Last Updated on Thursday, 3 May 2018, 11:39 by Denis Chabrol By Ivan Cairo PARAMARIBO – While authorities here are still searching for victims and recovering bodies from last Friday’s deadly attack on four fishing boats in Surinamese waters pirates attacked another fishing boat Wednesday night killing at least one fisherman. According to Mark Lall, secretary of Visserscollectief, a local ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 3 May 2018, 11:20 by Denis Chabrol Guyana on Thursday hosted the inaugural workshop for Regional Judges and Prosecutors with a call by the country’s Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams SC., for more convictions and the confiscation of the proceeds of criminal ventures for the benefit of the State and other victims. ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 3 May 2018, 2:46 by Denis Chabrol Three bodies of the 16 missing fishermen were salvaged Wednesday night by Suriname’s Coast Guard and members of that neighbouring country’s  maritime police. Director of the National Coordination Center for Disaster Management told media in Suriname that the bodies showed signs of crime. Jerry Slijngaard, according to a report ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 3 May 2018, 3:03 by Denis Chabrol United States-headquartered warehouse club, PriceSmart, is planning to set up shop in Guyana due to expected economic boom as a result of oil production in another two years, a senior company official said. “We are very, very interested in exploring the opportunity of locating PriceSmart in Guyana. We have ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 2 May 2018, 15:30 by Denis Chabrol The Ministry of the Presidency (MotP) and the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) on Tuesday formally launched the Centennial ‘limited edition’ Commemorative Stamp in celebration of the life of the Late Executive President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Cheddi Jagan. Notably absent from the launching ceremony held at ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 2 May 2018, 10:01 by Denis Chabrol World Press Freedom Day 2018 – the global event- was launched Wednesday in Accra, Ghana with a call for policymakers to recognise that offline laws are generally as good as Online laws. That call was issued by the Senior Policy Manager of the World Wide Web Foundation, Nnenna Nwakanma ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 2 May 2018, 10:51 by Denis Chabrol Former Region 10 Regional Executive Office, Gavin Clarke on Monday conceded that the Region had breached Guyana’s Procurement Laws when it issued a number of contracts –contracts that had been flagged in 2016 in his Audit Report. Contrary to an earlier report, Clarke was never charged with fraud. Demerara ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 1 May 2018, 21:12 by Denis Chabrol The Alliance For Change (AFC)  Tuesday night decided to give President David Granger a two-week ultimatum to discuss Local Government Elections or the party would definitely contest alone, top party officials said. The National Executive Committee (NEC) expressed concern that Granger’s letter was delivered on the eve of its ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 1 May 2018, 18:11 by Denis Chabrol Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Presidency’s Department of the Public Service, Reginald Brotherson on Tuesday lashed back at the Guyana Trades Union Congress’ (GTUC) Women’s Advisory Committee (WAC) member, Karen Vansluytman-Corbin for publicly charging favouritism at that government entity. “You just don’t go up on a podium ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 1 May 2018, 16:44 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is calling for an urgent investigation into the operations of the Department of Public Service, alleging favouritism and cronyism at the Ministry of the Presidency (MotP) and its treatment of employment in the public sector. The public demand was made on May Day ...