The National Assembly on Tuesday approved changes to the Births and Deaths Registration Act to make it easier for adults to register their births and for parents to register their children with surnames of their choice. Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn, in kicking off debate, said one of the key amendments to the Births and Deaths Registration Act  was making ...

Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Tuesday said government was drafting new legislation to counter people smuggling. In contributing to a debate on the Adoption of Children (Amendment) Bill, he said the new trafficking Bill would also include provisions to specifically protect children. “We have a new trafficking Bill that will be brought to the Parliament that has in it several ...

A mechanic was shot dead late Monday afternoon and his friend injured in ‘B’ Field, Sophia, Greater Georgetown, prompting a manhunt for two men — ‘Big John’/‘Double Clip’ and ‘Brainer’, police said. Police were informed that at about 5:50 pm, 21-year-old Jaleel Leow, a mechanic of Dennis Street, Campbellville, Georgetown was shot dead. Police say that ‘Big John’ or ‘Double ...

Three women have been robbed at gunpoint at a beauty salon on Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, but so far no one has been arrested, police said Tuesday. Investigators said that at about 10:10 pm, two men rode up on a black motorcycle and entered Simone’s Beauty Salon where they robbed a 23-year-old female make-up artist, a 30-year-old female hairdresser and ...

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Monday said he was prepared to hold constitutionally required consultations with President Irfaan Ali on the appointment of a substantive Chancellor of the Judiciary and Chief Justice. “I wish to categorically state, once again, that I am ready, willing and able to engage in consultations on this matter at the earliest opportunity. I am prepared ...

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) on Monday gave a ringing endorsement of President Ali’s performance on the occasion of his one year in office and criticised the opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) for attempting to hold on to power. “The CIOG reiterates its support for His Excellency the President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali and ...

More than $900,000 worth of cellular phones and cash have been stolen from six relatives who were staying at a wedding house at La Union, West Coast Demerara on Sunday, August 1, the Guyana Police Force said. Police say two men and a woman have since been arrested, after they were invited back to the house. Among the robbery victims ...

President Irfaan Ali on Monday said that the confirmation of the Chancellor and the Chief Justice depends on the Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon recognising his government as legitimate. “I am sure Harmon definitively knows who also is the Leader of the Opposition and who is the President so the ball is in his court to do the right thing and ...

President Irfaan Ali  on Monday  announced that public servants would before year-end get retroactive salary increases, even as threw a cloud of uncertainty over the possibility of negotiations with the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU). “Let me assure you that the public servants will receive salary increases before the end of the year and it will be retroactive,” he said. ...

BY GHK LALL As we approach the one-year milepost of His Excellency, President Dr. Mohamed Irfan Ali’s installation in office, I cut through the national forest of political propaganda and PR fluff, and measure the record of the man and leader using six yardsticks.  In no particular order, they are: unity, transparency, accountability, economy, COVID-19 credibility, and floodwater gravity.  The ...