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Former Commonwealth Secretary General Sir Shridath Ramphal hailed the significant role that former Foreign Affairs Minister Rashleigh Jackson, who passed away Thursday night, played in mobilising international diplomatic solidarity in dealing with Venezuela’s aggressive claim to Guyana’s mineral and forest-rich Essequibo Region. “Rashleigh’s service to Guyana in another sphere needs also to be recalled as he leaves us. It is ...

Internationally recognised Guyana’s former Foreign Minister, Rashleigh Jackson died Thursday night at his residence. “Guyana has lost one of its most brilliant, honest and capable sons. I think Rashleigh Jackson was probably one of the most strategic thinkers I have met,” People’s National Congress Reform and Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton told Demerara Waves Online News. “Guyana has lost one of its ...

Highly respected Roman Catholic nun and historian, Sister Noel Menezes has died, former President David  Granger said on Wednesday.  She was 92 years old. Mr. Granger, who was one of her students, recalls “the rigour of her research, the breadth of her knowledge, the clarity of her instruction and the value of her advice.” Mr Granger noted that Sr Menezes ...

The Guyana government has asked the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to hand over a document that had been submitted by A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) to back claims that many persons had voted in the names of others who were overseas or dead. Attorney General Anil Nandlall said he on Tuesday wrote GECOM Chairman, Retired Justice Claudette ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Tuesday announced that his coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) would support amendments to Guyana’s constitution and election laws to ensure free and fair elections. “APNU+AFC hereby goes on record that we stand ready to discuss and support the necessary constitutional and other amendments to ensure a clean voters list as ...

United Kingdom parliamentarian David Lammy has turned down his selection to sit on Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Board, government here announced on Tuesday. Mr Lammy has been replaced by Guyanese economics professor, Compton Bourne who is a former President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). President Irfaan Ali did not give specific reasons for Mr Lammy’s decision to bow ...

The Chairman of the International Decade for People of African Descent-Guyana, Vincent Alexander is threatening to sue Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo for defamation of character. Through lawyer, Eusi Anderson , Mr Alexander says Mr Jagdeo defamed him by falsely and erroneously claiming that he ran IDPADA-G for personal gain, advancement and benefit. The lawyer is demanding that Mr Jagdeo publicly ...

The International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly- Guyana (IDPADA-G) has dismissed Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s allegations of “misuse” of state-funds for the benefit of the directors and the opposition, saying that his motive appeared to be to scuttle planned talks with President Irfaan Ali. Chairman of IDPADA-G, Vincent Alexander said the GY$68 million received in 2018 and $100 ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Friday insisted that it could remove the names of persons from the National Database of Registrants based on the existing law. “Wheras the various positions have been duly noted, and extensively ventilated at the meetings of the Commission, it was determined that GECOM cannot act contrary to the legal provisions enacted in the National ...

Two Guyanese fishermen are among four who were rescued on Friday off the coast of Suriname. Starnieuws reports that they were rescued by a seismic vessel whose crew saw the fishing boat drifting about 25 nautical miles from the coast today. The owner of the boat had filed a missing persons report after being unable to contact the fishermen since ...