In his address at the inauguration of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on April 16, 2005, the first President of the court, Justice Michael De La Bastide spoke confidently of the mechanisms that were in place to entrench the independence of the court and its insulation from political interference.
More than a month after the MV Barima tragedy, the Government has demonstrated no shortage of capacity for activity.
On Thursday the police were summoned to the Muneshwers complex at Houston on the East Bank of Demerara following a suspected workplace accident.
On Wednesday, August 26, 2026, Secretary to the MV Barima Commission of Inquiry (COI), Mr. Javed Shadick, informed the people of Guyana, survivors, families of those who perished more specifically, through the media that the COI’s Commissioners had not yet identified a date for the commencement of hearings and remained in the planning phase of the inquiry.
Over the past few months, the Guyana Police Force has become less and less reliable in releasing information about fatal accidents, murders and other serious crimes.
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.
After promising, but failing, to really contain the cost-of-living crisis in this country, President Irfaan Ali chose a different route last week when addressing the issue.
On August 1st, Kiskadee Watch reported that ExxonMobil’s Chief Financial Officer Neil Hansen had disclosed in an interview the day before with Reuters that its joint venture here had recovered the US$55b it had invested to develop the Stabroek Block and that as a consequence Guyana would now receive more oil money.
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) this week released its 2026 examination results, and for Guyana the picture appears to be a continuation of a trend that has emerged over recent years, particularly when the country’s performance is measured against that of its CARICOM counterparts.
August 18, 2026 marked one month since the MV Barima tragedy. The state-owned, uninsured, 87-year-old vessel was plying the Georgetown–Port Kaituma route, allegedly overloaded with passengers and cargo.
National prestige is the main motive for a government to seek to have one of its citizens elected UN Secretary-General, never mind that once they are installed in the post the umbilical cord between themselves and the home administration which promoted their candidacy is forever severed.
In recent days questions have arisen about the business affairs of Aqtar Ali, the brother of President Irfaan Ali.
It is disgraceful and disrespectful to the estimated 100 lives lost, those still missing and the traumatized that the Commission of Inquiry is still to begin into the MV Barima disaster.
The current pace of infrastructure projects in Guyana is unprecedented. This administration is spending money as if it is being shaken off of a tree somewhere, to use a local colloquialism.
There is an uncomfortable theological question emerging from the public statements of embattled Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill.
As disquiet continues in the region about troubling schisms among judges of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), it is worth examining other aspects of an extraordinary statement issued on Friday by the President of the tribunal, Justice Winston Anderson as he sought to present his side of matters that were raised in a series of leaked emails which were published by Trinidad’s Sunday Express.
While there is much more that can be said about the extraordinary statement issued yesterday by the President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Justice Winston Anderson on controversies that have arisen in the court, it will suffice for the moment to address his audacious intervention to try to cut the Gordian Knot that has snagged top judicial appointments here for over 20 years.
Over the weekend, it was announced in St Kitts-Nevis by its Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew that Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) would be making a substantial investment on the island.
Guyana continues to await the commencement of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the MV Barima tragedy and, more particularly, the maritime oversight of the vessel.
The ruling party does not seem to have noticed that the political atmosphere has changed. Perhaps it began with last year’s election which dealt the old two-party format a significant blow.