Politics

India’s Foreign Minister  Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Saturday said he and his counterparts of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) agreed that there would be annual business summit aimed at boosting trade in goods and services. “We agreed that it would be our endeavour every year to hold an India-CARICOM business summit- one year in the Caribbean, one year in India- ...

The United States (US) has formally refused to share any information about the reason for seizing the mobile phone of Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Mae Toussaint Jr.- Thomas, but pointed to standard reasons for checking on incoming passengers. Her phone was taken away by US Customs Border and Protection (CBP) agents on her arrival in the ...

Amid claims and counter-claims of irregularities in the nomination process for the June 12, 2023 Local Government Elections, police said they were probing reports of threats and intimidation against persons who voluntarily decided to participate in the democratic process. “These acts of unlawful threats and intimidations will not be condoned by the Guyana Police Force,” that law enforcement agency said, ...

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Thursday accused each other of irregularities in the nomination process for the June 12, 2023 Local Government Elections, even as the PPPC said its main opponent was contesting in only 45 percent of the constituencies. APNU provided letters of 13 persons mainly in the Union-Naarstigheid Local ...

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Aubrey Norton on Tuesday accused the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) of forging the signatures of backers for a number of its candidates in the June 12, 2023 Local Government Elections. He promised that evidence would be provided to the media to support APNU’s allegations of ...

The Chief Scrutineer of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Thursday publicly apologised to Guyana Chronicle’s Chief Reporter, Tamica Garnett for cursing her when she called to ask a question related to Local Government Elections (LGE). “As woman to another woman, I wish to apologize for my outburst when Ms. Tamica Garnett called ...

India and Guyana are preparing to hold commercial negotiations that could that Asian giant securing a long-term contract to buy crude oil from this South American nation, the top Indian envoy here said ahead of its Foreign Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar’s  visit to Guyana from April 20-23. “We are an energy hungry nation so we need to work with Guyana because ...

Less than one week after a group of civil society activists castigated the Guyana government for attacking media workers who ask questions that they dislike, a senior People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) member on Wednesday F-bombed a Guyana Chronicle reporter. A Partnership  for National Unity (APNU) Chief Scrutineer, Carol Smith-Joseph has sparked off a fresh round of condemnation by the ...

At least 2,500 nationals of India and Pakistan have entered neighbouring Suriname legally over the past several  months, and officials believed that many of them have entered Guyana en route to the United States through Mexico. While Guyana’s Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn could not immediately provide figures, Suriname’s Foreign Affairs Minister Albert Ramdin said Indians, Pakistanis, Cubans and more ...

President Irfaan Ali  on Tuesday announced that he is due to visit Brazil in late May to hold talks with that South American giant’s President, Luis Inacio ‘Lula’ Da Silva. “There, we will be discussing a very strong and robust plan for the integration of this region. As you are aware, there are some massive transformative projects that are on ...