Last Updated on Sunday, 19 December 2021, 9:36 by Denis Chabrol By GHK Lall The PNC leadership race is over.  I think it is done.  Let it be truly over, as in finished and settled, amid the disappointments, the bruised egos, the coming close, but falling just short.  Those must all be history now, if this society is going to ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 19 December 2021, 9:24 by Denis Chabrol Mr. Aubrey Norton delivered a crushing defeat to Joseph Harmon and Dr Richard Vanwest Charles for the post of leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, highly-placed sources said Sunday. No actual figures were immediately available  from Saturday’s elections that marked the culmination of weeks of intense campaigning. But ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 19 December 2021, 6:50 by Denis Chabrol The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) agents seized GYD$113 million worth of cocaine and arrested a man of Tuschen , East bank Essequibo, in one of that unit’s largest cocaine bust in recent times. Ryan Da Silva of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo was arrested in connection with the 15 brick-like ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 18 December 2021, 23:33 by Denis Chabrol Counting of votes cast in Saturday’s elections for the Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and other positions has been finished but a preliminary declaration would be made early Sunday, the party’s Chief Election Officer Vincent Alexander said on Sunday. “We are at the point where we ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 18 December 2021, 11:20 by Denis Chabrol Outgoing leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), David Granger on Saturday slammed those who have been fomenting division in the party, even as he issued a stirring appeal for party unity and discipline. “Congress should teach the lessons of the Party’s past rifts and the excruciating experiences ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 18 December 2021, 11:03 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Commander for Fort Island, Staff Sergeant Everette Tudor and three other persons were intoxicated in a privately-owned “unregistered” boat that capsized in the Essequibo River, leaving a Coast Guardsman missing, police said on Saturday. “The captain was further questioned and it was learnt that ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 18 December 2021, 7:29 by Denis Chabrol Aspiring leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Joseph Harmon on Friday night indicated that he did not altogether support street protests in confronting the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) administration, but preferred to negotiate with opponents. “This is the monster that we have to confront and you ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 18 December 2021, 6:18 by Denis Chabrol A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guardsman was Friday feared drowned in the Essequibo River, sources said. He has been identified as Junior Sooklall of Hopetown, West Coast Berbice. A high-ranking GDF officer told Demerara Waves Online News that up to late Friday night the man was not found. ...

Last Updated on Friday, 17 December 2021, 22:19 by Denis Chabrol China Harbour Engineering Corporation (CHEC) has completed all outstanding works on the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) in keeping with its initial contract, but construction of three other areas would not be finished until next year due to global shipping delays of materials, officials said Friday. “Based upon their ...

Last Updated on Friday, 17 December 2021, 20:49 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall The People’s National Congress (PNC) gathering is almost here.  Because this Congress is so crucial, matters come down to one bus stop on Saturday: where will this fateful Congress lead?  Because the PNC means so much to many Guyanese, it is not merely a party affair, ...