Dear Editor, When one examines the ongoing debate regarding recent comments made by President Irfaan Ali in response to a question about the rising cost of living, it becomes painfully obvious that public discourse in Guyana continues to lose nuance, context and analytical depth at an alarming rate.
The Human Organ and Tissue Transplant Agency (HOATTA) has begun engaging public and private hospitals on the requirements they must meet to be certified to conduct living kidney donations and transplants.
Sixty pre-service secondary-school teachers are to receive specialised training in mathematics and science under a new programme launched by the Ministry of Education, the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) and ExxonMobil Guyana.
—says Chinese Landing standoff highlights weaknesses in legal framework Kako Toshao Romario “Kapohn” Hastings has called for Guyana’s laws to be brought into line with the international standard of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC), arguing that decisions affecting Indigenous lands should not be made before the communities involved have consented.
The family of 26-year-old Prakash Persaud who was seriously injured in an accident with a Berbice businesswoman is alleging that police warned them to stop posting about his condition and the circumstances surrounding the road accident that left him hospitalised, threatening that action could be taken against them if they continued.
Dear Editor, It is of no surprise that the Ali administration has requested all Guyanese to tighten their belts and reduce expenditures.
Despite the addition of 1.5 megawatts of generating capacity to Linden’s electricity grid, Mayor of Linden Dominique Blair says residents and businesses are still experiencing blackouts and interruptions, while sawmills remain off the grid.
-wants firmer action by police A 28-year-old pregnant woman from De Kinderen, West Coast Demerara, says she is living in fear after her home was destroyed by fire, an attack she believes was carried out by her former partner, who she said had repeatedly threatened to burn down the property and leave her homeless.
-Manickchand aiming to improve all public burial grounds Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Priya Manickchand, recently visited the ongoing restoration works at the Bourda Burial Ground on Regent Street.
Only one person attended three public awareness meetings organised by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Region Ten, despite the office receiving 75 police files involving alleged sexual offences from the region over the last two years.
An accident involving a minibus and a car occurred on Monday at the corner of Camp and Quamina streets in Georgetown, highlighting the daily traffic congestion in this area.
When a full account of the MV Barima disaster is compiled, a central chapter will revolve around the Port Kaituma stelling that has remained unfinished and has been mired in poor designing and the clear absence of adequate geotechnical studies.
The government today confirmed that travellers may use small boats between Guyana and Suriname with immigration processing at Moleson Creek and New Nickerie, as the two countries remain at odds over the resumption of the suspended Canawaima ferry service.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has concluded a five-day Search and Rescue (SAR) Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE) with members of the Florida National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group.
Country music star Dolly Parton has passed away at age 80, Reuters reported today. Her family announced the news in a video on social media.In
…in Youman Nabi message President Irfaan Ali today used his Youman Nabi message to urge national unity in the wake of recent tragedy, while cautioning against the “reckless assignment of blame” before the facts are known.
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley was welcomed to Venezuela yesterday by its President Delcy Rodríguez. A post on Mottley’s Facebook page said that she was warmly welcomed to Caracas by Rodriguez.
Dear Editor, While some observers framed the recent meeting between Guyana’s main opposition entities—A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and We Invest in Nationhood (WIN)—as a sudden political rapprochement, the reality points toward a calculated strategy centred on mutual political survival and optics rather than a convergence of core ideologies.
-joint statement to be issued Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed and APNU Leader Aubrey Norton yesterday held what they described as cordial discussions but emerged from the meeting without agreement on the immediate way forward on the Local Government Commission (LGC) and the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).
After four days of a standoff at Chinese Landing, residents last night reported that mining equipment they had blocked was being returned to a barge, signalling a possible retreat by a miner who has been at the centre of long-running feud with the community.
