Last Updated on Saturday, 7 November 2020, 23:09 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon is  hoping that the incoming administration of United States President-elect Joe Biden will improve the political and social conditions in Guyana. “We commit to working with you to rebuild trust between our peoples, strengthening goodwill and re-establishing constitutional democracy and social cohesion in Guyana after ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2020, 21:16 by Denis Chabrol The shipment of scrap metal, in which 11.5 tonnes of cocaine were discovered stashed on arrival  in Belgium, had transited the French Overseas Department of Guadeloupe, the Head of  Guyana’s Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) James Singh said Friday night. He said the broker has been arrested and investigators are ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2020, 20:35 by Denis Chabrol Shawn Neblett, an ex-policeman was Friday extradited to the United States (US) to face drug trafficking charges, an American embassy spokeswoman said. From all accounts, he lost his defence before a Guyana Magistrates’ court to show cause why he should not extradited to the US, The US Embassy spokeswoman ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2020, 20:21 by Denis Chabrol The  Guyana government appeared unwilling fund a  Argentines and Spain forensic experts to visit Guyana to investigate the killing and mutilation of the teenage Henry cousins, saying that could set the stage for similar demands in the future. “If we set precedent of this nature, then every person, we ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2020, 16:32 by Denis Chabrol Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday virtually ruled our Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond being sworn in again, although the records show she had been sworn in as a parliamentarian while she had been a dual citizen. “Personally, I don’t think the government should swear in ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2020, 13:59 by Denis Chabrol Tourism Minister Oneidge Walrond appeared to have taken the oath of office as a parliamentarian before she had lost her United States (US) citizenship, but the Clerk of the National Assembly Sherlock Isaacs stayed clear of saying whether she has breached Guyana’s constitution. In the Certificate of Loss of ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2020, 9:36 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) has released two shippers in connection with the 11.5 ton cocaine bust in Belgium, and has since begun hunting several other persons even as international cooperation continues apace, a top anti-drug agent said Friday. CANU Head James Singh declined to confirm whether Belgian law ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2020, 8:45 by Denis Chabrol The Board Secretary of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), Jacques Foster was Thursday night shot and injured. Police said the 44-year old was shot by an identifiable man in his home village of Montrose, East Coast Demerara. Mr. Foster was injured to his right hand from which ...

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. ...

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 ...