Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 April 2018, 6:21 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo will be boycotting an anti-corruption walk being organised by the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) on the grounds that that agency was being used as a tool to target government’s political opponents and it has done nothing to curb increasing incidents of alleged corruption by ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 April 2018, 19:32 by Denis Chabrol Workers of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) are threatening protest action if other relevant government agencies remain silent on mercury poisoning by emissions from the Guyana Gold Board. President of the Guyana Civil Servants and General Workers Union (GCS&GWU), Gregory Gaspar said his newly-formed trade union is ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 April 2018, 18:21 by Denis Chabrol Road users in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) will soon have to pay tolls to help fund maintenance of the several roads that are being repaired and rebuilt there, says Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson. Government’s Department of Public Information quoted Patterson as saying that the strategy would aid in ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 April 2018, 17:55 by Denis Chabrol Director of Public Prosecutions, Shalimar Hack was Tuesday asked to consider discontinue charges of misconduct in public office against former Finance Minister, Ashni Singh and former Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Winston Brassington. The request was made by their lawyer, Anil Nandlall who said ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 April 2018, 13:06 by Denis Chabrol Six suspected bandits were Tuesday arraigned on gun and ammunition possession charges. Except for Steve Hercules, who pleaded guilty, the others pleaded innocent, were refused bail and remanded to prison until May 10, 2018. Hercules was expected to be sentenced later Tuesday by Providence Magistrate, Sunil Scarce. Defence Lawyer, ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 April 2018, 7:43 by Denis Chabrol A number of then Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldiers, who are persons of interest for the Lindo Creek massacre 11 years ago, are unlikely to testify because they are no longer serving members of the army. However, the GDF said it has made arrangements for those, who are still ...

Last Updated on Monday, 16 April 2018, 21:50 by Denis Chabrol Cabinet is yet to announce a new Chairman and other directors of the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco), although Finance Minister Winston Jordan has said new directors announced in early March have been scrapped. Jordan has said Cabinet Secretary Joseph Harmon prematurely announced Guysuco’s new Board of Directors before ...

Last Updated on Monday, 16 April 2018, 19:02 by Denis Chabrol The Ministry of Natural Resources on Monday said it was disappointed with what seems to be a “reneging” by all parties concerned on the terms and understanding of the mediation process on mining in the Marudi mountain area, Region Nine (Upper Takatu-Upper Essequibo) which came into being in 2016. ...

Last Updated on Monday, 16 April 2018, 18:29 by Denis Chabrol The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a structured and unified approach to the Caribbean’s response to the HIV epidemic, will host the Joint Regional Dialogue with Faith Leaders, Parliamentarians, Civil Society Leaders, National AIDS Programme Managers and Youth Leaders. Approximately 60 delegates representing ...

Last Updated on Monday, 16 April 2018, 18:10 by Denis Chabrol Tragedy struck a Corentyne family early morning when a woman was killed and her daughter and mother injured while they were returning from dropping off a relative at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. The accident occurred on the Number 58 Village Public Road when the car they were travelling ...