Last Updated on Friday, 10 December 2021, 14:52 by Denis Chabrol The Chairman of the Guyana Elections  Commission, Retired  Justice Claudette Singh has sought to justify voting for Mr. Vishnu Persaud as the new Chief Election Officer. In an official statement to announce his appointment, GECOM said in a statement that Justice Singh was also convinced by former GECOM Chairman ...

Last Updated on Friday, 10 December 2021, 14:25 by Denis Chabrol Mr. Vishnu Persaud is the Guyana Election Commission’s Chief Election Officer, according to pro-governing party Elections Commissioner Bibi Shadick. She said Chairman of GECOM Claudette Singh voted with the PPP Commissioners to give Mr Persaud the nod over Jamaican Mr. Harrow. Ms. Shadick’s colleague, Sase Gunraj added that “at ...

Last Updated on Friday, 10 December 2021, 9:44 by Denis Chabrol Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday announced that a board would be part of a new system  to manage  Guyana’s oil revenues under a simplified Natural Resources Fund (NRF) Act, in an effort to strip the process of ministerial influence. In announcing that proposed amendments to the Natural Resource ...

Last Updated on Friday, 10 December 2021, 9:14 by Denis Chabrol Guyana has given ExxonMobil permission to examine the possibility of capturing carbon that is responsible for climate change, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo announced Thursday night. Addressing the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (GCCI) 2021 awards dinner, he said, “carbon capture- Exxon has sought permission and we have given ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 9 December 2021, 23:59 by Denis Chabrol Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat on Thursday defended government’s decision to allow small-scale gold mining at Marudi Mountain, South Rupununi, saying that residents had lobbied government as a means of earning a living. “We, as a government, we need to strike a balance somehow or the other because ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 9 December 2021, 21:41 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government on Thursday insisted on the need for local content to be governed by a law instead of a policy so that highly qualified Guyanese could be employed instead of being content with low-level jobs, despite previous objections by ExxonMobil. Addressing the Canada-Guyana Chamber of Commerce (CGCC)-hosted ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 9 December 2021, 16:34 by Denis Chabrol The People’s  National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) congress has been pushed back to December 18, multiple party sources said Thursday. Originally, the Congress should have been held on December 11, 2021 but Mr Alexander was called in to ascertain if that was feasible. The PNCR later said in a statement ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 9 December 2021, 12:26 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) is pumping $24 million into the Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber (GOGEC)’s ‘Fueling Guyana’s Future Programme’, which targets schools and universities with training development. This yearlong programme forms part of GTT’s contribution towards increasing the pool of local talent and resources ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 9 December 2021, 11:28 by Denis Chabrol Chief Election Officer for the People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) upcoming congressional elections  for a new leader and 15-member executive has recommended that voting be pushed back by one week to December 18, but a number of executives prefer December 19 due to Christmas shopping. “With those documents and ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 8 December 2021, 21:37 by Denis Chabrol As Guyanese continue to grapple with the rising cost of living, one of the country’s leading bakeries has increased the price of bread and other products. Bakewell’s bread now costs $100 more per loaf. Rotihut, which retails Bakewell, said it was forced to increase the prices of many of ...