Politics

People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) member Annette Ferguson has written to all Central Executive Committee (CEC) members asking for a probe into alleged “irregularities” at the recently-held Georgetown District elections. “The time has come for the PNCR to rise to the occasion of practicing fairness, honesty and being democratic when it comes to its internal business or affairs,” she told ...

President Irfaan Ali said Guyana is poised to assist violence and cholera-stricken Haiti, even as the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was continuing to discuss any peacekeeping role. “The humanitarian crisis there is immense now and we are ready to fully support…Cholera is on the rise. It’s just devastating to see what is going on there and the region is being ...

Even as Guyana prepares to auction oil blocks for the first time, President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday announced that a number of acreages would be kept by the government for joint work with other countries. “I think very soon we are going to move to the auctioning of some blocks and we have some blocks that are set aside for ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Tuesday said his party was not endorsing either faction of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU), although A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) social media platforms have been propagating information from the Trevor Benn faction. Mr Norton said he was not aware that the PNCR has endorsed ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Tuesday skirted questions about whether the coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) would be contesting Local Government Elections that might be held early next year, but he expressed confidence about clinching the popular vote. The coalition continues to demand that the voters list be cleansed to remove the names of deceased ...

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Tuesday took credit for the United Kingdom’s (UK) decision to lift visa restrictions for Guyanese visitors, and hailed the move as potential boost for business activity between the two countries, “The Chamber is confident now more than ever that visa-free travel will foster deepened economic relations and promote private-sector development for ...

The United Kingdom on Tuesday announced that Guyanese would no longer require visas to travel to the United Kingdom from November 9. United Kingdom High Commissioner Jane Miller made the announcement alongside President Irfaan Ali at her residence. “This visa lift is a real sign of the confidence that the UK has in the growth of our relationship and, together ...

The International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly- Guyana (IDPADA-G) on Thursday said it was mulling whether to take the government to court for refusing to transfer the full amount of money that was approved by the National Assembly in the 2022 National Budget to that organisation. In light of no response from government to requests for disbursements for ...

Guyana has requested Facebook and Twitter to remove maps that depict the mineral and forest-rich Essequibo Region as part of Venezuela, and already one of the Social Media companies has asked for a meeting with Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud to discuss the concerns. Mr Persaud, in his letters of protest to Facebook and Twitter last week, cautioned that the propagation ...

John Fernandes Limited (JFL) on Tuesday refused a GY$20 million refund of payment for 143.10 acres of privately-owned lands in Beterverwagting (BV) that the Neighbourhood Council said in the first place it had no right to sell, the Chairman of the BV-Triumph Council said. He told Demerara Waves Online News that Tuesday was the first time ever that JFL admitted ...