Politics

Canada predicts that Venezuela will not accept not accept a ruling by the International Court of Justice on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy, as part of a plan to keep the issue alive. “If it goes to the International Court of Justice, Venezuela does not recognise the ruling of the International Court of Justice and they will simply say ‘ we ...

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) wants Guyana’s Auditor General to conduct a forensic audit into the parking meter project, but Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan said that makes no sense. Duncan said assessments of the parking meter contract by the Minister of Finance and the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs were sufficient and there was no need for ...

Government is preparing to give former Prime Minister, Hamilton Green possibly more than GYD$1 million pension and other benefits, a move that has already set the David Granger-led administration on a collision course with the opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC). When Parliament meets on November 21, Finance Minister Winston Jordan is expected to table a Bill to ensure that ...

Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud said there is no indication that there is a political motive behind the recent spate of armed robberies, even as the Guyana Police Force is ramping up its espionage on criminals and their networks. “People also respond to sentiments expressed in the media thinking that this is a cause they may be helping so indirectly it ...

A  University of Guyana (UG) graduate, who admittedly migrated to the United States (US) and eventually rose to a senior official of that country’s Department of Energy (DOE), on Saturday urged graduates to remain and build Guyana because it is destined to become a prosperous nation , even as a number of developed nations frown on foreigners. “At the risk ...

Guyana and the rest of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) are being warned that United States (US) foreign policy towards Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela could be rather aggressive. Political Science Professor, David Hinds said that with the likelihood of President-elect Donald Trump selecting Newt Gingrich as the next Secretary of State (foreign minister), the US could push harder for “regime change ...

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday challenged President David Granger to bring on the mother of all inquiries into periods of violence in Guyana. “We should do the mother of all inquiries and then examine the role of individuals in that period,”  the former Guyanese leader said in debating President David Granger’s latest address to the Parliament. Quoting a section ...

The Prime Minister’s representative on the board of the Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL)- publishers of the Chronicle newspaper-  has been surprisingly elevated to interim chairman of that state-owned media house. Imran Khan’s appointment was communicated by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo to management on October 31, 2016 at a time when there are concerns about the independence of that nine-member ...

Finance Minister, Winston Jordan opted to remain mum on whether he would be prepared to consider additional funding to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to allow it to conduct house-to-house registration next year. Jordan merely reiterated that if the fiscal outlook improves next year =, he would be willing to consider additional requests by the constitutional bodies. That was after ...

The Opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic on Thursday railed against the coalition-led government for cutting the budget to the constitutional body of Parliament Office by GYD$200 million. The Finance Minister, Winston Jordan has proposed to the House that GYD$1, 519,506 billion be allocated to the Parliament Office based on revenue projections and loans. “At the end of the day when ...