Last Updated on Friday, 21 May 2021, 13:57 by Denis Chabrol Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday announced that government has reached settlements with three City businessmen concerning land sales under the previous APNU+AFC government. He said agreements have been struck with Car Care, Cevon’s Waste Management and Courtney Benn Construction. “We don’t want to penalise unsuspecting businessmen,” he told ...

Last Updated on Friday, 21 May 2021, 10:12 by Denis Chabrol Mariners and residents of several coastal and riverain areas are being warned to “take all the necessary precautions” against extremely high spring tides from May 23 to May 29. The highest tides are expected to be on Wednesday May 26, 2021 at 3:38 am at a height of  3.23 ...

Last Updated on Friday, 21 May 2021, 7:20 by Denis Chabrol Police say 453 kilogrammes have been found aboard a plane that crash-landed on an earthen trail at Orealla, Upper Corentyne River, police said. “Two male foreign nationals, suspected to be Brazilians, who were in the vicinity were arrested by the Divisional ranks and an initial search of the aircraft ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 20 May 2021, 17:13 by Denis Chabrol A foreign aircraft, believed to be laden with cocaine, Thursday afternoon made an emergency landing on a road at Orealla, Upper Corentyne River, sources said. Additional police and agents of the Cusroms Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) were said to be heading to the area, sources said. Sources said the pilot ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 20 May 2021, 11:37 by Denis Chabrol Eight retired senior police officers and a serving Assistant Police Commissioner have been charged with conspiracy to defraud the State of GYD$10 million and they were each granted GYD$100,000 bail. Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Retired Assistant Commissioner Paul Slowe was not present in court as he is ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 22:04 by Denis Chabrol Former Police Commissioner Leslie James has been asked to give investigators an account of how two members of the Police Service Commission (PSC) and several other retired senior police officers had been hired for more than GYD$10 million to review the Guyana Police Force’s internal rules, police said. Police ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 21:23 by Denis Chabrol As the Guyana High Court prepares to next Monday rule on whether the Police Service Commission (PSC) had unfairly bypassed a number of officers for promotion, two  PSC  Commissioners and several retired police officers are being investigated for several alleged offences. The Guyana Police Force confirmed that a number ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 15:25 by Denis Chabrol The Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) top Caribbean performer, Guyanese Zane Ramotar, plans to become a Physicist and return to Guyana to teach the subject at the tertiary level. “I am not entirely sure what job I want to have but I really would like it to be in ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 10:50 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall  A scan of SN’s May 19th frontpage turned up two gems.  They confirm how lost our main political groups are, and how distant from reality are the leaders of those groups; their credibility, never above average to begin with, takes yet another dive to the bottom. ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 8:41 by Denis Chabrol Veteran Guyanese politician and academic, Aubrey Norton on Tuesday night announced that he would  be contesting for the position of leader of his People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and he hopes to rebuild his party and revive the coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC). “The ...