Politics

The Central Islamic Organisation (CIOG) on Monday- on the occasion of Eid Ul Fit’r- endorsed President Irfaan Ali’s ‘One Guyana’ platform regardless of religious persuasion and urged Guyanese to counter domestic violence, child molestation and racism. “I wish to commend His Excellency, our President Dr. Mohammed Irfaan Ali on his ‘One Guyana’ vision. This can be achieved as long as ...

Guyana’s trade union movement on Sunday appeared even more fractured, amid calls for workers to get increased wages and salaries, a viable National Insurance Scheme and respect for collective bargaining. The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), one of the government’s most strident critics, did not participate in the May Day march and rally, but participated in a Labour Day breakfast ...

Chartered Accountant Christopher Ram on Sunday- Labour Day – joined the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) in criticising the bankrupt National Insurance Scheme (NIS) and recommended that some of the oil revenue be used to bail out that social security agency even as it considers investing in the lucrative housing market. “Let us take some of this money that we ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday announced that governments wants the Representation of the People Act to provide for the compulsory sharing of the names of dead persons with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). He told a news conference that the legislation would be amended to allow for the General Registrar to dispatch those names to the Chief Election Officer. ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday said Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton would not be allowed to set the agenda for constitutional consultations with President Irfaan Ali. At the same time, Mr Jagdeo said if Mr Norton raises governance issues with the President, the Opposition Leader would have to walk with concrete proof. “Mr Norton is not going to get t ...

Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn on Friday ruled out allowing the entry into Guyana of 34 Haitians who have been stranded in Barbados since February, having paid thousands of United States dollars to an agency to come here or Brazil. Mr. Benn said the Guyana government has determined that several of them have fake identities. “We will not (grant them ...

A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Shadow Finance Minister Volda Lawrence on Thursday promised to salvage the cash-strapped National Insurance Scheme (NIS) with 1 percent of current oil revenues, even as she and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo traded words about which administration was responsible for the state of that social security entity. Ms. Lawrence, in a statement issued ...

  Former Finance Minister Winston Jordan was Thursday detained for questioning in connection with the sale of land at Ogle, East Coast Demerara. Attorney-at-Law, Roysdale Forde says his client was released on self-bail and asked to return to police on May 3, Mr. Forde says the former Finance Minister was contacted by police and asked to report to the police ...

The premier of the British Virgin Islands and the director of the small Caribbean territory’s ports were arrested Thursday at a Miami-area airport by federal agents on charges of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and money laundering. Premier Andrew Fahie  and manager director of the port authority, Oleanvine Maynard  were taken into custody by Drug Enforcement Administration ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton are taking different positions on an opinion poll on Guyana’s socio-economic and political conditions. While Mr. Norton declined to go into details about the poll which was conducted for the United States-headquartered International Republican Institute (IRI), he said the findings would be used by his People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR). “As ...