Last Updated on Monday, 8 October 2018, 16:14 by Denis Chabrol Sir Trevor Hassell, the President of the Healthy Caribbean Coalition- an internationally-recognised non-profit organisation in the fight against non-communicable diseases- on Monday challenged agriculture stakeholders across the region to take up huge swathes of land in Guyana and Suriname to produce healthy foods. “I challenge all in agriculture to ...
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GTT did not threaten legal action to force disconnection of Digicel’s Suriname data link- Nedd
Last Updated on Monday, 8 October 2018, 13:38 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has denied any involvement in recent actions by the Surinamese telecoms authority to pull the data sharing service that was being provided to its competitor, Digicel Guyana. The company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Justin Nedd made this clear at a media briefing ...
Read More »President Granger tables new salary offer to GTU amid planned teachers’ strike
Last Updated on Monday, 8 October 2018, 12:05 by Denis Chabrol President David Granger and top officials of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) on Monday held talks aimed at staving off another strike by teachers. GTU General Secretary, Coretta Mc Donald told the media briefly that the President addressed the meeting and new proposals for a salary increase and adjusting ...
Read More »Essequibo coast farmer allegedly shoots another another…”me miss the ackurie”
Last Updated on Sunday, 7 October 2018, 14:31 by Denis Chabrol A Queenstown, Essequibo Coast farmer is in police custody as investigators probe the shooting of another farmer in the Quwenstown backlands early Saturday morning, Guyana Police Force sources said. Sustaining pellet wounds to his middle lower back and left buttock is 54-year old Lynden Smith of 57 Queenstown. He ...
Read More »Police imposters beat, bound security guard, steal items from sand pit
Last Updated on Sunday, 7 October 2018, 14:14 by Denis Chabrol Two bandits, who pretended to be policemen, slammed the living quarters of a security guard, forcing him to flee the premises after which the tied him up and stole GY$6.1 million dollars in items from a sand pit operation, police said. The incident occurred at Jason Baskarran Sand Pit, ...
Read More »OPINION: The Kavanaugh confirmation- implications for minorities and Guyanese
Last Updated on Sunday, 7 October 2018, 13:55 by Denis Chabrol By GHK Lall In the middle of what could only be termed the new American Civil War, what does the Kavanaugh confirmation mean for minorities in the US? Specifically, what does this development represent for Guyanese? No matter how nuanced, it was a war over there; it is one ...
Read More »OPINION: Another racial call, another opportunity to really try
Last Updated on Sunday, 7 October 2018, 13:49 by Denis Chabrol By GHK Lall I would usually welcome and embrace any call by anyone from anyplace at anytime to remove prejudice from the midst of thinking, visions, and practices. There was one such call uttered here recently by an influential figure. I confess readily to instant skepticism; such is the ...
Read More »“E-Networks is carving for itself a place on the national spectrum” – PM Nagamootoo
Last Updated on Saturday, 6 October 2018, 20:06 by Denis Chabrol Congratulating the E-Networks company as a leader in innovative cable television services, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo said it pioneered the transformation of quality services via cable and high definition fibre optics. On the evening of October 5, the telecommunications company celebrated its 15th anniversary with a gala cocktail at ...
Read More »Police awaiting legal advice in alleged assault involving High Court judge, CN Sharma’s wife
Last Updated on Saturday, 6 October 2018, 19:31 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Police Force is seeking legal advice concerning an alleged assault involving High Court Judge, Navindra Singh and Savitri Singh the wife of Chandra Narine Sharma, police said Saturday. Told that the police have sent the file for legal advice, Savitri Singh briefly said she would then expect ...
Read More »Suspected Venezuelan pirates attack Guyanese fishermen
Last Updated on Saturday, 6 October 2018, 11:56 by Denis Chabrol A Guyanese captain and crew were earlier this week ordered to jump overboard and robbed of their fishing boat and items by pirates suspected to be Venezuelans. Guyana Police Force sources said the incident occurred on Thursday, October 6, 2018 at about 3 PM in the vicinity of Crabdog, ...
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