Politics

Even as repairs to mainly the roofs of 33 houses in Linden that were destroyed by Wednesday night’s brief storm, the Linden Town Council is preparing to conduct a scientific study of the drainage infrastructure in the town, officials said. Linden Mayor, Sharma Solomon said a tender would be awarded to conduct a scientific study titled “Optimization of the Drainage ...

The opposition People’s National Congress Reform/A Partnership for National Unity (PNCR/APNU) on Wednesday unveiled plans to ask ExxonMobil to agree to change the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) as well as set up an inspector general’s office (IGO) to go after corruption in the oil and gas sector. “Considering the vastly changed conditions since the signing of the 2016 Stabroek ...

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday announced the launch of a Global Biodiversity Alliance aimed at getting private companies to invest in forest restoration and conservation and mobilise funds for biodiversity conservation. He told the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) being held at the UN Headquarters in New York that Guyana would convene the first Global Biodiversity ...

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday told world leaders at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that he would soon be asking them to contribute humanitarian aid to Haiti, as the UN-led Kenya multinational security mission continues to dismantle gangs. “Guyana is leading CARICOM’s efforts in mobilizing humanitarian support for Haiti. Excellencies, I will be reaching out ...

New York Police on Wednesday held back several Guyanese anti-government protesters as President Irfaan Ali was exiting a restaurant on Church Avenue, Brooklyn, where he attended a breakfast meeting. The protesters booed Dr Ali and called him a “racist” while he was hustled by security into a waiting car. The estimated 50 mostly Afro-Guyanese persons, armed with placards, also chanted ...

Even as opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) parliamentarian, Annette Ferguson on Tuesday insisted that the Public Works Ministry declare the whereabouts of GY$7.6 billion disbursed over the past three years for the construction of a government office complex, the Minister, Juan Edghill, said those had been already addressed in the National Assembly. Mr Edghill rubbished Ms ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday warned permanent secretaries, regional executive officers and other accounting officers in the public service and public sector that they could be fired if they do not comply with Guyana’s procurement rules including flawed evaluation of bids. “Jagdeo made it clear that any departure from these regulations would not be tolerated,” the Department of Public ...

Acclaimed Guyanese sculptor Ivor Thom on Monday returned to work as Administrator of the E. R. Burrowes School of Art, just days after he resigned following a meeting with Culture, Youth and Sport Minister Charles Ramson over an alleged racial slur by a member of the public in the school’s compound. Mr Thom said he opted to return to work ...

Less than 10 percent of students in Region Nine (Upper Takatu-Upper Essequibo) passed the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations in 2024, pointing to the urgent need to rescue the education sector in that southern Guyana region, the Alliance For Change (AFC) said Friday. “This is a national crisis. It’s not a political crisis because we cannot have any part ...

The Attorney General’s Chambers on Friday produced a copy of a search warrant issued by a magistrate that was enforced to search Melissa “Melly Mel” Atwell’s parents home for narcotics, and said the main occupant,” Debbie Tyson, said she was satisfied with the officers’ conduct during the search. “In fact, upon the conclusion of the exercise, the person who identified ...