Politics

President Irfaan Ali on Monday said a new Local Government Minister would”very soon” be appointed to replace Mr Nigel Dharamlall who resigned amid a rape allegation by a 16-year old schoolgirl. He made the announcement in remarks after the swearing in of Mayors and Deputy Mayors who were elected at the June 12 Local Government Elections. He later reiterated to ...

A number of Eastern Caribbean nations are likely to send  English to French Creole translators to Haiti as part of a Kenya-led United Nations-backed multinational force, United States (US) Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Caribbean Affairs and Haiti, Barbara A. Feinstein said Friday. “There has been mentioned, for example, that in the Eastern Caribbean, there are certain countries that ...

Veteran People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Executive Member and former Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon died early Wednesday morning, his party confirmed in a brief statement. “A true son of the soil who helped to shape the lives of many, Dr. Luncheon left a rich legacy of true commitment to service, patriotism, and a deep sense of national ...

The Chinese Landing Village Council on Sunday said they have agreed to permit a broad-based government fact-finding mission to visit their community to address security and environmental concerns stemming from the “invasion” of their legally titled lands by gold miners, in keeping with a decision by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). The Council said immediately after receiving government’s correspondence ...

Guyana has agreed to go ahead with the next step of China’s physical infrastructure-centered Belt and Road Initiative, according to a joint statement issued by the two countries to mark the end of President Irfaan Ali’s one-week official visit to that Asian giant. “The Guyana side expressed willingness to discuss and conclude the Joint Action Plan on Promotion of the ...

The High Court on Thursday dismissed a case by the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) that challenged the constitutionality of one of the parliamentary nominees to sit on the Public Service Commission (PSC), according to the Attorney General’s Chambers. House Speaker Manzoor Nadir and Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall were each awarded court costs of GY$750,000 ...

Opposition parliamentarian David Patterson on Friday pleaded not guilty to three charges, including exposing his genitals, and was granted a total of GYD$70,000 bail. Appearing before City Magistrate, Leron Daly, Mr Patterson pleaded not guilty to  using obscene language, exposing his genitals and exposing his genitals to cause alarm or distress. The complainant, Ramroop Oudit, did not answer or appear ...

In the wake of a formal request by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for the Guyana government to address security and environmental complaints by Indigenous Caribs stemming from gold mining at Chinese Landing, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said a broad-based team of government officials would be dispatched to the area. “We intend to respect the ruling ...

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said his political organisation might have received funds from the Mohameds who have been named as subjects of a United States (US) investigation into transnational crimes, but Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Aubrey Norton opted to account only for his tenure. “They may have received. ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Thursday weighed in on the police investigation into former government minister and serving opposition parliamentarian David Patterson’s alleged exposure of his genitals and other offences. Head of the Guyana Police Force’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Assistant Commissioner Wendell Blanhum  told Demerara Waves Online News the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) ...