Last Updated on Friday, 9 June 2017, 9:23 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Bar Association hopes that next Monday’s meeting between President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo will lead to the swift appointment of a Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), and suggested that the Guyanese leader’s decision could be challenged. “Although the issue of the interpretation ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 8 June 2017, 19:28 by Denis Chabrol Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) Mr. Allan Johnson has been fired from the post and newly-appointed Deputy CEO, Retired Brigadier will take over from Friday. in a statement issued through the Ministry of Public Health, said Johnson was removed from the post ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 8 June 2017, 19:01 by Denis Chabrol Toronto, June 8th, 2017 – Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. on Thursday announced that Eco Atlantic and its Operating Partner, Tullow Oil,  have approved an estimated 2,550 km2 seismic survey on the company’s Orinduik Block offshore Guyana. The survey is anticipated to commence in the next two weeks. ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 8 June 2017, 18:45 by Denis Chabrol Even as the umbrella Private Sector Commission (PSC) called on government and the opposition to deliver a “good life”, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon on Thursday assured that there is no feud with the private sector but said when the coalition took office more than two years ago, it ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 22:13 by Denis Chabrol Government is cutting ties with all privately-owned pharmaceutical bonds, even as it prepares to beef up its storage facilities- all aimed at slashing costs and more efficiently storing and distributing medical supplies to the public health sector, Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence said Wednesday night. “As you know, we ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 17:38 by Denis Chabrol One of four bandits was shot and injured by a technician during an armed robbery at Utivlugt, West Coast Demerara, but in the end they stabbed him and managed to escape with his handgun and other valuables, police said. Investigators said they are  making stringent efforts to apprehend four male suspects, ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 17:28 by Denis Chabrol The Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Keith Lowenfield says the absence of a Chairman is affecting key decision-making by that elections management agency. “The absence of a Chairperson, no doubt, curtails the work of the Commission one way or the other,” Lowenfield told Demerara Waves ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 14:28 by Denis Chabrol     The Working People’s Alliance (WPA)- one of the parties in the governing coalition- has called on the Guyana government to release the contract with the United States (US) oil-giant, ExxonMobil, in the interest of transparency and accountability. “There is no justifiable reason for not publishing this contract. ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 12:25 by Denis Chabrol A man was Wednesday placed on bail for causing the death of his girlfriend when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates Court before Magistrate Fabayo Azore. Twenty year old Kenroy London of 74 Kaneville East Bank Demerara rode allegedly motorcycle CH 9730 in a manner dangerous to the public ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 10:14 by Denis Chabrol Intensifying its protests mainly in the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) stronghold of Berbice against the closure of sugar operations there, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has called on government to hold a referendum on scaling down the Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco). GAWU President, Komal Chand ...