Last Updated on Thursday, 5 November 2020, 17:33 by Denis Chabrol Dr. Ashni Singh, who previously served as Finance Minister up to 2015, is back at the helm of the finance sector but this time under the Office of the President. He was sworn in as as a Senior Minister with responsibilities for Finance under the Office of the President. ...
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Overseas-based Guyanese can help craft national development plan- new US think-tank study; Guyana gets low marks
Last Updated on Thursday, 5 November 2020, 17:27 by Denis Chabrol A new study by the Washington DC-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has given the Guyana government low marks for harnessing the Diaspora, and recommends that every effort be made to encourage overseas-based Guyanese to craft and implement a national development plan. In a report titled “The ...
Read More »Belgian police seize 11.5 tons of cocaine; two Guyanese scrap metal shippers arrested
Last Updated on Thursday, 5 November 2020, 16:50 by Denis Chabrol Belgian prosecutors have dealt a new blow to a recently disbanded drug gang led by a former Belgian police chief after announcing the largest-ever overseas drug bust “in the world”, the Brussels Times reported Thursday. Head of Guyana’s Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit , James Singh said two shippers “heard we ...
Read More »“Yankee” found guilty of murdering Parika fuel dealer
Last Updated on Thursday, 5 November 2020, 15:57 by Denis Chabrol Following a guilty verdict by the jury in relation to the April 30, 2016 murder of Parika, East Bank Essequibo businessman, Mr Seeram Singh, convicted killer Curt Thomas has been further remanded to prison pending sentencing. The verdict was handed down on Thursday, November 05, 2020 before Justice Navindra ...
Read More »OPINION: President Trump’s electoral reaction mirrors that of Guyana’s own post March 2
Last Updated on Thursday, 5 November 2020, 12:10 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall I am writing this very early, but I think that Senator Joseph Biden has won the race for President of the United States. I did not vote, but I recognize him as my president. Anything else, or anyone else, would be the highest injustice, the exemplification ...
Read More »Republicans level electoral fraud claims similar to Guyana’s APNU+AFC
Last Updated on Thursday, 5 November 2020, 11:09 by Denis Chabrol The Republican Party- under the Donald Trump presidency that had repeatedly called on then Guyana President David Granger to concede defeat despite concerns about electoral fraud- is now citing similar concerns in this week’s United States election. Personal Lawyer for President Trump, Rudy Giuliani Wednesday night charged that thousands ...
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