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United States (US) Ambassador to Guyana, Brent Hardt has dismissed government’s latest excuse for not holding local government elections and he said it was time Guyanese directly elect their representatives at the local level. “To my mind, it’s a constitutional requirement, it’s a legislative requirement and there is at this point no obstacle to the holding of local government elections ...

Even as Caribbean leaders prepare to early next month discuss plans for a review of legal education in the region, Guyana’s Shadow Legal Affairs Minister Basil Williams on Tuesday urged the swift establishment of an accredited local Law School as part of steps to ensure that the profession does not become “elitist”. “Whatever you do, you have to ensure that ...

American Ambassador to Guyana, Brent Hardt on Monday said the United States (US)-funded Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) project has restarted after government received assurances that it was not aimed at influencing electoral outcomes, legislative reform or policy changes.  “There was always a belief in a highly partisan environment that somehow, we were seeking some political outcome here and I’ve repeatedly ...

A father, who pleaded guilty to a cocaine-trafficking charge and sought to take the rap for his son charged with a similar offence, was Monday jailed and fined. He was jailed and his son pleaded not guilty and was remanded to prison. They were due to leave for the United States (US) last week when they were held at the ...

As an increase in tuition fees beckons at the University of Guyana (UG), the nation’s premier tertiary institution will undertake a series of stakeholder consultations this week which will ultimately justify the “adjustment”. The consultations will commence tomorrow Tuesday, June 24 from 10 am to 2pm with staff of UG, and continue from 2:30 until 4:30 with the student population ...

Retired Lt. Col, Joseph Harmon Monday morning withdrew representation of the Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR) and instead opted to give his legal services to retired servicemen at the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry. Under the umbrella of the Ex GDF (Guyana Defence Force) Association, Harmon intends to also offer representation to former members of the now defunct Guyana National ...

Guyanese Lisa Punch Sunday night scored 80 percent and made it through to the next round of the US network ABC’s Rising Star,a musical competition. The second person to appear on the show, Punch sang Whitney Houston’s “How Will I Know” moments after she talked a but about her Guyanese background and her aspirations for social and economic mobility in ...

Former radio communications expert with the 1935-1938 British Guiana-Brazil Boundary Commission, Cecil Cunha has died. He died on Friday,June 20, five days away from his 100th birthday. Cunha, a former member of the People’s National Congress (PNC), would be buried on Thursday after a church service at the St. Andrew’s Kirk. He is the recipient of a Medal of Service, ...

A gay rights group on Sunday expressed alarm that Guyana’s modern Education Bill tabled in the House last week does not make sexual orientation discrimination a crime. The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) says government has so far squandered a good opportunity to help outlaw bullying on the basis of sexual orientation. “The government is missing a golden opportunity ...

Former Pro-Chancellor of the University of Guyana Dr. Prem Misir, Ph.D., MPH, M. Phil, B.S.Sc. (Honours), FRSPH has been appointed Executive Director of the Health Sector Development Unit (HSDU), Ministry of Health, Government of Guyana, with effect from June 5, 2014. Dr. Misir has more than ten (10) years of experience in leadership and management in complex organizations which will ...