Politics

President Irfaan Ali on Saturday said substantive appointments of the Chief Justice and Chancellor of the Judiciary would have to await the work of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), even as he steered away from questions about whether he favoured the acting appointees. “That commission will now conduct its work independently; not only the issue of the Chancellor and the ...

President Irfaan Ali on Saturday announced that government would be increasing the minimum wage and increasing the tax threshold after an analysis of the state of the country’s finance. “I am currently reevaluating our revenues, projected revenues, the economy based on its strength, to analyse a further adjustment in the minimum wage,” he told a news conference. The private sector ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Friday refused to formally ask President Irfaan Ali for talks on governance issues, saying that already the Guyanese leader has rebuffed his requests for constitutionally required engagements. “If you’re talking about the greater good, then the Constitution must be the basis for it  and if you can’t meet at the level to fulfill the obligations ...

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)- the major party in Guyana’s opposition- could return to holding its congress in August, although the two-year life of the current executive expires in December, party leader Aubrey Norton said Friday. “There will be a congress. What I can’t guarantee you is that it will be in December because there is also the view ...

The People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) congress to elect a new leader and other executive members could be held this year but there is a chance it could spill over into early next year, party sources said Friday. While sources said the circular to party groups notifying them of a date for congress is yet to be dispatched, party General ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday demanded that the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) admit to its history of election rigging before there could be a possibility of engagement in the executive. “Our insistence, as a political party, on their acknowledgement that they have sought throughout their entire history to steal elections is an ...

The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) on Wednesday launched a “Guyana Together” campaign to increase public tolerance of gays as well as convince government and opposition politicians to change laws that violate the human rights of members of that community. “I think the next phase- we are assuming that we’ll achieve our goal in two years- which is to ...

Hours after the Guyana Court of Appeal paved the way for the High Court to decide on the amount of damages that prominent Guyanese politician Bharrat Jagdeo has to pay for defaming former Housing Minister Annette Ferguson, he has moved to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) for the libel case to be reopened or struck out altogether. “The grant ...

The United States (US) believes that Guyana should examine all options, including biometrics, to guarantee free and fair elections, outgoing American Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah Ann-Lynch said Thursday. “I think it’s important to explore all tools that Guyana has access to, in order to again ensure that elections continue to be free and fair,” she said when asked by Demerara ...

The United States (US) is on a multi-pronged push-back against China’s expanding financial footprint here and the rest of the Caribbean, outgoing United States Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch said Thursday. “We’ve tripled the bilateral trade over the last few years so I think we are here we are strong, and we will remain here,” she told reporters at a ...