Gay rights activists on Monday picketed outside the Vigilance Magistrates’ Court where a gay juvenile was appearing on a charge of assault after an arrest warrant was issued for him. The Society Against Sexual Orientation (SASOD) and Guyana Trans United (GTU) protested outside the East Coast Demerara court moments before 16-year old Michael Andrews was due to appear before Magistrate ...

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), whose major partner is the Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR), on Monday called the governing Peoples Progressive Party’s (PPP) demand for trust-building concessions laughable and unworkable. APNU frontbencher, Joseph Harmon lashed out the conditions laid down earlier in the day by PPP General Secretary, Clement Rohee saying that that formula amounted to a “non-approach”. ...

The Cadet Officer, who allegedly shot and injured the 15 year old boy in his mouth, was slapped with four charges and was remanded to prison until month-end because he was refused bail on two of them. Cadet Officer, Franz Paul and Corporal Bachan Singh were charged jointly with perverting the course of justice and they were each placed on ...

The Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) on Monday challenged the Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR)- the major partner in the parliamentary coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)-  to demonstrate that it could be trusted by giving into a number of key concessions. The PPP wants the position of  Deputy Speaker of the 65-seat National Assembly to the PPP, rearrangement of ...

One of three banidts was shot and eventually died during their escape from the scene of a home invasion at Corentyne, East Berbice, police said on Monday. He has been identified as Avinash Rambazad called “Pandit”, 20 years, of Adelphi Village, East Canje, Berbice, and he succumbed today while receiving medical treatment at the New Amsterdam Hospital. Police said Pandit ...

Canadian Bank Note (CBN) may soon have to gamble getting back a long-term licence to operate the Lotto in Guyana, according to President Donald Ramotar. He confirmed that CBN, through the Guyana Lottery Company, was being given monthly permission to continue its operations because government has been considering tendering for a new provider. The President said because no firm decision ...

Wary of a further slide in the Guyana dollar and a rise in inflation due to 20 percent drop in gold declaration, the Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) has called on its members to sell the precious metal in their possession. “As a consequence the Association is calling on all miners to recognize that, despite the lowered gold price, ...

The Burnham Foundation’s initial disposition, to the announcement of the establishment of the Commission of Inquiry into the death of Walter Rodney, was one of optimism.  The Foundation envisaged that the issue of Rodney’s death would be finally put to rest, although it was and is the view of the Foundation that many lives pre, peri and post 1978 have ...

In the wake of the United States (US) insisting that Cuba be barred from attending the Summit of the Americas unless it commits to democracy, Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar has shrugged off concerns about the absence of a multiparty system on that communist-ruled island. Guyana is among Latin American and Caribbean nations that last week demanded that Cuba attend the ...

A man was shot late Saturday night at Friendship, East Bank Demerara during a robbery attempt, police said. He has been identified as a 33-year old Anthony Johnson of Friendship Squatting Area. Police said he was rushed to the Georgetown Hospital for a gunshot injury to his right thigh. Police sources said the man shot about 11 O’clock Saturday night. ...