Politics

Social media activist Melissa “Melly Mel” Atwell and her mother and grandmother, through a battery of lawyers, have threatened legal action against the Guyana Police Force (GPF) for what they say was an unconstitutional search of their residence earlier this week in retaliation for her criticism of the government. “Our clients have instructed us to request from you, as we ...

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)/A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) on Tuesday separately condemned the anti-narcotics raid of the residence of social media activist Melissa Atwell’s mother and grandmother. No one was arrested, but police said they would conduct fingerprint tests on a Ziploc bag of 23 grammes of marijuana they said was ...

Well-known social media commentator and critic of the Guyana government, Melissa Ann Atwell, also known as Melly Mel, on Tuesday accused the Irfaan Ali-led administration of using the police force to target her family under the pretext that the lawmen were looking for narcotics. “The plan was to frame my son but yall didn’t know my son don’t live there. ...

The non-governmental Bartica United Youth Development Group (BUYDG) on Tuesday urged the government and opposition to take steps to ensure that prisoners could vote in Guyana’s elections. “All qualified persons, whether held under the presumption of innocence or after being convicted, pleaded guilty, sentenced to prison, held in any State custodians etc. are given the right to exercise their franchise ...

Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes’ claim that there is no nursery school building at Toka, North Rupununi, resulting in classes being held under a tree is being called into serious question as evidence has been provided that there is a building, though defective. A woman named Indranee Roopsind, in a Social Media comment on Mr Hughes’ ...

The Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves on Saturday declared that he is a “friend” of Guyana and its President, Irfaan Ali, but in an effort to settle the dispute over the 2020 election results, he sole interest was to ensure that the laws were obeyed. “All I was asking for in Guyana was that ...

St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves on Saturday said the declaration of President Nicolás Maduro as the winner of last July’s election was in the best interest of Guyana’s oil sector. He told Demerara Waves Online News in Georgetown shortly after witnessing the last rites for the late Guyanese and international statesman, Sir Shridath Ramphal, that ...

Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton says if his People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led coalition wins the 2025 general and regional elections a number of senior police officers would be removed. “We have got to clean the police force of those senior corrupt officers who have no interest in law enforcement but are interested in getting wealthy,” he said on KAMSTV. He ...

Former Finance Minister Winston Jordan is insisting that government’s assistance to the agriculture sector is skewed in favour of People’s Progressive Party (PPP) supporters rather than across the board, but a senior official of the governing party accused him of race-baiting and said the evidence proves otherwise. “This $1 billion subsidy that was given last year in fertiliser subsidy was ...

Former Special Economic Advisor to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr Maurice Odle on Wednesday lamented the failure of Caribbean nations to take advantage of the 2008 European Union-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in order to tap into European markets. Speaking at the launch of his autobiography titled “An Eventful Life”, he said it is very hard for Caribbean services to ...