Politics

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said that then Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Mae Thomas was last year asked by United States law enforcers about wealthy Guyanese businessmen Nazar Mohammed and his son, Azruddin, who were slapped with sanctions for alleged corruption in Guyana. Ms Thomas’ mobile phone was seized and her United States visa revoked ...

In the wake of the United States (US) sanctions on wealthy Guyanese Nazar Mohamed and his son, Azruddin, as well as their businesses for alleged corruption, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said Mohamed’s foreign exchange dealer’s (cambio) licence would be cancelled. Mr Jagdeo said the Bank of Guyana has already informed the Mohameds that their cambio licence would be struck off. ...

Former Chairman of the Alliance For Change (AFC) and well-known Attorney-at-Law, Nigel Hughes on Wednesday stopped short of saying he would accept nomination to become his party’s leader, and said much would depend on getting key commitments “on a set of principles” at his party’s conference slated for June 29. Hughes and former AFC General Secretary David Patterson were each ...

The Roysdale Forde campaign team for the post of leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) on Tuesday claimed that there were a number of procedural irregularities leading up to the submission of nominations ahead of that party’s congress scheduled for June 28 to 30. However, Congress Administrator Sherwin Benjamin said he was unaware of such a concern. From ...

Guyana on Tuesday objected to Venezuela’s request to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for 12 months to submit additional pleadings in the border dispute case over the Essequibo Region, Attorney General Anil Nandlall said. “Guyana noted that Venezuela’s request for a 12-month period was excessive given that the case has been pending for six (6) years and that the ...

The Guyana government 0n Tuesday sent Permanent Secretary Mae Thomas on leave, hours after the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) linked her to several alleged crimes with the Mohameds, regarded as super wealthy Guyanese businessmen. “The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, Ms. Mae Thomas has been sent on leave with immediate effect,” the ...

Incumbent leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton on Monday secured the highest number of nominations compared to his rivals, Roysdale Forde and Amanza Walton-Desir, but Mr Forde signaled that his team would be paying keen attention to the validation of groups. The PNCR’s Congress is scheduled for June 28 to 30. Mr Forde vowed that ‘strict’ ...

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) is rejecting claims by four small political parties that it is no longer in the leadership of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) because the party did not attend last Thursday’s council meeting and elections. Under APNU’s banner, the group issued a statement saying that Mr Vincent Henry was elected Chairman at the meeting ...

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has taken steps to correct the membership register by Sunday, after party General Secretary Dawn Hastings-Williams had said the document had several inaccuracies and there was a computer problem. “I know that they have made alternative arrangements to improve on the staff…We extended the working hours,” a party official told Demerara Waves Online News. ...

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall on Friday objected to the tone of a news story based on an interaction between himself and Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire about judges writing late decisions. The Chief Justice stressed that the workload was very heavy and she commended judges, commissioners of title and magistrates for dealing with the huge number ...