Last Updated on Monday, 9 May 2016, 7:56 by Denis Chabrol A Vincentian, who is facing kidnapping and murder charges in his Caribbean homeland, has been fingered as a key suspect in one of New York city’s most infamous cold cases involving a Brooklyn high-school honors student, The New York Post has learned. New York Police Department (NYPD) detectives have already ...

Last Updated on Monday, 9 May 2016, 7:10 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall I refer to Mr. Wendell Jeffrey’s piece titled, “On May 26 Granger has the opportunity to distance himself from the racially divisive behaviors of the past” (SN May 2).  Using the letter writer’s impressive contribution as context, I make the following comments in what is proffered ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 8 May 2016, 16:36 by Denis Chabrol As part of efforts aimed at knitting the Guyanese heritage into the lives of the diaspora living in the United States by creating the atmosphere and environment conducive for Guyanese to meet and interact, a “Guyana Heritage Festival”; which goes hand-in-hand with the celebrations for Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary, is being ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 8 May 2016, 16:25 by Denis Chabrol Competition in the telecommunications industry is heating up with both major phone service providers rolling out various packages to woo customers. The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) has announced that all mobile pre- paid customers would receive a 10% free bonus credit on every top up (cards and electronic) and ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 8 May 2016, 15:56 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s efforts to reduce infant mortality are being improved through government and non-governmental organisations as part of efforts to reduce maternal mortality. Public Health Minister, Dr. George Norton credited the Guyana Help the Kids Organisation with contributing to the decline in the death of newborn babies at the Guyana Public ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 7 May 2016, 20:05 by Denis Chabrol Amid calls for President David Granger to remove Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan and Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud due to numerous incidents of violent crime, the minister said he would not be moved. “That’s the right of a citizen under this democracy…Ramjattan is not doing a good job, they ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 7 May 2016, 19:16 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s President David Granger on Saturday announced a target of ensuring that every government building is powered by renewable energy over the next four years as part of the country’s drive to eventually eliminate its addiction to fossil fuels. “I do believe the private sector will come along with us ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 7 May 2016, 20:16 by Denis Chabrol With the allocation of additional spectrum by the Ministry of Public Telecommunications, Guyana’s telephone service providers have finally launched their 4G networks across Guyana. Improved telecommunication services are a long awaited advent for Guyana given the increasing demands of today’s technological environment. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Digicel ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 7 May 2016, 4:58 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government has reactivated the National Disaster Risk Reduction Coordination Platform (NDRRCP), which has only operated intermittently for a number of years, at a meeting held at the headquarters of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC). Chairman of the CDC, Colonel (ret’d) Chabilall Ramsarup and other senior members of ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 May 2016, 23:44 by Denis Chabrol A group of vendors, who normally sell outside the old Guyana Stores Limited (GSL) bond on Water Street, have now been left out in the cold as the businessman plans to tell the High Court that he never granted them permission to play their trade, but instead they had ...