Last Updated on Thursday, 30 September 2021, 11:48 by Denis Chabrol This year’s World Maritime Day theme, “Seafarers at the Core of Shipping’s Future” seeks to put the spotlight on seafarers by highlighting the important role they play in the maritime world now as well as in the uncertain future. On the occasion of World Maritime Day, we must appreciate ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 30 September 2021, 10:25 by Denis Chabrol A footballer was Thursday morning shot dead while he was on his way to work, relatives said. He has been identified as 19-year old Joshua Denny, a  night student of the Guyana Industrial Training Centre (GITC). Relatives said he was pursuing studies in Electrical Installation while working in the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 30 September 2021, 9:37 by Denis Chabrol Reproduced from The Hill A New York federal judge declined to dismiss musician Eddy Grant’s lawsuit against former President Trump for using his song “Electric Avenue” in a video posted to Twitter last year, the Hill reported on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge John Koeltl issued an order on Tuesday denying ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 30 September 2021, 9:21 by Denis Chabrol A Jamaican businessman on Wednesday pleaded guilty to illegally departing Guyana and he was fined G$20,000 or three weeks imprisonment, police said. Thirty-eight year old Payton Maurice Smith of Kingston Jamaica appeared at the Number 51 Village Magistrates’ Court to answer the charge. Police said he pleaded guilty before ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 30 September 2021, 8:49 by Denis Chabrol A Guyanese woman from West Coast Demerara has complained to police that her ex partner has posted her nude pictures and videos on the Social media platform, TikTok, after they broke up and he accused her of being unfaithful, police said Thursday. Police, however, said the male is “unknown” ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 19:26 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on Wednesday announced that it has extended its data rollover expiration from one hour to 24 hours. However, the telecoms provider said customers would be unable to access the remaining data until they have subscribed for a new plan within the 24 ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 17:28 by Denis Chabrol The Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO) on Wednesday said there is no need to impose the need for a second COVID-19 vaccine and would amount to a “barrier” to the movement of persons, in the wake of concerns by Guyana and the rest of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). PAHO’s Assistant ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 10:01 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s High Court on Wednesday awarded GY$3.1 million (approximately US$14,553) to a Jamaican woman, after finding that she was unlawfully detained and also the conditions at the police lockup were inhumane, in clear violations of Guyana’s constitution.  Chief Justice, Roxane George-Wiltshire found that Sandra Russell, who had been convicted ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 9:25 by Denis Chabrol Digicel on Wednesday announced that it  has inked a deal with the France-based major international telecoms provider, Orange, to build a submarine fibre-optic cable that would link French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana and,  Trinidad and Tobago and provide service to the rapidly emerging oil sector. “Recognising the opportunity to supercharge ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 14:48 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali is relying on the success of a pilot project for large-scale cultivation of corn and soya bean to diversify the ailing State-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) President Ali also pointed out that the project will give the Government the chance to diversify the Guyana Sugar Corporation ...