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Commonwealth Secretary General , Kamalesh Sharma on Tuesday shrugged off concerns about the hiring of Guyana’s former president Bharrat Jagdeo to observe Sri Lanka’s general elections earlier this year. Jagdeo had stated that the Observer Mission had found that campaign in the run-up to the January 8, 2015 general election in Sri Lanka had been marred by a number of ...

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has dispatched a team to Guyana’s High Commission India to peruse the accounts and general administration as High Commissioner Ronald Gajraj prepares to demit office as a result of a change in government, a senior Foreign Ministry official said. The official said an Accountant from the Foreign Ministry in Guyana and United States-based Guyanese Foreign Service ...

A fire at Enterprise East Coast Demerara destroyed a house mid Tuesday morning leaving five persons homeless, one day after nine others lost their home in a blaze on the West Bank Demerara. At the time of the fire at 512 Forbes Street, Enterprise Gardens, no one was at home. Investigators were working on the theory that the fire was ...

by Zena Henry Two newcomers to Guyana’s political landscape- Elisabeth Harper and Clinton Urling- will be among four persons who will not be in the National Assembly when the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) takes up its seats in the National Assembly. So, too, will be Dr. Nanda Kishore Gopaul and Robert Persaud. Harper and Gopaul have confirmed to Demerara ...

by Zena Henry As government prepares to name a new Chairman and Board of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), differences have surfaced between the management of that regulatory authority and the incumbent chairman, Clinton Williams who has since mounted a strong defence of his integrity. Demerara Waves Online News was told that former high-ranking military officer has been ...

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Monday said a new law that seeks to cut the benefits and facilities of former presidents on grounds that it would be unconstitutional. Former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall argued that three ex Guyanese Presidents and current President David Granger cannot lose their benefits because the constitution guarantees right to property, employment and security of ...

Former Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry and former Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Jo-Ann Barlow were Monday  June 29 sworn in as Puisne Judges by President David Granger. Witnessing the swearing-in at the ministry of the Presidency were Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag) Carl Singh, Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General Basil Williams and Minister of State Joseph Harmon, along ...

(Georgetown, June 29, 2015) Minister of Education, Dr. the Honourable Rupert Roopnaraine has announced that it is the Government’s intention to have Professor E. Nigel Harris nominated through its representative on the Council to serve as Chancellor of the University of Guyana. Professor Harris served as Vice Chancellor(VC) of The University of the West Indies (UWI) from 2004 to 2015. ...

Amid rampant gun crimes and ongoing drug trafficking, Britain is actively considering Guyana’s request revive the Security Sector Reform Programme (SSRP) that had been shelved by the previous government. The announcement that Guyana has already approached the UK was made by President David Granger in an address to the opening of the Private Sector Commission’s (PSC) Annual General Meeting (AGM) ...

by Zena Henry People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Clement Rohee has issued a direct challenge to Minister of State Joseph Harmon that he should, “be a man” and expose any information he has to support government’s claims of PPP wrongdoings while in government. The General Secretary was livid during the party’s press briefing Monday June 29, where he addressed ...