Last Updated on Monday, 24 January 2022, 21:23 by Denis Chabrol Guyana now has law that governs human organ transplantation and provides for stiff penalties to punish anyone engaged in the trade in organs. “This Bill makes it compulsory for anyone who would be donating must give consent. Consent is a fundamental component of this Bill,” Health Minister Dr. Frank ...

Last Updated on Monday, 24 January 2022, 18:13 by Denis Chabrol Former leader of the People’s National Congress Reform,  David Granger will be resigning as Chairman of A Partnership for National Unity before this weekend, sources said Monday. He, however, wants to remain as Representative of the List of candidates for APNU+Alliance For Change in keeping with the revised Cummingsburg ...

Last Updated on Monday, 24 January 2022, 15:31 by Denis Chabrol Minister of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs, Gail Teixeira on Monday secured House Speaker Manzoor Nadir’s approval to refer eight opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) parliamentarians to a committee to face possible disciplinary action. “Be it resolved that this National Assembly expresses the unwavering abhorrence of ...

Last Updated on Monday, 24 January 2022, 11:24 by Denis Chabrol The Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand and the President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Mark Lyte on Monday – International Education Day- said that teachers should be allowed to evaluate the performance of education officers. Appearing on News-Talk Radio Guyana- Demerara Waves Online News, Ms. Manickchand was asked ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 23 January 2022, 21:39 by Denis Chabrol Amid fears that House Speaker Manzoor Nadir might impose serious sanctions  on opposition parliamentarian Annette Ferguson and others over the chaos that erupted in the Chamber late last month to block debate and passage of wealth fund legislation, the opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) has ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 23 January 2022, 13:09 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall I have arrived at a place of deep disappointment.  I waited for, and hoped that, some decency would take hold, and that I would be spared the pain of having to take matters to another level, a place where I didn’t want to go.  One that ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 22 January 2022, 13:18 by Denis Chabrol by Clement Rohee The news that Mr. Yesu Persaud has died, stirred the emotions and triggered the recollections of many. The letter columns and pages of mainstream media reflect praises, condolences and happy moments by persons spent with Yesu. This is quite understandable for the loss of a man ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 22 January 2022, 14:05 by Denis Chabrol A national of the Dominican Republic was Friday jailed for four years and fined GY$14.4 million after he pleaded guilty to being in possession of 16 kilogrammes of marijuana aboard the Panamanian-registered cement vessel, Diego, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said Saturday. He is 56-year-old Fredy Diaz Cabrera, a ...

Last Updated on Friday, 21 January 2022, 16:05 by Denis Chabrol The Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Shurwayne Holder on Friday said he expected the issues surrounding the posts of Opposition Leader and Representative of the opposition coalition’s list of candidates to be resolved in the interest of his party and the wider coalition. “I am confident ...

Last Updated on Friday, 21 January 2022, 7:27 by Denis Chabrol Guyanese police say that they have launched a probe into the seizure of the ammunition aboard the purportedly Guyana-flagged vessel in Dakar, Senegal. Police say they are working with Regional and International Law Enforcement agencies and has alerted the INTERPOL General Secretariat. Guyanese police say they want INTERPOL to ...