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President Irfaan Ali on Friday vowed that if Guyanese continue to be hit by electricity outages next year, a number of Guyana Power & Light (GPL) managers would be fired. “I’ve made it very clear to the management of GPL that heads will roll…that if we don’t see with these investments marked improvement by the end of the first quarter…then ...

President Irfaan Ali 0n Friday said he read the “riot act” to the management of the loss-making and low-producing Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), even as the entity’s new investment plan was being considered by government. “I’ve read the riot act to the management of GuySuCo. I’ve let them understand that we are very dissatisfied with the performance,” he said in ...

Attorney General Anil Nandlall says the People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) is asking the High Court to make an unconstitutional order for the verification of the addresses of registrants because Guyana’s Constitution does not contain a residency requirement, but just the provision of an address at the time of registration. “If I’m to put a requirement for residency there, then ...

A 17-year-old boy was shot dead Friday night after he allegedly opened fire on a security guard, who went to intervene in an armed robbery of a food vendor and her daughter on Aubrey Barker Road, North Ruimveldt, police said. Dead is Carl Rolland Reid called ‘Carloo Reid’, a 17-year-old of Tucville Squatting Area. “At the time, a 30-year-old Supernumerary ...

The Guyana government has dispatched a formal letter of protest to Venezuela against that country’s construction of a bridge to a military base on Ankoko Island, Cuyuni River, that borders both countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday. “Guyana also registered its formal protest of the completion of a bridge built by the Venezuelan armed forces to link the ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Friday fended off questions of accountability and transparency by the coalition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) administration, saying that he never asked two then government ministers about the “details” of persistent allegations by the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC). “I did not seek details. I have an understanding of the PPP. They ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Thursday said he would be moving to the High Court to challenge the appointment of Mr Clifton Hicken as Police Commissioner, although he has past the age of retirement, but the Guyana government said it was ready to defend its decision. “We believe it’s an unlawful appointment because Hicken has past the age of 55…I’ve ...

People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) member Carol Smith-Joseph has asked the High Court to order the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to conduct house-to-house verification of the addresses of registrants or the elections would not be credible. “Without the interpretation of the court and the making of a declaration by the court, the integrity of the National Register of Registrants may ...

The vast majority of media houses were not invited to the swearing in of Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken and five deputy police commissioners in what is becoming a customary feature for the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the President. Except for one media operative, who is closely associated with Mr Hicken, the other media houses were not invited to cover ...

ExxonMobil Guyana is Thursday marking five years of oil production in Guyana on December 19, a significant achievement that underscores the transformative potential of the country’s growing energy sector. Since “first oil” at the offshore Liza Phase 1 project five years ago, the company said Guyana has become the third largest per-capita oil producer in the world. The oil-and-gas sector has ...