Attorneys-at-Law Roysdale Forde and Amanza Walton-Desir, who accepted nominations for the position of leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) suspended their campaign citing massive irregularities, on the eve of the start of their party’s three-day congress slated for June 28 to 30. Their announcement came hours before the High Court was Friday due to consider applications for injunctions ...

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Thursday ruled that only Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited, now known as ExxonMobil Guyana, needed a permit for the Liza 1 project rather than also its co-venturers, Hess and CNOOC Guyana. The applicant, Ramon Gaskin, had contended that each of the three companies ought to have applied for and obtained permits. He had ...

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday night said the “extraordinary” security cooperation between the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the United States Army’s Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) is not aimed at stoking aggression in the region. “I want to make it very clear, because the propaganda can be different, there is no conversation between the US and Guyana in our security architecture ...

Barring the High Court’s granting of an injunction on Thursday to block the People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) highest decision-making meeting from going ahead on Friday, Returning Officer Vincent Alexander said he was satisfied with his preparations to preside over the internal elections. “My process is to run an election. I am on target and the candidates with whom I ...

A High Court action was Wednesday filed to block the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) from holding its 22nd Biennial Delegates Congress, including its internal elections for the post of leader and members of the Central Executive Committee (CEC), saying that preparations violate its rules and this will ultimately infect Guyana’s general and regional elections. A second inter-related ground-breaking lawsuit ...

Delegates to the People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) highest decision-making meeting this weekend have soared to 2,000 and they will consider several motions including one for that party’s leader to be the presidential candidate for next year’s general and regional elections, party sources said. Congress Administrator, Sherwin Benjamin told a news briefing about the 22nd Biennial Delegates Congress slated for ...

by GHK Lall Corruption is more than a cancer. Corruption is more killing Guyanese by a thousand cuts. Corruption is embalming Guyana while its citizens are still alive. First, the vital national organs are removed. What this country has left is the people that fall under the shell of inhabitants. Citizens are too high a branch to be aimed for, ...

Guyana is now boasting a significant number of therapists, resulting in several countries being eager to learn about the strategy to do so, according to Director of Disability and Rehabilitation Services, Dr. Ariane Mangar. “People want what we have and they want to also learn how we were able to [achieve] such a remarkable feat of training our own therapists,” ...

As Guyana slowly approaches next year’s general and regional elections, the governing People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) has in recent days issued a warning to party supporters not to fall prey to recycled politicians who were part of an attempt to derail the country’s democratic process. In clear campaigning by the incumbent party, PPP Executive Secretary, Zulfikar Mustapha on Monday ...

It will stand before the majestic and mystical Paint Mountain. A one-of-a-kind, a marvel, a monument to intelligence and a testament to the persistent and persevering knowledge of a people…Our people, Maoka Taawa University of the Forests.  In a series of three simple but highly significant events in the indigenous village of Aishalton, a 16-year-old dream of our indigenous brothers ...