Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 September 2018, 16:37 by Denis Chabrol The Local Government Commission (LGC) on Tuesday dismissed suggestions that the Commission of Inquiry into the operations of the Georgetown Municipality could be seen as timed to coincide with upcoming Local Government Elections (LGE). With the LGE slated for November 12, 2018 and the announcement of Commission of Inquiry ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 September 2018, 12:39 by Denis Chabrol A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) had toyed with the idea of each of the five parties under its umbrella contesting the 2018 Local Government Elections separately to test their strength on the ground, but APNU Chairman, David Granger has brushed aside the question. “I’m not aware of the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 September 2018, 9:39 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Police Force’s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) has launched an investigation into the award of a GY$148 million contract to a Dutch company for the development of a feasibility study and design of a new Demerara River bridge,  a senior police officer said. “The matter was referred ...

Last Updated on Monday, 17 September 2018, 21:45 by Denis Chabrol Dr. Tameshwar Algu, who works out of the New Amsterdam Regional Hospital (NARH), has managed to conduct extensive research on hernia procedures which has now been published in Caribbean medical journals. Dr. Algu, MBBS, Dip Surg, ChM, FCCS, who completed medical school in 2007 and completed a post-graduate diploma ...

Last Updated on Monday, 17 September 2018, 19:23 by Denis Chabrol The award of contracts  by the City administration and how Town Clerk Royston King escaped a no-confidence motion are among items topping the agenda for a Commission of Inquiry into the operations of the municipality, the Local Government Commission (LGC) indicated Monday afternoon. “Several of the complaints that have ...

Last Updated on Monday, 17 September 2018, 15:48 by Denis Chabrol Former President Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday invoked presidential immunity and refused to respond to any questions concerning the allocation of housing lands at Goedeverwagting-Plaisance (PradoVille 2) to himself, his then ministers and other top government officials eight years ago. Head of the Guyana Police Force’s Special Organised Crime Unit ...

Last Updated on Monday, 17 September 2018, 11:39 by Denis Chabrol Ecstasy, a date rape drug, has surfaced in several schools in Guyana, triggering a call by Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan for parents to pay greater attention to the welfare of their children. “We are conscious of the increasing demand for ecstasy among our youth population including children at ...

Last Updated on Monday, 17 September 2018, 8:45 by Denis Chabrol Residents of Kuru Kuru on Monday morning blocked the  Cooperative College Road, saying they are fed up with the deplorable state of the thoroughfare. Alliance For Change parliamentarian, Michael Carrington said the residents were upset because President David Granger failed to keep his promise to fix the roads in ...

Last Updated on Monday, 17 September 2018, 5:55 by Denis Chabrol Less than two months  before Guyanese go to the polls in Local Government Elections, the Town Clerk Royston King is expected to be sent on leave to pave the way for a Commission of Inquiry into the operations of City Hall, sources said. The Local Government Commission, in  a ...

Last Updated on Friday, 14 September 2018, 20:25 by Denis Chabrol The Ministry of Natural Resources on Friday said there was no “sinister motive or corruption” in decisions for the ExxonMobil’s Development Plan for Liza Phase 1 and the state’s regulatory Guyana Geology Mines Commission (GGMC) and contracted advisors were involved in the process. “Though it may be difficult for ...