Last Updated on Saturday, 9 April 2022, 7:42 by Denis Chabrol Indo-Guyanese Attorney-at-Law Nirvan Singh has denied hurling racial slurs at an Afro-Guyanese police woman who had been on duty at his residence last month but declined to go into details because the matter is before the court. “I, therefore, wish to say that the racist conduct, of which I ...

Last Updated on Friday, 8 April 2022, 22:54 by Denis Chabrol A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) on Friday condemned efforts by the government to amend the rules governing the bipartisan parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Currently, the PAC’s rules , officially called “Standing Orders” provide for a quorum of any three members including the Chairman.  But now, ...

Last Updated on Friday, 8 April 2022, 22:14 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Friday announced that the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has decided on the financing and operational model for a regional passenger and cargo ferry service aimed at solving the decades-long sea transportation constraint that has dogged regional agriculture. Addressing the launch of the Agri-Investment Forum and ...

Last Updated on Friday, 8 April 2022, 20:47 by Denis Chabrol Insisting that Guyana does not support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Irfaan Ali on Friday defended Guyana’s decision to abstain on a vote for the suspension of Moscow’s suspension from the United Nations Human Rights Council. “Let me very clear about this, we are strongly in support of every ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 7 April 2022, 22:38 by Denis Chabrol Guyana is among seven Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member-states that abstained from a vote at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Thursday for the suspension of Russia from the United Nations Human Rights Council. The other independent member states of the bloc that opted to abstain were Barbados, Belize, ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 7 April 2022, 22:56 by Denis Chabrol A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Skyvan on Thursday suffered an engine failure but landed safely at the Cheddi JaganInternational Airport, high-level government sources said. According to one of the sources, 10 soldiers were returning from Mabaruma, North West District when the right engine failed due to a “power surge” ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 7 April 2022, 16:09 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Police Force has sought the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on the alleged verbal abuse, including racially offensive remarks,  against a policeman by a city lawyer, Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken said Thursday. “The file was completed and it was sent through DCLE (Deputy Commissioner- ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 April 2022, 17:49 by Denis Chabrol Citing several complaints about the quality of Internet service, Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Wednesday asked the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to set Quality of Service benchmarks for providers to abide by. In a letter to PUC Chairman, Attorney-at-Law Della Britton, Prime Minister Mark Phillips asked that steps be ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 April 2022, 16:36 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Election Commission (GECOM) has informed the Speaker of the National Assembly that the names of Aubrey Norton and Volda Lawrence have been extracted from the APNU+AFC’s list of candidates and they are now parliamentarians.  They are each expected to take an oath as a new member when ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 April 2022, 17:18 by Denis Chabrol Attorney General Anil Nandlall is backing calls by the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) for a change in the constitutional method for the appointment of a substantive Chancellor and Chief Justice due to years of refusal by successive Opposition Leaders to approve the President’s choices. Noting that the constitutional reform ...