Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 June 2018, 19:57 by Denis Chabrol Gil Holzman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas says the oil explorer is excited at the prospects of its Guyana offshore block based on recent seismic data and is confident French conglomerate Total will exercise an option to farm in to the concession. In ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 June 2018, 14:35 by Denis Chabrol Japan is funding a US$17 million renewable energy project in Guyana that would see an improvement of the capital’s electricity generation system and the introduction of a solar energy system at the locally-based headquarters of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Greenidge made the announcement at the ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 June 2018, 21:59 by Denis Chabrol Government’s interim management committee on Wednesday took back control of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union, after the High Court threw out previous orders. The original management committee, which has come under wide-ranging scrutiny for the way it has been running the affairs of the financial institution, had ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 June 2018, 17:39 by Denis Chabrol General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo Tuesday afternoon did not in any way object to the Caribbean Court of Justice’s (CCJ) ruling that upheld the constiutionality of limits to the presidency for two terms. “I believe in adhering to the laws of Guyana and the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 June 2018, 20:04 by Denis Chabrol There are mixed views that there could be a power struggle in the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) for its presidential candidacy in Guyana’s 2020 general elections, following Tuesday morning’s Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruling that effectively bars two-time president Bharrat Jagdeo from running a third term. Political ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 June 2018, 12:20 by Denis Chabrol Former President of Guyana, Donald Ramotar on Tuesday welcomed the judgement by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) that a parliamentary amendment of the Constitution to provide for presidential term limits is constitutional. Ramotar, who was President from 2011 to 2015, added that “I believe they had very strong ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 June 2018, 19:59 by Denis Chabrol The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Tuesday ruled that two-term presidential term limits  in Guyana must remain intact in keeping with a 2001 constitutional amendment, overturning decisions by the High Court and the Court of Appeal. Delivering the judgement, outgoing CCJ President Justice Denis Byron said at the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 June 2018, 7:49 by Denis Chabrol Preparations are being stepped up for the October staging of a major Green Guyana Expo and International Business Summit to be co-hosted by several government ministries, State agencies and international organizations including the Inter American Development Bank (IDB), the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and others. The two-day event to ...

Last Updated on Monday, 25 June 2018, 22:36 by Denis Chabrol As the Guyana government prepares to establish a Law Reform Commission, it has already hired support staff members and paying a rent totalling GY$2.6 million monthly, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil William said Monday. “The Law Reform Commission is in the final stages of readiness. Persons ...

Last Updated on Monday, 25 June 2018, 22:08 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government has been paying at least GY$2 million to each of five special prosecutors since last year June, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams told the House on Monday. In response to written questions by Shadow Legal Affairs Minister, Attorney-at-Law Anil Nandlall, Williams said ...