GEORGETOWN, Guyana – An effort to stop the house to house registration being conducted by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to compile a new voters list has failed. But Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire, who last Monday denied the application for an injunction that was filed by attorney Christopher Ram, will rule early next month, after […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) says it cannot set a date for elections in Guyana, throwing the ball back into the court of the government which lost a no-confidence motion seven months ago. Despite ruling last month that the no-confidence motion passed against the government in December was valid, the CCJ […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana President David Granger says he is awaiting word from the country’s elections commission before he announces a date for the polls, after a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruling that the no-confidence vote passed against the Guyana government six months ago was valid and the country should proceed to the polls. […]
NEW YORK, USA – Guyanese national Catherine Pollard has been appointed the next United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance. She was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to succeed Jan Beagle of New Zealand. A statement from the UN said that Pollard brings to the position over three decades of […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has been given Guyana’s highest national award – the Order of Excellence. It was presented by President David Granger hours after Akufo-Addo arrived in the country for a two-day visit. The Order of Excellence, which can be conferred on individuals of national and international significance, was given to […]
Scores of Guyanese in Ontario, Canada, flocked the Mel Lastman Square on Yonge Street in Toronto, on Friday May 24, to celebrate Guyana’s 53rd Independence Anniversary in a moving flag raising ceremony held under the auspices of the Consulate General of Guyana in Toronto. Among the dignitaries at the ceremony, which featured an address by […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana– A junior minister in David Granger’s Cabinet has been chosen as the new Foreign Affairs Minister, following the resignation of Carl Greenidge over his dual citizenship without a replacement being named. Dr. Karen Cummings, who had been serving as Minister within the Ministry of Public Health since 2015, took the oath of office […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana– CARICOM Trade Ministers have approved a range of recommendations aimed at positioning the region’s rum industry to better take advantage of the global market. The measures address a host of domestic and international issues that affect the competitiveness of the industry, which is considered the region’s premier export sector and its largest foreign […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – A move by Guyana’s National Assembly to honour a Guyanese man who died in a jail in the United States after being convicted of terrorism charges has drawn harsh criticism from the United States Embassy. But the Government is adamant that it was simply paying tribute to a late Parliamentarian, as is […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, on Friday President has announced replacements for three of the four ministers who resigned from his Parliament over their dual citizenship. In an address to the nation, he said the resignations offered earlier this month by Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge, Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin, Minister of State in the Ministry […]
