Last Updated on Thursday, 18 August 2022, 22:42 by Denis Chabrol The five men, who were arrested Thursday morning after a high-speed chase, allegedly committed several robberies as they moved about in a stolen car in whose trunk they locked the driver, police said. Police say one of the four suspected bandits, who were arrested during an exchange of gunfire, ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 August 2022, 14:03 by Denis Chabrol Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday agreed to begin mapping an energy strategy to maximise and integrate their natural gas reserves with those from Suriname and Brazil into the proposed South America energy corridor. Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said energy officials of his country, ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 August 2022, 9:17 by Denis Chabrol Police early Thursday morning rescued a taxi driver from his car trunk after shooting and injuring two suspected bandits and arresting two other accomplices in a yard in the vicinity of Hunter Street, Georgetown, the Guyana Police Force said. The law enforcement agency said that after a high-speed chase, ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 August 2022, 22:45 by Denis Chabrol Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat on Wednesday hinted that government would make the bundling of oil and gas sector contracts by oil companies and their sub-contractors illegal in order to give Guyanese companies a fair opportunity to benefit from the rapidly emerging industry here. “We are looking at ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 August 2022, 20:14 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Wednesday sought to discredit claims by embattled Sergeant Dion Bascom that there was a cover up the gunning down of Ricardo “Paper Shorts” Fagundes more than one year ago outside Palm Court, Georgetown. Instead, that law enforcement agency said it was getting international ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 August 2022, 14:58 by Denis Chabrol Trinidad and Tobago is interested in joining the proposed South American natural gas energy corridor, President Irfaan Ali said Wednesday ahead of his departure for an official visit to that twin-island nation. He told reporters that Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has expressed an interest in ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 August 2022, 14:04 by Denis Chabrol The European Union (EU) is exploring the possibility of a team of consular officials coming to Guyana periodically to process and grant Schengen visas to Guyanese t0 avoid them travelling to the Dutch Embassy in Suriname, EU Ambassador to Guyana Fernando Ponz Canto said Wednesday. “Who knows: perhaps, of ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 August 2022, 8:36 by Denis Chabrol Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken and Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes on Wednesday differed on whether Sergeant Dion Bascom was available to investigators about his damning allegations against a senior police officer and two other persons in the gunning down of Ricardo “Paper Shorts” Fagundes last year. Mr Hughes also said President ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 August 2022, 21:45 by Denis Chabrol Guyana Telephone and Telegraph’s (GTTs) Home Solutions and Fixed Networks this weekend continued the second phase of an unprecedented roll-out of its high speed fibre service to improve the internet connection of 20,000 homes across 18 communities within record breaking time of just three months. Over the past two ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 August 2022, 21:35 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Tuesday promised that if the coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) is reelected in 2025, it would forgive the more than GY$10 billion in University of Guyana student loans. “We will also write off all student’s debt and pay an ...