Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 November 2016, 14:48 by Denis Chabrol by Derwayne Wills Following government’s intention to grant a Prime Minister’s pension to former Prime Minister and former Georgetown Mayor, Hamilton Green; Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said government must show special contributions to the nation made by Green to validate a Parliamentary Bill granting him alone a Prime Minister’s pension. ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 November 2016, 12:19 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday slammed his fellow People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) parliamentarian, Nigel Dharamlall, for several caustic posts about President David Granger on Facebook. “Unacceptable” and “reprehensible” was how Jagdeo described Dharamlall’s remarks about the Guyanese leader. They included descriptions about the President’s dental health. The ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 November 2016, 10:24 by Denis Chabrol Guyana is set to have its first Black business chamber aimed at promoting and sustaining the development of enterprises owned by Guyanese of African descent, the organisation said in a statement. “Part of its goal is to strengthen efforts at national development and achieving surety of economic inclusion through ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 November 2016, 9:28 by Denis Chabrol Canada predicts that Venezuela will not accept not accept a ruling by the International Court of Justice on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy, as part of a plan to keep the issue alive. “If it goes to the International Court of Justice, Venezuela does not recognise the ruling of the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 November 2016, 22:45 by Denis Chabrol The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) wants Guyana’s Auditor General to conduct a forensic audit into the parking meter project, but Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan said that makes no sense. Duncan said assessments of the parking meter contract by the Minister of Finance and the Attorney General and Minister ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 November 2016, 22:14 by Denis Chabrol Investigations are ongoing to identify person or persons who may have been responsible for the leak of examination papers before the sitting and assessment of 250 nursing students on October 19 and 20, 2016, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported on Tuesday. Nurses who sat the Clinical and Functional ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 November 2016, 17:19 by Denis Chabrol A suspected sheep thief, who allegedly drew a loaded firearm at police, was shot dead early Tuesday morning and investigators later seized numerous items believed to have been stolen. Another man, who was at the farmhouse where the stolen sheep were discovered was allegedly held with another handgun and ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 November 2016, 16:10 by Denis Chabrol Government is preparing to give former Prime Minister, Hamilton Green possibly more than GYD$1 million pension and other benefits, a move that has already set the David Granger-led administration on a collision course with the opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC). When Parliament meets on November 21, Finance Minister ...

Last Updated on Monday, 14 November 2016, 18:56 by Denis Chabrol A twenty six year old serial robber of 86 Nelson Street, Mocha Arcadia, EBD who used a motor cycle to allegedly commit a spate of robberies on Gas Stations and Supermarkets on the East Coast of Demerara was Monday remanded to prison He  was remanded to prison until December ...

Last Updated on Monday, 14 November 2016, 18:46 by Denis Chabrol A businesswoman and her common-law husband died after they stabbed each other during a “argument” over the management of their business, police said. The incident occurred Sunday at their business premises located at Ekereku Hill top, Kamarang. Investigators learned that Selima Norton, AKA ‘Shelly’, 45 years of New Providence ...