Last Updated on Monday, 5 June 2017, 12:50 by Denis Chabrol Finance Minister Winston Jordan on Monday ruled out Guyana taking advances from oil revenues to help stimulate the economy, warning that to do so would be fraught with danger in a country where there is already sufficient money in the treasury but limited human resources to spend. “It’s no sense ...

Last Updated on Monday, 5 June 2017, 12:25 by Denis Chabrol A less than satisfactory number of University of Guyana (UG) students and former students have taken advantage of the Independence Jubilee reduced tuition fee repayments, resulting in the Guyana government being still saddled with a huge number of outstanding student loans, Finance Minister Winston Jordan said Monday. Addressing the ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 June 2017, 16:56 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo will find it virtually impossible to submit a third list of nominees for the post of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and much will depend on a meeting between him and President David Granger later this month, a top opposition party official said ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 June 2017, 12:22 by Denis Chabrol Guyanese will have an opportunity to view the work of Vincentian multi-media artist, goldsmith and photographer Josette Norris at a one-week exhibition of paintings, conceptual art and jewelry to be mounted in Georgetown during the week of June 5-10, 2017. The exhibition will be held at 160 Waterloo Street, ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 June 2017, 11:32 by Denis Chabrol A man was found dead in his yard at Nandy Park, East Bank Demerara with a gunshot wound to the upper part of his body, police confirmed. He has been identified as sawmill owner, Cecil Persaud. Unconfirmed reports are that the man might have placed a gun in his ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 3 June 2017, 13:24 by Denis Chabrol Insisting that no one is mining within the boundary of the Kaieteur National Park, top leaders of Chenapau village on Saturday called on soldiers to leave the area because they are traumatising residents. “We need those military operations to stop because it is violating our free movement of passage ...

Last Updated on Friday, 2 June 2017, 23:48 by Denis Chabrol President David Granger said that Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo must submit a list that matches the criteria set out in keeping with Article 161 (2) of the Constitution of Guyana for the selection of a ‘fit and proper’ person to fill the post of Chairman of ...

Last Updated on Friday, 2 June 2017, 18:30 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo says President David Granger has rejected a second list of nominees for the post of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. Jagdeo reiterated his warning that legal action and other steps would be taken if Granger goes ahead and names a Chairperson unilaterally. “The Leader ...

Last Updated on Friday, 2 June 2017, 16:19 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo (June 2, 2017) today called on Government to make public the contract document with Exxon Mobil in light of the announcement by the Ministry of Natural Resources that Guyana will earn a guaranteed two per cent royalty on gross production from 2020. Jagdeo was at ...

Last Updated on Friday, 2 June 2017, 15:44 by Denis Chabrol Minister of State, Joseph Harmon on Friday signaled that a major shake-up at the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) is likely, but he refused to say whether the substantive Head, James Singh would be returning to head that law enforcement entity. Harmon declined to divulge details of the report of ...