OPINION: The CCJ as a regional apex court deserves the highest respect
The following is an opinion piece by Seenath Jairam, SC
I was shocked to see on page 10 of the Guardian newspaper on Saturday, July...
LETTER: Owen Arthur among select group of truly great West Indian leaders
Dear Editor,
The passing of former Prime Minister of Barbados, Owen Arthur, is a great loss to Caribbean intellectual thought, practice and leadership. I co-authored...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Covering up the reality is not responsible journalism
- iNews Guyana restates its commitment to fair, balanced and responsible journalism. This we will pursue fearlessly and vigorously.
We welcome constructive feedback from...
SOCU’s arrests: ‘APNU/AFC seeking a dramatic way to distract people’ – Ramsammy
Below is a commentary by Dr Leslie Ramsammy on Government's move to use the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) to arrest and detain members...
Independence Day messages from political parties, civil society
People’s Progressive Party
The People's Progressive Party (PPP) salutes the people of Guyana on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the attainment of independence...
GAWU’s New, Militant Mode
By Ralph Ramkarran
The recent three-day general strike in the sugar industry, called by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), protesting the delay...
THE PIPER: Population manipulations?
Ever since last year when the APNU/AFC government broke with the century-old tradition of subsuming Guyana's immigration department under the Police Force, there have...
OPINION: De facto President complicit in determined decision to remain in power
The following is an opinion piece by Kit Nascimento, a former Minister under the Peoples National Congress (PNC) Government.
It is clear as daylight...
‘No Man is an Island or should be sent to one’ – US Ambassador...
- The ongoing debate surrounding the morality of homosexuality and the rights that should be given to such persons has definitely thrown the...
Op Ed: A Jaundiced Jeffrey
By: Mohabir Anil Nandlall, MP
Attorney-at-Law
Last week, I examined how a democratic Constitution, with its checks and balances, poses a hindrance to authoritarianism. In order...
Recent Articles
Venezuelan stabbed to death by co-worker
See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:
A report of an alleged murder committed on one called ‘Frankie’, Venezuelan, by suspect, Cane Vincent, age...
“Words can’t express how much they mean to me” – mother demands answers, justice...
By: Andrew Carmichael
“Words can’t express how much they mean to me, dem is me children,” expressed Rihanna Persaud, the mother who lost her nine-year-old...
No increase in electricity costs for consumers – Jagdeo assures amid power ship deal
Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has assured that the electricity price will not increase following the government’s move to charter a power ship to...
Govt would hire contractors without “full experience” to keep up with rapid development –...
New contractors would be hired by the government to keep apace with the ongoing rapid development in the infrastructure sector.
This is according to Vice...
Stabroek Market Wharf cleanup making significant progress
Works on clearing the rubble from the collapsed roof of the Stabroek Market Wharf continued on Thursday.
A 45-member crew is working assiduously to remove...
US$1M mobilisation fee for rental of power ship – GPL
See full statement from the Guyana Power and Light:
On April 13, 2024, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc. signed a contract with Urbacon...
Truck involved in Water Street fatal accident was unregistered – police
See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:
A fatal accident occurred on Monday, April 15, 2024, on Water Street, Georgetown, involving an unregistered motor...
Mother of 3 crushed to death by truck
A 36-year-old mother of three was last evening crushed to death by a hauler truck at High and Princes Streets, Georgetown.
She has been identified...
Remigrant calls for better police response after home burglarised; over $1.5M in items stolen
A businessman’s home in Berbice was burglarized while he was overseas, resulting in over $1 million in items being stolen.
The man, a remigrant is...
IDPADA-G never filed discrimination complaint with ERC – Commissioner
See full statement from the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC):
The International Decade of People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) has never filed a...