Last Updated on Friday, 14 October 2016, 9:25 by Denis Chabrol by Abigail Semple A trial into the alleged theft of more than GYD$600 million from the Guyana government on Thursday heard the Chief Accountant testofy that he recognised the signature of then Public Service Minister, Dr. Jennifer Westford on documents requesting monies for various evaluations between August, 2011 and April, 2015 that ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 October 2016, 22:09 by Denis Chabrol A 25-year-old mother of one was on Thursday remanded to prison after she appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman on $2.9M arson and property damage charges. It is alleged that on October 9, 2016 at 7 Miles Mahadia, Naomi Williams unlawfully and maliciously set fire to a house valued at ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 October 2016, 22:02 by Denis Chabrol Fifteen foreign advisers are to be hired to help strengthen the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) management and reduce losses currently pegged at GPL’s Chairman of the Board of Directors, Robert Badal said that the US$7.4 million component of the Public Utility Upgrade Programme would be used to hire seven engineers ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 October 2016, 20:58 by Denis Chabrol Less than one week after the Guyana Oil and Gas Association (GOGA) was formally launched, the future of it President and Chief Executive Officer, Bobby Gossai Jr. hangs in the balance after reports surfaced that he was named in a recent government-sponsored forensic audit. GOGA said in a statement ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 October 2016, 20:28 by Denis Chabrol Baffled at two recent fires at Gafoor’s Industries’ Houston, East Bank Demerara that resulted in almost US$20 million dollars in losses, management has already decided its next move if there is third blaze. Managing Director, Sattaur Gafoor declined to divulge the decision. He said one of the major concerns ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 October 2016, 23:23 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader  Bharrat Jagdeo sought to shred President Granger’s address to Parliament on Thursday, charging that it contained nothing new. “I think people prepared the speech for him. They just brushed out the old documents and he genuinely believes that he is announcing new initiatives here. He just doesn’t ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 October 2016, 17:55 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo Thursday afternoon dismissed overtures by President Granger to arrive at “consensus and compromise.” “He said it many times. It’s all rhetoric. Has the President ever done anything significantly to move this forward?” Jagdeo told a news conference. The former Guyanese leader said government’s social cohesion ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 October 2016, 15:54 by Denis Chabrol Guyana has decided to take steps to stamp out identity theft and boost border security intelligence, President David Granger announced on Thursday. In an address to Parliament on the first day following the two-month recess, the President suggested that fingerprints would be included in Guyana’s new national identification cards. ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 October 2016, 15:17 by Denis Chabrol President David Granger on Thursday hoped that the walkout by the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) parliamentarians just as he was about to address the National Assembly would not be a obstacle to “compromise and consensus.” “Let us hope that despite the absence of the opposition today, we will ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 October 2016, 11:45 by Denis Chabrol A Bartica resident was shot dead and robbed of a quantity of raw gold that he was transporting to Bartica on behalf of his employer, his brother told Demerara Waves Online News. The foreman of the mining operation, who fled as the robbers fired shots at him, remained in ...