By GHK Lall US Vice President Kamala Harris is the woman of the moment. Ms. Harris could be a strong contender for Woman of the Year, depending on November. Once that barrier is scaled and the rest falls into place, pursuant to democratic norms, she could qualify to be Woman of the Decade. I stop there for now, but circumstances ...

By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus For the past several months, columnist GHK Lall has been trying to make a case against the PPP on economic grounds. He tried everything in his repertoire but came up empty-handed. The truth is the Guyanese economy is roaring both at the level of macro-economic fundamentals, and also at the level of individuals and ...

Two Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldiers have been denied their pre-trial liberty and remanded to prison after they pleaded not guilty to a charge of being in possession of 154 pounds of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking, police said Tuesday. Soldiers Clovis Sam, 31, of Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown and Adisa Higgins, 42, of Wismar Housing Scheme, Linden were arraigned ...

Kingston, 22 July 2024—A new report released today by UNAIDS shows the world is at a critical moment that will determine whether world leaders meet their commitment to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. The report, ‘The Urgency of Now: AIDS at a Crossroads’, brings together new data and case studies which demonstrate that the decisions and policy choices taken by world leaders this year will decide the fate of ...

Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony on Tuesday announced that Guyana has embarked on a plan to make HIV (Human Immuno-deficiency Virus) treatment widely available at all health facilities in order to weed out fears of stigma and discrimination by infected persons going to special treatment centres. “One of the things that we’re doing right now to address this problem is ...

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Tuesday said it had no problem with the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) investigating alleged corruption in that law enforcement agency, despite calls in other quarters for an independent probe. “SOCU was designed, in 0ur view, to be that source to do police investigation and other investigation as it was ...

The Queen’s College of Guyana Alumni Association (NY), Inc. (QCAANY) is hosting its 7th Queen’s College Summer Math Institute (QCSMI) from July 22nd, 2024 to July 31st, 2024, at the Queen’s College Campus in Georgetown, Guyana. The QCSMI will run Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with daily lunch and snacks, T-shirts and other giveaways provided at ...

A taxi driver of Onderneeming/Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast is on court bail after he pleaded not guilty to assaulting a peace officer and several other related offences, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said on Monday. Jitendra Baljodah, 35, was slapped with the four charges for the offences he allegedly committed on two policemen on June 26, 2024. Suddie Magistrate, Tamieka ...

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Monday registered its concern that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) was investigating alleged corruption in that law enforcement agency, and recommended that other agencies be involved in an independent probe. GCCI President, Kester Hutson told Demerara Waves Online News that in addition to the Police Service Commission, government and civil society ...

by GHK Lall President Joe Biden should go gracefully to pasture. If he is as is today, there is no telling how he will be a year from now. The odds of better are remote to nonexistent, even staying the same are uphill. Former president Donald Trump was hanging by a thread, but the attempt on his life has made ...