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President Irfaan Ali has announced that a counter-terrorism unit would be established with foreign help, weeks after the American Embassy had tightened its security because of a threat against US interests. “We are also now analysing the establishment of a counter-terrorism unit that will  be built with support from our regional and international partners,” he told Thursday’s opening of the ...

Retired Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Brigadier Godfrey Bess announced in his farewell address that Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Irfaan Ali has promised him a civilian job. “Your Excellency, I’m humbled that you have seen it fit for me to continue to serve the people of Guyana in another capacity and I pledge to continue to ...

The Guyana Bar Association (GBA) on Friday expressed grave concern that the draft National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) legislation would insulate that body and its agents from legal action if they access information that clients provide to their lawyers. GBA President Pauline Chase told the opening of a Law Week 2023 symposium that lawyers must be prepared to resist ...

The International Republican Institute (IRI) will host former United States (US) Congressional Representatives David Price and Erik Paulsen and former Deputy Chief of Staff and District Director Karen Glaser for a legislative forum with current and potential Guyanese Members of Parliament (MPs). Two half-day sessions will take place at the Guyana Marriott Hotel, Kingston, Georgetown on May 2 and 3, ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said the licence for the Liza reservoir project would be extended to ensure that natural gas is available for Guyana’s gas to shore electricity and natura gas liquids plants for 20 years. Mr Jagdeo told a news conference that the decision to extend the licence followed the completion of the field development plan for ...

As A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) intensified its claims of irregularities in the nomination process for the June 12, 2023 Local Government Elections, the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Retired Justice Claudette Singh on Wednesday reminded the seven-member commission that contestants should seek redress about the alleged forgery of names of nominators and candidates through an appeal ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said it has rejected all of the offers by private investors to buy the State-owned Marriott-branded hotel because the prices that have been offered are too low. “We will not proceed with any of the bids because they we believe that they are too low based on the value of that asset asset now ...

GTT, Inc. (GTT), a leading provider of technology services in  Guyana and WANSAT Networks Inc. (WANSAT), a Guyanese-owned Internet Service Provider with  a focus on providing satellite broadband connectivity to rural and hinterland areas have announced  the launch of their partnership “Connectivity Anywhere”, a new satellite internet service. GTT says  the fast, affordable, and reliable connectivity to rural and hinterland ...

The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Mae Toussaint Jr. Thomas on Wednesday confirmed that her US visa was revoked and so she was forced to return to Guyana through another route “During my return journey I was advised that my US visa was revoked on the 10th April, 2023 and that I would have to make alternative ...

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday once again sought to reassure Guyanese that the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) will be appointed “shortly” but did not give a specific time frame. “That I can tell you is coming very quickly,” he said but declined to say whether the time frame would be in two or three months, when asked by Demerara Waves ...