Politics

President Irfaan Ali on Sunday pledged his readiness to talk with any Guyanese to discuss their concerns but cautioned that he would not wait indefinitely,  even as Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton ruled out talks with the government unless there is evident equitable distribution of wealth. Alluding to the United States government citing the need for inclusiveness during Dr Ali’s week-long ...

African Guyanese were Sunday night- Emancipation Day Eve- urged to agitate for a national conversation on the distribution of Guyana’s oil wealth. Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes and Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Executive Member David Hinds issued stirring appeals in speeches at the “Buxton Black is Beautiful Emancipation Cultural Programme”. Mr Hughes recommended that an analysis be conducted to ascertain how much ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Sunday denied that the meetings to which the United States (US) government invited him and President Irfaan Ali were triggered by opposition concerns about the way Guyana was being run, but instead about  America’s importance to Guyana’s national interest. “The key issue here was looking out for national interest and the national interest of Guyana ...

As the sod was turned to construct a €$149million (more than US$150 million) paediatric and maternal hospital, the Guyana government on Sunday announced that contractors would have to abide by new internationally recognised contract terms that would see them bearing the bulk of the responsibilities for the design and build infrastructure model. The hospital, which would be built on 10 ...

President Irfaan Ali on Sunday dismissed a recent suggestion that the United States (US) and other Western Nations were pumping money into Latin America and the Caribbean to only dislodge China rather than help the region as that Asian nation has been doing in Developing Nations. “(I) saw some headline about this relationship and I went there and the US ...

President Irfaan Ali on Sunday lashed out at United States (US) Congressman Hakeem Jeffries who apparently refused to meet with him during last week’s visit to Washington DC. Dr Ali said he asked the Foreign Ministry and Guyana’s Ambassador to the US Samuel Hinds to write Mr Jeffries to formally invite him to a meeting. “He has not responded,” the ...

China on Thursday played down any concerns about the United States’ (US) renewed efforts this week to carve out deeper relations with Guyana, amid fears by former President of Guyana Donald Ramotar of a hidden Western agenda to displace that Asian country from Latin America and the Caribbean. China’s Ambassador to Guyana,  Guo Haiyan told a public discussion that marked ...

Twenty United States-based Guyanese organisations, including People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) chapters, have officially asked United States Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate Guyana’s Attorney General Anil Nandlall’s alleged misuse of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to target his critics. “We the representatives of the below stated Guyanese-American organisations hereby respectfully request an investigation into unlawful and nefarious attempts ...

United States (US) Congresswoman for Texas, Sheila Jackson-Lee on Thursday evening, at a dinner hosted by members of the Congressional Black Caucus, has hailed President Irfaan Ali’s election almost two years ago as a “triumph of democracy.” “It goes on to assure that you are steadfast in your commitment to the wellbeing and the future of the Guyanese people, and ...

The eight opposition parliamentarians, who were suspended for their alleged participation in a violent ruckus during a sitting of the National Assembly late last December, would not be paid salaries and allowances until their suspensions have been completed. With no dates set for upcoming sittings of the House, it is not clear how long they would have to await payments ...