Last Updated on Sunday, 9 September 2018, 14:06 by Denis Chabrol A heady, distinctive fragrance drifts invitingly up to Louis Holder’s Liliendaal office. It’s the smell of coffee—but definitely not any ordinary kind. The invigorating smell comes from an exquisite brand of locally-produced ground coffee. Its rich aroma exemplifies its intriguing story, one that interweaves long forgotten history with a ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 9 September 2018, 13:56 by Denis Chabrol Guyana is about to drawn down US$20 million from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to help finance “sustainable and stable supply” of electricity, marking the first time that this country will tap into US$900 million that have been made available by that financial institution, the Finance Ministry said. The ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 9 September 2018, 13:20 by Denis Chabrol The manager of a night club at West Coast Berbice has been let off the hook of Trafficking In Persons charges after the six Venezuelans denied they were victims and proved that they were in Guyana legally, police said. However, she is expected to face charges for allegedly assaulting ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 9 September 2018, 5:28 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s plans to establish a law school have hit a major snag with the Caribbean Council of Legal Education (CLE) saying its treaty does not provide for countries or private entities to build and operate law schools,  a hurdle Attorney General Basil Williams said was raised for the first ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 8 September 2018, 14:00 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL) has so far spent more than GY$5 million in three months mainly on equipment as well as office furnishings, according to  records. The spike in spending has occurred under the less than three-month old tenure of Sherod Duncan who was appointed  General Manager from ...

Last Updated on Friday, 7 September 2018, 16:46 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s President David Arthur Granger has called on the Council of Legal Education, the Caribbean’s regulatory body for legal education,  to increase access to reasonably priced legal education. “The Council, however, should seek new ways of improving access to and the delivery of affordable legal education to all corners ...

Last Updated on Friday, 7 September 2018, 15:57 by Denis Chabrol President David Granger  on Friday again insisted on Justice Kenneth Benjamin as Guyana’s next Chancellor because he emerged as the best candidate for the job, but he declined to say why his pick is better than acting Chancellor Yonette Cummings-Edwards. “All persons applied, they were interviewed, their applications were ...

Last Updated on Friday, 7 September 2018, 15:18 by Denis Chabrol President David Granger said,  while government would be taking steps to remove jail terms for small amounts of marijuana for personal use, concerns have been raised about potentially increased marijuana smoking at a time when steps were being taken to curb tobacco smoking. “Our health experts were concerned that, ...

Last Updated on Friday, 7 September 2018, 14:28 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) was prepared to accept a 20 percent salary increase for 2016, but would have to accept whatever the arbitration panel decides based on evidence to be submitted by government and the union, union President Mark Lyte said. “At the time, the union had thought ...

Last Updated on Friday, 7 September 2018, 11:19 by Denis Chabrol Guyana is not yet ready to establish the proposed Joseph Haynes Law School because the Caribbean Council of Legal Education (CLE) has found a number of gaps in the feasibility study, Council Chairman Senior Counsel Reginald Armour said. He told reporters that the CLE could not give its full ...