Last Updated on Saturday, 10 September 2016, 23:05 by Denis Chabrol The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Saturday fended off suggestions that Guyana’s Ambassador to Kuwait, Dr. Shamir Ally was unfit for that top diplomatic post, saying that he never deliberately engaged in fraud at an American transmitter manufacturer. The party for which Ally is a key financier said he had ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 10 September 2016, 17:41 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Police Force says one of three juveniles has been recaptured after escaping through a hole that they dug at the Juvenile Detention Centre at Sophia. While an investigation is in process, one male juvenile has been recaptured, police said in a statement. Police said the recaptured youth ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 10 September 2016, 18:01 by Denis Chabrol Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine has announced that a Coordinator of Guyana’s Private Schools has been appointed to regulate the involvement of these essential stakeholders in the education system. This appointment also gives the private school operators an opportunity to make a structured contribution to the management and ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 September 2016, 16:54 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan on Friday said he is willing to limit the responsibilities of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) to probe financial crimes, but he is opposed to separating it from the Guyana Police Force. “We are going to listen to the voices of the ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 September 2016, 16:13 by Denis Chabrol Government has hit a major stumbling block in proceeding with criminal action against several persons who have been fingered in stealing public funds and other property because some persons have refused to give statements, Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan said Friday. Asked whether in the absence of statements or ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 September 2016, 15:05 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s Ambassador to Kuwait, Dr. Shamir Ally did not inform authorities about fraudulent adjustments of a company’s accounts at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and it went undetected during the screening process. “The fact that it was not done by him did leave us somewhat surprised by this, ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 September 2016, 14:06 by Denis Chabrol Although  President David Granger has strongly condemned the one month no-pay suspension of National Communications Network (NCN) Sport Editor, Jocelle Archibald-Hawke, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Lennox Cornette said she would remain off the job until the Board of Directors decides on the matter. The President making his position ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 September 2016, 8:31 by Denis Chabrol Guyana blocked the Caribbean’s Council of Legal Education (CLE) from discriminating against Guyanese  in gaining automatic entry to that regional institution, according to a statement issued through the Guyana Bar Association (GBA). In the new agreement between the University of Guyana (UG), University of the West Indies (UWI) and ...

Last Updated on Friday, 9 September 2016, 7:42 by Denis Chabrol Digicel (Guyana) on Thursday – International Literacy Day 2016- helped to reinforce the importance of reading by providing assistance to the St. Cuthbert’s Mission Nursery School, Mahaica River. “Today we are spending some time with these little ones to show them the importance of reading. The staff members are ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 8 September 2016, 22:59 by Denis Chabrol President David Granger on Thursday criticized the now aborted removal of a television news anchor  at Guyana’s National Communications Network (NCN) from reading the news because she is pregnant and he has described as inhumane the one month suspension of a Sport Editor without pay. “We didn’t think it ...