Guyana Times

Longstanding member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) – the largest party in the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Coalition, Mervyn Williams, has resigned from the party – an announcement he made during a live programme. Williams was the host of Nation Watch, a political talk show which is usually streamed live on the PNC/R’s Facebook page....

Less than 24-hours after being sworn in as the new Local Government and Regional Development Minister, Priya Manickchand hit the ground running on Sunday with a site visit to the incomplete Bamia Primary School in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice) where she admonished the contractors over the prolonged delays. The $346 million contract for the construction of the Bamia Primary...

– recently released from prison for her assault A woman and her husband are now dead after he chopped her several times almost severing a leg, before commiting suicide. Dead are Alisha Narine, called “Tito”, 36, a domestic worker of Vishal Singh and Sons Sawmill, and Ram Singh, a labourer of the sawmill at Grant 1780, Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, Region Six...

…Driver arrested; alcohol found in system A motorcyclist and his pillion rider are now dead after crashing into a motorcar on at Hermitage Village, East Coast Berbice (ECB), Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), in the wee hours of Sunday morning. Dead are Kris Ramphal, aged 29, a packaging plant worker of Chesney New Housing Scheme, Corentyne, and Malcolm Pirtan called “Malie”, 18,...

...farmers express concern over paddy prices offered by millers Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, has agreed to meet with rice farmers and millers as harvesting of the second rice crop has commenced across the country, while rice farmers have expressed concern over the price being offered by millers for each bag of paddy being sold to them. Minister Mustapha, along...

If it’s one thing we know about Prezzie is he’s absolutely bonkers about cricket!! He just doesn’t wear that on his sleeve – as they say – but on his entire persona. Now the Brits who used to rule half of the world back in the day won one of their most famous battles against the French – the...

Dear Editor, Dr. Wayne Dyer once lectured, "When we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change." Changes are inevitable just as death is. Tax is no longer one of the inescapable necessities in life. Some know how to dodge the taxman. Peter D'aguiar on the 1964 Election - I should have seen what's gonna happen……...

Guyana’s Foreign Secretary, Robert Persaud, on Sunday acknowledged the recent passing of Ambassador Elisabeth Harper via his social media page, where he described her as a friend, mentor, patriot. “Guyana we’ve lost a gem. A patriot, a true soldier without any guns. I urge all students of international relations to do a deep dive into her work and commitment...

Dear Editor, Populism is widely used term, but one that is also widely misunderstood. The most elementary error is to derive the meaning from the adjective “popular”, where the latter refers to a person or thing that is well-liked. By contrast, we should understand populism as a distinctive way of practising politics. I shall demonstrate that Azruddin Mohamed (AZM hereafter)...

– Chinese Embassy expresses condolences on the passing of Elisabeth Harper The Chinese Embassy in Guyana via its Facebook page on Sunday expressed condolences to the family, colleagues and friends of the late Ambassador Elisabeth Harper. According to the post, her “professionalism, wisdom and commitment to mutual understanding left an indelible mark on our bilateral relations”. It described the ambassador as “an...