Politics

The European Union (EU) is exploring the possibility of a team of consular officials coming to Guyana periodically to process and grant Schengen visas to Guyanese t0 avoid them travelling to the Dutch Embassy in Suriname, EU Ambassador to Guyana Fernando Ponz Canto said Wednesday. “Who knows: perhaps, of course, without any commitment, one possibility could be that some officials ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Tuesday promised that if the coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) is reelected in 2025, it would forgive the more than GY$10 billion in University of Guyana student loans. “We will also write off all student’s debt and pay an education stipend to students. Moreover, we will work together with UG ...

Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh on Tuesday dismissed suggestions that she is biased because she votes with the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-nominated election commissioners. Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton has repeatedly called for her to resign or face unspecified action in order to professionalise that election management authority. But Justice Singh on Tuesday said ...

People’s Progressive Party Ciivic (PPPC)-nominee Clement Rohee was Tuesday morning sworn in as an Electionn Commissioner before President Irfaan Ali. The President said he hoped that Mr Rohee’s previous experience at the Elections Commission and public life would help to strengthen democracy. “The will of the people is the most fundamental right that must be respected,” he added. Among those ...

Veteran People’s Progressive Party (PPP) member, Clement Rohee is Tuesday morning expected to be sworn in as a Commissioner of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to replace Ms Bibi Shadick who died last weekend, sources said. Mr. Rohee, a former General Secretary of the PPP, serves on the PPP Executive and has held several ministerial appointments. The Office of the ...

Former Finance Minister Winston Jordan on Sunday recommended the creation of an African Development Fund and urged the government-funded  International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) to conduct a data-driven scientific study on the social and economic plight of Afro-Guyanese. While IDPADA-G has conducted an analysis of the historical condition of enslaved Africans and their descendants, ...

Guyana Elections Commissioner, Bibi Shadick died on Saturday at her residence in Georgetown, sources said. The sources said Ms Shadick, an Attorney-at-Law,suffered from pulmonary fibrosis. She was 76 years. Her colleague Commissioner, Sase Gunraj was too shocked to react to the news of her passing. A family member told Demerara Waves Online News that about two weeks ago, she had ...

The Presidential Youth Advisory Council, which was launched on Friday, is aimed at involving youths in crafting government policy and create the space for the emergence of new policymakers and possibly politicians. Launched on International Day of Youth, President Irfaan Ali stressed that the “diverse” group of young persons from a range of professions and occupations would be exposed to ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Friday said it wants Guyana’s constitution to be amended to increase the make-up of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to 10 members and for political parties to join forces after general and regional elections. AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan, however, feared that a return to the first-past-the post electoral system would remove it from the ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Friday warned  of “consequences” if the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) does not support its nominee for the post of Vice Chairman for Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice). AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan named Ms Coretta Braithwaite as his party’s choice that APNU councillors would be asked to support ...