Last Updated on Friday, 13 May 2022, 20:36 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Friday asked President Irfaan Ali for the qualifications and work experiences of nominees for the Integrity Commission and three service commissions including those that are responsible for hiring and firing judges, police and teachers. “At the meeting held today, the Leader of the Opposition ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 12 May 2022, 22:27 by Denis Chabrol Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh on Thursday praised the Private Sector Commission (PSC) for its historic role in promoting and preserving democracy. “The PSC, indeed ,was founded before the 1992 return to democracy and its leadership paid an instrumental role in advocating electoral reforms that at the time would ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 12 May 2022, 20:55 by Denis Chabrol Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Thursday defended his ministry’s construction of an GY$8.05 million parking shed, in the wake of a report that it would amount to the cost of more than two turnkey homes. “The current parking shed is decades old, is dilapidated and unless demolished or repaired, ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 12 May 2022, 21:11 by Denis Chabrol Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh on Thursday announced that Guyana was preparing to export manganese for the first time in 54 years. Addressing the formal opening of the Private Sector Commission’s Annual General Meeting, he said ships were moored in the North-West District and loading the mineral for export. ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 May 2022, 21:54 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) company on Wednesday announced that it has joined with its United States-based shareholder, ATN International, to launch a call centre in Guyana that would serve the telecoms company and clients worldwide through a mix that would include decentralised at-home operations. GTT said its ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 May 2022, 12:28 by Writer At least 23 staff members of the state-owned Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL), the publisher of the Chronicle newspaper, have petitioned President Irfaan Ali for the removal of editor-in-chief Tajeram Mohabir, claiming that he has displayed poor leadership and contributing to increased operational costs. “We believe that his removal as ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 May 2022, 12:44 by Writer by GHK Lall On the grand occasion of the celebration of Indian Arrival Day, the PPP Government initiated what comes across as the curious celebration of its own. It came in the form of “Gov signals intent to “streamline” social media news entities” (Demerara Waves, May 5). On the face ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 May 2022, 6:56 by Denis Chabrol A man, who was convicted for manslaughter and sentenced to 18 years, 9 months imprisonment, was recaptured after he turned up at the Mahdia Hospital with a knife in his neck, the Guyana Police Force said. Twenty-seven year old Samuel Gouveia, who is regarded as a “high-profile prisoner”,  was ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 21:50 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government on Tuesday announced that government has withdrawn US$200 million (GY$41.7 billion) from the Natural Resource Fund (NRF), the first such drawn down from the facility of oil revenues. Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh was quoted in an official statement as saying that the money has been ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 16:36 by Denis Chabrol Two female students of Critchlow Labour College were Monday night robbed of cash and other valuables shortly after they exited that institution’s compound on Woolford Avenue, Georgetown, police said. The women- 20-year-old of Camp Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown and a 28-year-old of Block 8 Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara- told ...