Politics

The University of Guyana (UG) on Saturday said that every effort was being made to cover its operational costs and hold the graduation of thousands of students next month. The publicly-owned tertiary education institution said since government’s announcement of free university tuition there was need to urgently address “some conditions” surrounding interpretations by students and others. “Some of these matters ...

President Irfaan Ali on Friday praised the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) for attaching financial literacy as a component of direct cash transfers to the poor. Dr Ali referred to the “One Family” programme in 2023 that aimed to assist 1,000 poor households to rise out of poverty structurally by offering families continuous support through financial education, financial literacy, planning and ...

American Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot on Friday said the United States (US) was paying attention to the swirling corruption allegations in the Guyana Police Force (GPF). “We don’t want to be providing resources and funding to an organisation that has those issues but, again, they are just allegations at this point,” she told Demerara Waves Online News. Emphasising that ...

Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton on Thursday said if a coalition that includes his People’s National Congress Reform wins the 2025 general and regional elections, Guyanese would be handed “predictable” cash grants on specified periods that could be used as proof of earnings at commercial banks. Addressing the opening of the New Amsterdam Town Week in Berbice county, he promised cash ...

The Guyana government on Thursday announced that more cash grants would be handed out to Guyanese while investment in infrastructural development would continue, in stark contrast to President Irfaan Ali’s position against countrywide disbursements more than one year ago. “It’s a sustainable thing for us. We can do this periodically: give our people some money and still do the infrastructure,” ...

Former Finance Minister, Winston Jordan on Thursday assailed the Guyana government for excluding youths, who would turn 18 years by year end, from receiving the GY$100,000 cash grant per person. Mr Jordan said government also needed to specify that only Guyanese 18 years and older who are residing in the country would be eligible for the GY$100,000 cash grant. “You ...

President Irfaan Ali says his government will not give into opposition demands for huge cash transfers, even it means that his People’s Progressive Party Civic’s (PPPC) chances of losing an election are reduced. Addressing the opening of the Guyana-Suriname International Business Conference at the Marriot Hotel, he said government would prefer to stick to the economic fundamentals rather than yielding ...

Assistant Police Commissioner, Calvin Brutus on Wednesday moved to the High Court to challenge the decision to send him on leave to make way for a probe into alleged financial crimes, saying he was never afforded the right to a fair hearing and that leaks to the media and social media have prejudiced any case against him. Mr Brutus is ...

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday announced that each Guyanese 18 years and older as of January 1, 2024 would now get GY$100,000 in cash grants. He said that decision was in response to concerns by many persons including young persons who were not heads of household. “My government will now expand this benefit by providing a one-off cash grant of ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would be investigating claims that dust pollution at the incomplete Nooitgedacht access road exposes nearby residents to toxic material, EPA Executive Director, Kemraj Parsram said Tuesday. He told Demerara Waves Online News that his agency first learnt of the matter Tuesday and would first validate the claims and visit the site to “do our own ...