Last Updated on Monday, 7 December 2020, 16:20 by Denis Chabrol Bharat Dindyal on Monday returned to the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) once again, the power company said in a statement. He takes over from Jamaican Albert Gordon who had been appointed under the then A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) ...

Last Updated on Monday, 7 December 2020, 20:13 by Denis Chabrol The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Hack on Monday appealed a decision by the Magistrates’ Court to free ex- Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Chief-Staff, Retired Rear Admiral Gary Best of causing the death of former national cyclist, Jude Bentley’s death by dangerous driving. City Magistrate, Rhondel Weever on ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 6 December 2020, 15:45 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s coronavirus death toll on Sunday moved to 153 with the passing of two more persons, the Health Ministry said. “The latest fatalities are two men, an 81 -year-old from Region Seven (Cuyuni- Mazaruni) and a 55 year old from Region One (Barima- Waini),” the ministry said. They reportedly ...

Last Updated on Friday, 4 December 2020, 22:12 by Denis Chabrol Canada believes that sister-Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member-states and the Americas will have to be Guyana’s major and immediate source of skilled persons to fill the much-needed gap to help forge ahead with its expected oil-driven growth. Outgoing Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Lilian Chatterjee said Guyana evidently does not ...

Last Updated on Friday, 4 December 2020, 16:48 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Friday announced that there would be a meeting of all  former Presidents of Guyana on December 15. “It will be an open-flow meeting. I think it will be an opportunity for us to continue to share ideas, generate ideas to talk  about how we see ...

Last Updated on Friday, 4 December 2020, 13:41 by Denis Chabrol Magistrate Alex Moore has lost a GYD$50 million lawsuit he had brought against the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Hack for alleged defamation in a letter to the Chancellor of the Judiciary and copied to the Chief Justice. High Court Judge, Navindra Singh reasoned that the DPP has ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 3 December 2020, 20:08 by Denis Chabrol Chief Justice Roxane George- Wiltshire Thursday evening suspended the deportation orders against more than 20 Haitians who remain detained at a government centre since last month until the High Court decides on the constitutionality of their arrest and planned removal from Guyana. After the submission of arguments and counter-arguments, ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 3 December 2020, 15:43 by Denis Chabrol Former Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Retired Rear Admiral, Gary Best was Thursday freed on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving. Magistrate Rondel Weever upheld the no-case submissions and said “the prosecution failed to establish that Mr. Best was driving dangerously and consequently the case ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 22:30 by Denis Chabrol Even as a newly-formed Caribbean Manufacturing Association (CMA) plans to explore the production of specialised sugars, Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday called on local manufacturers to aggressively remove trade barriers in the Caribbean Community’s Single Market. Addressing the 2020 awards of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 20:14 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday defended Guyana’s decision to deport more than 20 Haitians who have been detained by police here on arrival since late last month, saying that evidence points to people smuggling. “This was people smuggling. A lot of it was people smuggling. You had children there ...