By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus Back in the mid-1970s there were still some functional traffic lights in Georgetown. I distinctly recall the one at Main and Church Streets, just by the Bank of Guyana and the National Library. The one at Lamaha and Camp Streets also stand out. Then bit by bit, all the lights went out. There was ...

By GHK Lall Mr. Hamilton Green had a flash of inspiration, or what he thought was, and let his frustration and desperation run amok.  Rigging would be right if only so that Guyana could be rid of its political torturers.  The latter is the current cast of characters that make up the PPP Government.  The rigging relates to elections.  Mr. ...

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton on Thursday said veteran Guyanese politician Hamilton Green’s recent remark about election rigging was taken out of context, but Attorney General Anil Nandlall said the former Prime Minister’s remarks Mr Norton said “if” was omitted in quoting Mr Green. “When it was carried by the press, they would have left ...

The Guyana Public. Service Union (GPSU) on Thursday said it would give government a deadline to negotiate increased wages and salaries  or industrial action  would called. The GPSU indicated that it first has to exhaust the grievance procedure, but gave no timeline when that would start. “The Union will continue to engage its members on this matter over the coming ...

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) on Thursday said the High Court issued orders that for the time prevents government from cutting the salaries of striking teachers and and stopping the automatic deduction of union membership dues. “Teachers, who have been threatened that your salaries will be cut; the judge has issued a ruling,” GTU President, Dr Mark Lyte said on ...

Guyana is considering the hiring of foreign nurses to man the several hospitals that are under construction, even as hundreds of local nurses continue to migrate mainly to the United Kingdom (UK), a top government official said Wednesday. “Soon we may have to bring in nurses to work in the country- because, once those hospitals are completed and most of ...

The United States (US) on Wednesday donated 1,000 doses of Paxlovid, an oral pill that is used to treat COVID-19 patients with a high risk of severe illness or death, to Guyana, the embassy here said. The embassy said that medication complements a separate donation of 354,660 Pfizer vaccine doses. Speaking at the handover of the doses to the Ministry ...

by GHK Lall If I am an investor, the Guyana Energy Confab is the place to be.  If I am an investor with big visions and deep pockets and huge hunger, then the man of the moment is Guyana’s President, Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali.  At least, he was the one on Monday.  Excellency Ali hit some soaring crescendos.  In ...

An fire believed to be of electrical 0rigin on Wednesday morning destroyed a house at Bladen Hall, East Coast Demerara leaving nine persons homeless, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) said. The house, which was located at 111 Bladen Hall, Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara, was occupied by 48-year old Aubrey Matthew and eight other persons. The GFS said that, as ...

The High Court is Thursday expected to hear an applicati0n by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to block the deduction of monies from the salaries of teachers who are now on a 13-day old strike, but Attorney General Anil Nandlall said he plans to mount a stiff opposition based on court rules. Through its lawyer, Darren Wade, the GTU is ...