The civil society pro-participatory governance organisation, Article 13, said the acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Yonette Cummings and acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire should be confirmed because they have performed creditably. “They have obviously been in the system for years and years. Over the time, they would have given some excellent decisions. They would have given some decisions that were ...

The President of the Amateur Athletics Association of Guyana, Aubrey Hutson on Tuesday said talk that the Guyanese team at the CARIFTA Games in Jamaica was short of cash for COVID tests an extra night’s food was due to  a wrong calculation by the Team Manager but at all times money was available to send to the team. He explained ...

by GHK Lall Three articles from Demerara Waves on Good Friday confirmed my worst fears. I can relate to them, long having suspected that this was what was there in the real Guyana.  This country is in a terrible state, as attested to from the minds and mouths of citizens, and regardless of what leaders in the Government say.  Though ...

A countrywide face-to-face opinion poll conducted earlier this year for the International Republican Institute (IRI) has found that more than 80 percent of Guyanese see the need for electoral reforms, and although the vast majority of eligible persons voted in the 2020 general elections many of them do not trust the declared results. Of the sample of 1,500 persons 18 ...

A poll commissioned by the United States (US) pro-democracy organisation, International Republican Institute (IRI) finds that Guyanese believe that race relations in this South American nation second to transparency and accountability in government, but they are happy with efforts to empower women and indigenous people’s rights. In the poll conducted among 1,500 respondents during January 2022,  29 percent of the ...

A United States (US)-funded opinion poll conducted earlier this year shows that cost of living, unemployment and the coronavirus are the biggest problems among Guyanese but elected representatives are not doing sufficient to address them. The poll, which was conducted for the International Republican Institute (IRI) between January 4 and 24 through face-to-face interviews in the homes of 1,500 Guyanese ...

Three persons were Thursday charged with an armed robbery they allegedly committed on a contractor  during an invasion of his home earlier this month, police said. They were jointly charged with the offence allegedly committed on Alex Aldridge on April 6 at 23 Goedverwagting Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara.  They were refused bail and ordered to return to court on ...

A woman, who allegedly stabbed a 4-year old child, has been charged with attempted murder. Police say that 29-year old Padmini Dwarka of 185 Timehri Cemetery Road, East Bank Demerara was granted $150,000 bail. She is accused of stabbing four-year old Zahara Lewis of  Lot 185 Timehri Cemetery Road Ms. Dwarka was not required to plead to the charge when ...

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday announced that the perennial flooding in South Ruimveldt whenever there is heavy rainfall would be addressed in the coming months. “The drainage of this South Ruimveldt area is one of the most important pieces of infrastructure that has to be addressed,” he said to applause by attendees. Speaking at the commissioning of the Mandela Avenue ...

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday announced that a high-tech system will be activated next week on the new $2.3 billion four-lane concrete highway from Mandela Avenue to Eccles that could eventually see speeding drivers losing their licences. “The adjustment of the laws would come where necessary to activate the demerit system for drivers so that those who continuously abuse the ...