Politics

Opposition parliamentarian Amanza Walton-Desir on Monday said she was concerned that the agreement with surviving families of the 20 children, who were burnt to death in the Mahdia Secondary School’s dormitory, now means that it would be very tough to obtain compensation from the State. “When you look at the text of the agreement, what they have essentially asked these ...

Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Aubrey Norton on Sunday night poured cold water on government’s short-term plan to bring in Cuban nurses to grapple with a serious shortage of that category of health workers facing Guyana. Addressing a public meeting at the Stabroek Market Square to celebrate its retention of its stronghold ...

At least two well-known members of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) are defending the Mohammeds- Nazar and his son Azruddin- in the face of an international news agency’s report that they were being investigated by the United States (US) for allegedly being involved in multi-million dollar money laundering, gold smuggling and narco-trafficking. A Reuters News agency report quotes unnamed ...

President Irfaan Ali will Thursday go ahead with the swearing in of three members of the Public Service Commission (PSC), despite Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton’s objections that two of them are politically aligned. Attorney General Anil Nandlall said the formal exchange of letters between the President and the Opposition Leader reached the threshold of the constitutionally required meaningful consultations. He ...

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday did not categorically say whether Local Government Minister Mr Nigel Dharamlall, who resigned amid a rape allegation by a 16-year old schoolgirl, would be hired again by his administration. “Whether the minister, who is a citizen, will have any work in government is not something I have considered or he has requested at this moment,” ...

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday announced that the Public Service Commisssion (PSC) would by this weekend be fully constituted, a move that would pave the way for the activation of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). “Our intention is to have all the members of the Public Service Commission sworn in before the end of this week. This will pave the ...

Georgetown’s Mayor-elect, Alfred Mentore has promised to govern the crisis-plagued City inclusively but shied away from saying why the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) was sidelined from playing major roles in the Council. Referring to allegations by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on the 2023 Local Government Elections campaign that he had illegally sold a number of city properties, Mr Mentore ...

Attorney-at-Law Ashton Chase, the last founder-member of the Political Affairs Committee (PAC), the precursor organisation of Guyana’s first mass-based political organisation- People’s Progressive Party (PPP)- died early Tuesday morning, party officials said. He was 95 years old. “General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo expresses sincere condolences on behalf of himself and the party, to the family and friends of Ashton Chase O.E. ...

There are growing calls inside the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) for that political party to hold long-overdue meetings of its second highest decision-making body in between congresses. But party Chairman Shurwayne Holder said uncertainty about contesting the Local Government Elections was one of the major reasons for the almost year-long delay in holding General Council. “A General Council is ...

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday said he confronted  United States Democratic Party’s top leader in the US House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries about refusing to meet with Guyana government representatives to hear their perspectives on claims of racism against Afro-Guyanese. “I sought to educate Congressman Jeffries about Guyana and about the narrative that may have misled him so I was ...