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The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)/A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) on Tuesday separately condemned the anti-narcotics raid of the residence of social media activist Melissa Atwell’s mother and grandmother. No one was arrested, but police said they would conduct fingerprint tests on a Ziploc bag of 23 grammes of marijuana they said was ...

By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus There have been recent calls for a consensus-based national development plan. In my view, two versions of consensus warrant attention in the current conjuncture. The first, which I shall call constructive consensus, is based on exchange of substantive ideas that yield positive and measurable outcomes. This form of consensus involves balanced contributions from all ...

Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus I couldn’t help but notice how the WPA literally inserted itself between the PNC and AFC at the Buxton line-top on Emancipation Day. While the photographer who took the shot of Norton and Hughes with the WPA must be given credit, one must wonder why these parties have to rely on the weakest chain in ...

Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Raphael Trotman on Wednesday confirmed that Donna Mathoo is being considered to replace Dominic Gaskin in the National Assembly. “There are a number of persons, who are eligible; Ms. Mathoo being one of them and so, yes, there is active consideration of appointing her. Other names are also being considered and we will, ...

Chairman of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan prefers dual citizens to resign in keeping with decisions by Guyana’s Court of Appeal that they ought not to have been there in the first place, and People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) parliamentarian Juan Edghill hopes the government will first replace its dual citizens. The issue surfaced in December 2018 when ...

Despite avid criticisms from the majority of the stakeholder at the Ogle International Airport and from the Private Sector Commission, President David Granger on Monday renamed the Airport the Eugene F Correia International Airport. The move which has been in the making since 2015, has not found favor with approximately 9 of the operators at the Airport, who have raised ...

The manner in which some members of Guyana’s National Assembly conduct themselves in the House is under scrutiny as House Speaker Dr Barton Scotland will be looking to take action against offenders. Dr Scotland at a sitting on Wednesday noted that in the past months he has received several complains that warrant his sanctioning. He said he intends to “review ...

  After Town Clerk Royston King declared that all vendors in the Stabroek Market Square and environs would be moved to a new location, the move is in jeopardy as the businessman objected to vendors with stalls. This comes even as the City Constabulary on Tuesday morning continued to seize the stalls and other vending infrastructure belonging to vendors in ...

President David Granger has made it clear that his administration is not in the business of politically interfering with the day to day operations of Guyana’s state media entities. The President made the statement on the heels of accusations of political interference being leveled against the Office of the Prime Minister. The Guyana Press Association (GPA) had written the President ...

Global Fund is requesting that the Government of Guyana repay them millions of dollars that were allegedly misappropriated by staffers of the Ministry of Public Health under a malaria mosquito net program. In a report published on the Website the Organisation claims that employees from the Guyana Ministry of Health had inflated the number of bed nets reported as having ...