Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 22:34 by Denis Chabrol The National Assembly Wednesday night unanimously approved  GY$2.451 billion to pay remaining severance to 4,723 sugar workers who have been laid off with the closure of several estates across the country. The results of a division (count) showed that 62 parliamentarians voted in favour of the amount after a ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 16:32 by Denis Chabrol The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-led administration spent almost GY$100 million on medical and dental expenses from 2012 to 2014, but Health Minister Volda Lawrence could not immediately say how much her ministry was paying in 50 percent insurance premiums for ministers and their families. In response to questions ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 15:30 by Denis Chabrol Finance Minister, Winston Jordan on Wednesday hinted that government workers would receive salary increases when in 2020 when Guyana begins producing oil estimated to rake in about US$300 million in that year. “I foresee improvements in the social and economic status of Guyana. I foresee progressive improvements in the ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 14:06 by Denis Chabrol Velda Addison Senior Editor, Digital News Group Hart Energy Wednesday, October 31, 2018 – 12:28pm Partners Exxon Mobil, Hess Corp. and CNOOC Nexen Petroleum are making progress toward development of the hydrocarbon bounty discovered offshore Guyana. “This month a second exploration vessel, the Noble Tom Madden, arrived to accelerate exploration and appraisal ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 13:09 by Denis Chabrol Police in Grenada have confirmed that a Guyanese man died aboard the MV Ocean Trader – a Guyanese registered ship- that was docked in Grenada last weekend. Dead is 41-year old Permanand “Short Man” Permaul. The vessel departed that Caribbean island Tuesday evening following the completion of an investigation ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 9:34 by Denis Chabrol By GHK Lall There was this troubling article titled, “Guyana’s brain drain at worrying levels -US State Dept. highlights shortage of even semi-skilled individuals” (KN October 20) that brought to a halt.  Though this supports existing private assessments, I do not think that the headline tells the whole story, ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 0:17 by Denis Chabrol A New York Court on Tuesday threw out a challenge by Guyanese- American Marcus Bisram, to his extradition to Guyana to face trial for the murder of a man who had refused his sexual overtures. United States District Judge, Kia A. Matsumoto upheld  last October’s ruling by Judge Peggy ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 October 2018, 23:02 by Denis Chabrol In the wake of the Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into the administration of Georgetown, Retired Justice Cecil Kennard’s refusal to apologise to City Mayor Patricia Chase-Green for telling her to “shut up and listen”, the women’s arm of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR). The National Congress ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 October 2018, 22:37 by Denis Chabrol Residents of a section of Robb Street, Georgetown on Tuesday night complained to inspectors of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that a very loud humming sound from generators at Teleperformance call centre was disturbing them from resting. The EPA inspectors used noise meters to conduct almost four-hour long tests ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 October 2018, 18:51 by Denis Chabrol Former Head of Guyana’s Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), James Singh says one of the men held in Jamaica on a United States (US) arrest warrant for alleged drug trafficking had been previously held in Guyana during the search of a vessel for cocaine which had eventually triggered a Commission of ...