President David Granger on Thursday said Venezuela’s latest decree still flouts Guyana’s territorial integrity, but assured that his country’s insistence on protecting its land and maritime space do not amount to aggression. Addressing Parliament on the border issue, he said in reality there was no material difference between Decree 1787 issued on May 26, 2015 and Decree 1859 issued on ...

by Denis Chabrol and Zena Henry The High Court on Thursday ruled that having a presidential term limit is unconstitutional, paving the way for Bharrat Jagdeo to again contest future elections if there is a referendum or successful appeal.  “The court therefire holds that Act No. 17 of 2001, in so far as it seeks to trench on an dilute ...

A Guyanese security guard, who allegedly attempted to take a huge quantity of marijuana and cocaine to Barbados, was arrested at the Ogle International Airport. Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) agents arrested the 29-year old man who lives at Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara. He was Wednesday afternoon preparing to board a LIAT flight to Barbados. A senior CANU agent ...

by Zena Henry and Denis Chabrol In the face of the imminent collapse of the lucrative Venezuelan rice market, Guyanese rice farmers and millers are preparing for the eventual fallout by having to take lower world market prices for the grain. Guyana will have to “aggressively” seek  search for more rice markets as the State’s only and most lucrative; rice ...

A Land Court Judge and her husband were early Thursday morning severely battered and robbed during an invasion of their home on the East Coast Demerara, but the bandits moments later dropped their prized booty during an exchange of gunfire. Five of the six persons were arrested, police said. Badly injured and admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of ...

Government believes that the notebooks provided for nationwide distribution under the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project were of poor quality and there appears to be no linkage between the mini-computers and Internet access. That conclusion was made by Minister of State in the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon following a visit to the OLPF’s operations at Forshaw Street, ...

by Zena Henry Former Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Irfaan Ali has denied statements by government that little documentation exist to support the spending of some $100m in that ministry’s  Rural Development Fund (RDF) project. Minister of State Joseph Harmon made the claim at Cabinet’s press briefing Wednesday July 8, but Ali says that the government needs to look ...

by Zena Henry The government has denied claims by Venezuela’s former Foreign Minister, Jose Vicente Rangel that Guyana is facilitating the infiltration of of Venezuela by international agencies. The two nations are currently embroiled in an age-old border controversy, and reports out of the Spanish-speaking nation insinuate that Guyana is being used by Venezuela’s foreign ‘unfriendlies’ who want to penetrate ...

by Zena Henry General Secretary of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Joseph Harmon, now Minister of State, has welcomed reports that former President Bharrat Jagdeo will be Guyana’s Opposition Leader saying that there are still unanswered questions to be asked of the former head of state. Jagdeo, as Opposition Leader , will have direct lead of his party’s parliamentarians ...

This Bill seeks to amend the Third Schedule of Article 222A of the Constitution by adding certain entities to the said Schedule. There are many complex implications which arise from this, ex facie, innocuous amendment. However, in this missive, I will only address the unconstitutionality of its impending passage in the National Assembly scheduled for the 9th July, 2015. It ...