Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 21:21 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s private sector and President David Granger on Wednesday disagreed over the impact of the unsettled no-confidence motion on the business environment. “I do not know how valid that perception is but, as far as I’m concerned, the government has done nothing to engender any disorder or any despair ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 14:37 by Writer A six-year pupil of Eversham Primary School, Corentyne, Berbice, was killed after she ran out from behind a lorry and was struck down by a car, the Guyana Police Force said. The child was identified as Arianna Lowenfield with a given address as Epson Village, Corentyne. The car that struck ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 15:44 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Government is expected to table a Financial Paper in the National Assembly to request GYD$3.5 billion to fund General and Regional Elections which may be held after final appeals on the no-confidence motion are heard at the Caribbean Court of Justice. “We are going to ensure that ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 9:40 by Writer The United Kingdom High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn, is named Honorary Graduate for an Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) by Queen’s University Belfast. Queen’s University is ranked in the top 180 universities in the world. Greg Quinn is a native of Northern Ireland and is expected to be conferred ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 9:26 by Writer Barbados is among several Caribbean nations that is exploring integrating agriculture and tourism as that small Eastern Caribbean island on Wednesday opens its Agrotourism Policy Setting Workshop under the theme, “Strengthening Linkages Between Agriculture and Tourism” in the capital Bridgetown. Regional organisations, the World Bank and the World Travel and ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 6:01 by Writer The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has set Friday to begin the groundwork for hearing an appeal of the Guyana Court of Appeal’s decision that last year’s no-confidence motion was not validly passed by the required absolute majority of 34 votes. Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo’s Attorney-at-Law, Anil Nandlall said the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 March 2019, 17:53 by Writer The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has established an oil and gas unit that is serving oil companies in the secure transmission of data through its submarine fibre optic cable, the company’s Chief Executive Officer Justin Nedd said. “I can tell you we have an oil and gas unit ...

Last Updated on Monday, 25 March 2019, 19:20 by Writer A woman is suing the State for more than GYD$50 million for the alleged unlawful death of her brother while he was in police custody earlier this year. Days after the High Court declared  Shivani Sawak the legal administrator of the estate of Kallicharran Sawak, she sued the State for ...

Last Updated on Monday, 25 March 2019, 18:15 by Writer The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Monday said Guyana was still gripped in political uncertainty over whether the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) might rule that the no-confidence motion was validly passed and elections should have been held already. “What happens if the argument that the no-confidence ...

Last Updated on Monday, 25 March 2019, 5:11 by Writer The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Sunday announced that it would be boycotting parliamentary sittings until the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) rules on whether the no-confidence motion was validly passed by Guyana’s National Assembly. “The General Secretary of the PPP wishes to place on record that the People’ ...