Last Updated on Thursday, 21 January 2021, 10:37 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall , 21st January. 2021 I am following closely the developments involving former Minister of Public Infrastructure, Mr. David Patterson, over that specific gift of jewelry.  The more I read and absorb, the more I am sickened and incensed.  I am also deeply embarrassed, given my previous ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 21 January 2021, 8:30 by Denis Chabrol By Paul Sanders, New York, January 2021 For one last time. Imagine Donald Trump. President Donald J. Trump. Mofo. Imagine. He stands often at the South Lawn. The reporters shout questions at him. It’s a ritual; it’s always the same. The questions change and the answers mostly don’t. Don’t ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 23:10 by Denis Chabrol Courtney Benn Construction Company has been sued for more than GYD$347 million for failing to rebuild the St. Rose’s High School in keeping with a contract. In court papers released by the Attorney General’s Chambers, the Attorney General Anil Nandlall states that the government scrapped the contract because after ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 16:50 by Denis Chabrol A number of flash drives containing important human resource files about dismissals and promotions have gone “missing” the office of the Public Service Commission but there has been no sign of breakage, police said. The theft occurred between 4:30 PM on January 18 and 7:15 AM on January 19 ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 16:31 by Denis Chabrol The Ministry of Public Works has put in place a system to track the completion of infrastructural works by contractors and ensure that bonds do not expire and the works are not finished, Permanent Secretary Vladim Persaud said Wednesday. He made the disclosure while he was being questioned by ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 11:30 by Denis Chabrol Former Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson on Wednesday said he played no role in deciding on gifts that he had been presented, and he vowed that to ensure that “mischievous” disclosure of records would not sully his character. “In my case, at no time did I ever request, ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 11:00 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s architect of the Linden-Soesdyke Highway, veteran Guyanese civi engineer Phillip Allsopp has diied. He was 95 years old. He was also patron of the Woodside Choir. Ms. Marlyn Dewar hailed him a great supporter of the choir. “Mr. Allsopp was also insisting on t he standards of the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 January 2021, 22:54 by Denis Chabrol Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill on Tuesday said a number of agencies under his ministry has provided records showing the names of former Ministers of Public Infrastructure being associated with the purchase of mostly jewellery as gifts for them. The records show that separate purchases had been authorised ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 January 2021, 12:23 by Denis Chabrol Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Retired Assistant Commissioner Paul Slowe says nothing has been stolen from his office that will affect the promotion of officers. “There is nothing there that can be stolen that can affect the work of the commission. Whoever organised the invasion… There is ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 January 2021, 7:24 by Denis Chabrol A suspected serial robber, who was involved in a shootout with police, was early Tuesday morning arrested at the Woodlands Hospital. He has been identified as William De Abreu. At the time of his arrest at about 1 AM Tuesday , he had received treatment for a gunshot injury ...