Last Updated on Sunday, 24 July 2022, 10:23 by Denis Chabrol Two gold miners were killed Friday afternoon when the mining pit they were working in at Kumung Kumung backdam, Puruni River in Region Seven collapsed, police said. Region 7 (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) Police Commander Mr. Dion Moore said police are probing the incident that resulted in the death of two miners ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 24 July 2022, 9:10 by Denis Chabrol by Dr. Vivian Williams With the implementation of its local content law, Guyana has come to a fork in the road. It could choose the path that narrows wealth inequality and reduces racial tension, or the path that exacerbates these maladies. The path taken, will determine whether the new ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 24 July 2022, 10:06 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall I discern some impatience and frustration on the part of Americans with Guyana, specifically its leaders.  Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch carried the-then opposition PPP on her back, and almost singlehandedly powered it back into office.  The handholding and cajoling continue less publicly these days.  What I sense, ...

Last Updated on Friday, 22 July 2022, 22:34 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Friday night announced free ‘steel and cement’ packages as well as no down-payment and reduced interest rates to persons who would like to build their own homes. He told the opening of the 2022 International Building Expo that persons who would like to construct a ...

Last Updated on Friday, 22 July 2022, 9:26 by Denis Chabrol The eight opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) parliamentarians were early Friday morning suspended for allegedly participating in unrest in the National Assembly, despite pending High Court action to block consideration of the Privileges Committee Report. The opposition legislators want the court to find that their ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 21 July 2022, 23:23 by Denis Chabrol A new merchant bank was Thursday night formally launched with the aim of injecting start-up capital into business ventures that have the potential to expand,  grow and transform as well as search for soft loans for government, officials said. “None of that can happen without the much-needed finance and ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 21 July 2022, 13:13 by Denis Chabrol The governing People’s Progressive Party Civic’s (PPPC) boast that it has been working to resolve issues in Afro-Guyanese communities has been greeted by a sharp reaction from the opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC). Public Service Minister Sonia Parag told the National Assembly that her administration’s ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 July 2022, 22:14 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday floated the idea of convincing the private sector to explore the leasing of aircraft to transport persons to and fr0m the United States (US) and Canada because existing carriers are charging exorbitant airfares. “There are a number of opportunities now; a number of wet ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 July 2022, 18:28 by Denis Chabrol Eight opposition parliamentarians on Wednesday moved to the High Court to challenge the constitutionality of their impending suspension from sittings of the National Assembly because they allegedly participated in an unrest in the National Assembly last December. The lawsuit was filed jointly one day before Thursday’s sitting of the ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 July 2022, 16:00 by Denis Chabrol A mid-Wednesday afternoon fire that virtually destroyed the St George’s High School on North Road/ Church Street, Georgetown has seen top officials of the Ministry of Education almost immediately activating plans to relocate the more than 400 students and teachers. “We know that there were 421 students coming to ...