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Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira on Saturday indicated that the work of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was stuck because information for 2017-2018 was unavailable and former top accounting officers fail to show up at meetings of that bipartisan parliamentary body. “Although a lot of work has been done with regards to the 2017/2018 combined report;  due ...

The Leader of The New Movement (TNM) political party Dr Asha Kissoon on Friday sought to solidly guarantee that she would be truly an independent voice in the National Assembly as she prepares to take up her stint as she aims to see her see her party emerge as Guyana’s genuine third force. “The truth is only time will show ...

President Irfaan Ali on Friday said the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) would be appointed “soon”, although Attorney General Anil Nandlall sought to assure a gravely concerned judiciary that would have been done early in the first quarter of 2023. He explained that the JSC requires a fully constituted Public Service Commission. “We are finalising the work. There are outstanding issues ...

The United States Embassy in Guyana on Friday announced an increase in fees for non-immigrant visas. Following is the full statement: The Department of State published a Final Rule regarding increases to certain nonimmigrant visa application (NIV) processing fees. Effective May 30, 2023, the fee for visitor visas for business or tourism (B1/B2), and other non-petition based NIVs such as ...

Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Executive Member Tacuma Ogunseye on Friday surrendered to police and was immediately cited for breaching Guyana’s Racial Hostility Act. Except for a few WPA executive members, no members of the public,  known People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) members or civil society activists were present outside the police department when he surrendered. The PNCR has not said ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday justified government’s decision to sell the Marriott Hotel now, saying that it would be better to sell that “profitable” facility now before it faces competition from seven hotels that are being constructed. “Now, it will be best to sell the Marriott off. You could probably maximise the price that you could get when it’s ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said the United States embassy’s security alert to Americans  in Guyana as a result of a threat to US interests is “serious” but he declined to divulge details. “I don’t want to speak about it but it is a serious matter. It is a serious matter and we are giving it all of our ...

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Thursday stopped short of saying outright that its executive member Tacuma Ogunseye would surrender to police who want him in connection with several offences including exciting racial hostility earlier this month. “He is not going to go into hiding and he is not going to roll over and die… He is ready to go ...

Weeks after Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Executive Member Tacuma Ogunseye made controversial remarks expecting support from the Afro-Guyanese dominated police and army should there be mass protests by Afro-Guyanese against alleged discrimination, police on Thursday issued a wanted bulletin. Police said is wanted for “several serious offences” and attempting to excite racial hostility or ill-will in violation of Guyana’s Racial ...

The Guyana Police Force’s Facebook page has been recovered, almost one day after it was hacked and removed, according to a well-placed source. The Police Force’s Public Relations Unit did not release any information about the disappearance and reappearance of the page which has almost 83,000 followers. That Social Media platform for the country’s major civilian law enforcement agency disappeared ...