Politics

A family member of a government politician, who was involved in a road accident that resulted in the death of a woman, on Tuesday remained hospitalised, police said. The woman, who died in the accident on La Bonne Intention (LBI) Railway Embankment Road, has been identified as Salima Heeralal. She was an occupant in a vehicle that was driven by ...

Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire has deemed Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s description of opposition politician Catherine Hughes as a “low life” unacceptable and chided political and other leaders in Guyana for behaviour that could lead to violent crime. Though the Chief Justice dismissed Ms Hughes’ lawsuit against Mr Jagdeo for racial and gender discrimination, she said the Vice President’s characterisation, which ...

Chief Justice, Roxane George-Wiltshire on Monday dismissed the legal proceedings filed by Mrs. Catherine Hughes regarding the State’s failure to operationalise the Human Rights Commission breached her constitutional rights and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s “low life” description of her constitutional entitlement to equality before the law and equality of women, according to the Attorney General’s Chambers. “The Honourable Chief Justice ...

The People’s National Congress Reform/A Partnership for National Unity’s (PNCR/APNU) 20-point plan, including to seek a revision of the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with ExxonMobil Guyana and obtain a parent company guarantee for an oil spill clean-up, has been lauded by United States-based commentator and professor, Terrence Richard Blackman. Dr Blackman, who is also an analyst on a range of ...

Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes on Sunday said if the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) loses next year’s general and regional elections, his party would push for independent forensic auditors to investigate suspected corruption and charge suspects if necessary. He told an AFC ‘bottom house’ meeting at Liverpool, East Berbice, Corentyne, in response to a question ...

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton on Sunday continued to maintain that street protests against the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-led administration, fearing that it would backfire racially on his largely Afro-Guyanese supported party. “Street protest is not best option,” Mr Norton, who is also Guyana’s Opposition Leader, told a townhall meeting in Toronto, Canada. “Let ...

In a move towards addressing global hunger, President Mohamed Irfaan Ali released his latest book “Achieving Global Food Security: The Caribbean Experience and Beyond” at the Blavatnik School of Governments at the University of Oxford in England on Saturday, government’s Department of Public Information said. The book provides a holistic overview of the causes and challenges surrounding food security in ...

Just two days after government unequivocally committed to modern copyright legislation, two Guyanese musicians on Saturday formally asked Minister of Culture Charles Ramson for a meeting to discuss copyright reform. Jackie “Jackie Jaxx” Hanover and Ivan “D’Ivan” Harry, in their September 28, 2024 letter to the minister, said they also want to discuss other issues affecting the music industry in ...

The governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is concerned that it could lose support at next year’s general and regional elections as a result of the opposition’s repeated accusations of corruption, and so has opted to push back aggressively, party General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo said Thursday. “We have to point out the differences and what steps we took to address corruption ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday indicated that he had strong words for Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson for the manner in which he dealt with a complaint by a member of the public against renowned Guyanese sculptor, Ivor Thom, who is the Administrator of the Burrowes School of Art. “This was not a government official who ...