Guyana News

See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Alexandra Simon The annual “The Fire this Time” festival returns for its 10th season at the Kraine Theater in East Village on Jan. 21. The two-week event, which celebrates the work of black playwrights, ...

See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Albert Baldeo Judge Jesse M. Furman, a federal judge, gave us our first victory when he blocked the Commerce Department on Tuesday from adding a question disclosing whether the person filling out the 2020 ...

See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Kam Williams “The 5 Browns: Digging through the Darkness” Excellent (3.5 stars) Unrated Running time: 100 minutes Production Company: Plow Productions The 5 Browns is a musical quintet composed of siblings born in Houston, ...

Police are investigating the murder of a contractor and shop-owner who was late Sunday night stabbed to death outside his residence. Dead is 48-year old Godfrey Phillip of 3028 ‘D’ Field Sophia, East Coast Demerara. The Guyana Police Force said ...

Opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) presidential candidate, Irfaan Ali Sunday night announced that US$500 million in oil revenues would be pumped into agriculture. “We already have a plan and programme that will see more than US$500 million invested in Guyana ...

Ending months of speculation about who was his preferred pick for the presidential candidacy, General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Bharrat Jagdeo Sunday evening admitted that he had all along had his eyes set on Irfan Ali who ...

By David Hinds First, I am not surprised that Mr. Irfan Ali won by such a wide margin. He was clearly the choice of the PPP’s maximum leader, and the leader’s preference on such matters holds sway with many in ...

Former Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Retired Brigadier Mark Phillips on Sunday suggested he is “available” to enter the political arena. When asked whether he has been approached to become the prime ministerial candidate for the ...

By GHK Lall Now that it is official, there is a single simple question: who is going to vote for that fine learned gentleman? I can see only diehard PPP supporters coming out to exercise the franchise. And that would ...

By GHK Lall The day and selection day farce for the PPP/C presidential candidate is now over. Quite candidly, it did not matter to me who emerged as the winner. For I think that one would amount to, at most, ...

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