(Barbados Today) BARBADIANS are going to the polls in just over three weeks to elect a new government. The surprise announcement was made this evening by Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, in a national address from Ilaro Court. Mottley revealed January 19, 2022, as the election date, with Nomination Day being January 3. General elections were…

NO longer an executive member of the People’s National Congress/Reform (PNC/R), while losing the recent race to be leader of the party to Aubrey Norton, Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon is fighting to keep his seat in Parliament as his support base quickly dwindles outside and inside the party. Harmon, at the recent PNCR Congress, secured…

In 2019, officials of the David Granger led government, including former Finance Minister Winston Jordan, who is now being prosecuted, was warned of such an outcome while negotiating the sale of prime waterfront properties in Kingston, Georgetown to BK Marine Inc. on “favourable terms”. A Legal Opinion was solicited by the then Ministry of Public…

–as vaccination rates increase HEALTH Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony, has said that 95.4 per cent or 37,366 persons of the 39,151 persons who tested positive for COVID-19 since it was first detected in Guyana in March, 2020, have recovered. Dr. Anthony made this disclosure during his COVID-19 update with the Department of Public Information (DPI),…

The newly-proposed Board of Directors to manage Guyana’s Natural Resources Fund (NRF) is not only geared at stripping the overpowering ministerial influence in the current law but it is also part of international standards for good governance. This was the view of President Dr. Irfaan Ali during a virtual address on Tuesday, where he spoke…

–President Ali says SHOULD the government get its way, spending from the country’s oil revenues would be subject to both pre and post parliamentary scrutiny, President Dr. Irfaan Ali said on Tuesday. In a virtual presentation, Dr. Ali said that the NRF 2021 Bill, which is before the National Assembly, requires that withdrawals from the…

A 22-year-old One Mile Extension, Wismar Linden, resident was on Tuesday sentenced to three years imprisonment and slapped with a $1.8 million fine for trafficking cannabis. Gavin Martin appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court and pleaded guilty to the charge which alleged that on December 24, 2021, at Peters Hall…

FORMER Finance Minister Winston Jordan, who was slapped with a misconduct in public office charge on Tuesday for the sale of prime water-front properties to BK Marine Inc, was warned of the possibility of being prosecuted for the offence before completing the transaction. In a legal opinion, dated January 18, 2019, to the then Ministry…

Police have issued a wanted bulletin for 18-year-old Kevin ‘Lil Boy’ Carter in connection with the murder of a 36-year-old training officer/bodyguard of Beharry Group of Companies, Garfield Newton. Anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of Kevin Carter is asked to contact the police on telephone numbers 226-7065, 227-1270, 226-7476, 226-7065, 227-9271,…

PERSISTENT rainfall across parts of Guyana’s coast over the last 48 hours has left many houses in several communities across Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) inundated. During an assessment of the situation at Zeelugt and Meten-Meer-Zorg, two of the most affected communities, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, told residents that systems have already been put in…