwork was being laid to somehow regulate news and current affairs entities that are operating Online, hours after the Press Association pushed back hard against what it regarded as attempts to stifle media freedom under the guise of responsible and good reporting. “Chief among the issues emerging as most urgent, is ...

Three persons at La Grange, West Bank Demerara say they were robbed Wednesday evening of  GY$548,000 worth of valuables and cash. The armed robbery occurred at 84 Independence Street. Those robbed at gunpoint are 40-year old Kumarie Persaud, 21-year old  Randy Persaud, and 18-year old Radiya Persaud. Police were told that one of the robbers was armed with a handgun ...

A Guyanese man, who was extradited to the United States three years ago, has been convicted for the murder of a man in New York in 2011,  Thirty-six year old Troy Thomas was found guilty of murder in the second degree. The court convicted Thomas for the shooting and killing of 20-year old Keith Frank  outside a South Richmond Hill ...

Guyana and Suriname on Wednesday advanced one step closer towards the construction of a bridge across the Corentyne River with the signing of a contract for feasibility studies to determine financing, traffic flows and toll and  other revenue generating options. The US$2 million contract with the Trinidad-based consultancy firm, WSP Caribbean, will see the conducting of the studies over the ...