Last Updated on Friday, 2 February 2018, 17:12 by Denis Chabrol The wealthy German industrial conglomerate Siemens is pushing for a stake in  modernising  Guyana’s public health sector, the Ministry of Public Health announced Friday. The three-person delegation, which met recently with Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence and a high-level team with the former rolling out its tentative plans which ...

Last Updated on Friday, 2 February 2018, 16:41 by Denis Chabrol The settlement of the Guyana-Suriname maritime boundary dispute several years ago was an incentive for ExxonMobil to explore and eventually find huge oil fields offshore this country, former Head of the Frontiers Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Keith George said. “If it weren’t for the 2007 Arbitral ...

Last Updated on Friday, 2 February 2018, 12:32 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) on Friday announced the appointment of Mr. Albert Gordon effective February 1, 2018 as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mr Gordon is a Jamaican national but stands truly as a son of the Caribbean. The appointment of Mr. Gordon forms ...

Last Updated on Friday, 2 February 2018, 5:22 by Denis Chabrol Guyana can go the International Court of Justice (ICJ) alone on the border controversy even if Venezuela refuses to participate in that process, according to two leading frontier experts Their assurances came against the background of concerns about whether Venezuela first has to agree to have the case taken there. ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 1 February 2018, 17:33 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and government are making progress in negotiations for increased salaries and other benefits, with President David Granger expected to make the final decision after he reads a joint task force report to be presented to him. GTU President, Mark Lyte said the talks are ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 1 February 2018, 15:34 by Denis Chabrol Former President, Samuel Hinds on Thursday said a “counter-force” emerged after Guyana’s security forces failed to nab politically-motivated criminals  who had been bent on destabilising the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) administration. Hinds, also Guyana’s longest serving Prime Minister, reasoned that the underground killing wave dates back to 1997  ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 1 February 2018, 7:13 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall Guyanese dream big rich dreams.  Their dreams are thick, they are light, they are sweet, and they are crude.  Already it should be clear that the recurring dreams are about that oil in the mud over there.  In the midst of all these fantasies, I believe ...