General Secretary of the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo Wednesday night accused government of misleading Guyanese that genuine consultations would have been held first before deciding the fate of the bankrupt Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco). Jagdeo said United States-based Guyanese Brian Wesley Kirton was authorised before the consultations to search for investors in Guysuco, “This was before they invited ...

Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Winston Felix on Wednesday denied that agreement was reached Wednesday afternoon with a group of persons for several Haitians to be granted work permits, paving the way for them to be released. “I’m saying that I am in a meeting and I know nothing about what you are talking about,” Felix told Demerara Waves Online ...

A government minister Tuesday evening said Guyana has made mistake in the way Haitians arriving here n route to French Guiana has been handled and he hinted that that that approach would be reversed. Junior Minister of Social Protection, Keith Scott was at the time responding to wide-ranging concerns about the status of the Haitians by attendees at a Conversation ...

The man, who was busted with more than 20 pounds of cocaine and illegal guns by police at his Lot 6 J Duncan Street, Campbelville residence, was Tuesday morning jailed for four years and 24 months after pleading guilty to the charges. Trevor Rodrigues, a taxi driver, was charged with having 11.363 kilogrammes of cocaine in his possession for the ...

Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine is no longer Minister of Education, and he has been replaced by Nicolette Henry, a move that has prompted grave concerns by the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), a partner in the governing coalition. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon made the announcement earlier Tuesday.  “The President, David Granger this (Tuesday) morning at cabinet briefed cabinet that ...

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo Monday evening  agreed to submit a third list of nominees for the post of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission and if that list fails to get President David Granger’s approval, a high-level team would iron out the difficulties. “It was also agreed that a high-level team would be assembled representing the President and the Leader ...

Statement by Dr. David Hinds on the 37th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Walter Rodney Rodney, the exemplar of Social Justice activism and People’s Power. As we remember Walter Rodney on another June 13, we again honour the life and contributions of a product of our Guyana and Caribbean who gave hope to tens of thousands that a Guyana ...

by GHK Lall There is increasing concern for that which is taking shape in this society.  Taking shape runs the risk of some understatement, as foundation, superstructure, and roof are all in place, and poised to experience reinforcements.  For in 2017 Guyana, there is already something of an aberration in operation, and an oxymoron in clashing encroaching stride; and if ...

A risk- based approach has an important role in financial institutions in relation to Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT). Bank of Guyana (BOG) Supervision Guideline 13 states, “ the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) in its revised forty recommendations plus nine special recommendations on AML/CFT recommended that financial institutions adopt a risk-based approach to customer due ...

Five persons, including a woman, were Monday morning arrested in connection with a 12.3 kilogrammes marijuana bust, police said. The Guyana Police Force says its ranks of  acting on information stopped and searched a hire car about 08:00hrs this morning on the Aurora Public Road, Essequibo Coast. There, police said, they found a carton box containing 25 taped parcels of ...