Politics

Government early Tuesday morning used its one-seat majority to pass amendments to the Representation of the People Act that would, among other things see the availability of election results in 24 hours for the first time, despite opposition calls for the law to be sent to a bipartisan select committee for refinement. Attorney General Anil Nandlall, in piloting debate on ...

In the wake of a request for parliamentary approval of an additional GY$1 billion for the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO), opposition Shadow Finance Minister Volda Lawrence on Monday cast doubt on that loss-making entity’s budget process as it has already chalked up GY$12 billion in operational expenditure up to October 2022. “Are you saying that in your planning for ...

Prominent Roman Catholic priest in Guyana , Father Malcolm Rodrigues S.J. passed away on Sunday evening at the St Joseph’s Mercy Hospital, multiple sources in the church confirmed He was 81 years old. Monsignor Terrence Montrose remembered Fr Rodrigues as someone who made an indelible mark in Guyana’s political, religious and national sphere. “He had a great contribution in the ...

The International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly- Guyana (IDPADA-G)- the country’s privately-run coordinating mechanism for the United Nations Decade for People African Descent- wants the High Court to order the immediate payment. Att0rney-at-Law Nigel Hughes told reporters on Friday that the High Court has asked the Court to issue a mandatory order directing the Minister of Culture, Youth ...

The opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) on Friday asked the High Court to block the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from using the existing voters list for the March 13 Local Government Elections on the grounds that it was extracted from the list for general and regional elections, and does not take consider residency of electors. “A ...

The opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) and President Irfaan Ali are once again at loggerheads over government’s continued bypass of a number of opposition-controlled elected Neighbourhood Councils in engaging communities and carrying out infrastructural works. The latest controversy is at Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara where Public Works Minister II Deodat Indar earlier this week ordered ...

Canada has received a request from Guyana to lift tourist visa requirements for Guyanese, even as vigorous efforts are being made to have a Canadian airline provide direct flights to this oil-rich South American nation, Canada’s High Commissioner to Guyana Mark Berman said Monday. “The Government of Guyana has indicated their interest in having that discussion and we have advised ...

The opposition Alliance For Change has accused the Irfaan Ali-led administration of refusing to summon meetings of parliamentary sectoral committee on natural resources to subject ministers and officials to scrutiny. “We wanted to get the natural resources parliamentary sectoral committee to start functioning. What we understand is that the PPP does not want that parliamentary sector committee to function because ...

Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall on Friday said government has decided to revert to the 2016 local district boundaries and widen others to ensure  greater representation of Guyanese at the March 13, 2023 Local Government Elections. He said 14 local authorities had been changed by the then A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) administration for the 2018 ...

The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) on Thursday begged government for an increase in salaries, even as it welcomed an increase in the minimum salaries for police, fire fighters and soldiers. Reacting to President Irfaan Ali’s announced upward adjustment of salary scales for those Disciplined Services, the GTU said the police and fire service officers have every right to be elated ...