Last Updated on Monday, 19 September 2022, 17:31 by Denis Chabrol Opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) parliamentarian Ganesh Mahipaul has asked Guyana’s Commissioner of Information (CoI), Retired Justice Charles Ramson to disclose how much money will be paid to the Commissioners of Inquiry into the 2020 general and regional elections. “I write to you in your ...

Last Updated on Monday, 19 September 2022, 16:59 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali has said there is a steep increase in the demand for Guyana passports over the past 18 months, but he stayed clear of saying whether it was linked to his country’s emerging oil and gas sector. He told an inter-faith forum on Sunday in Queens, New ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 18 September 2022, 23:37 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government on Sunday sought to debunk claims that an amendment to the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with the ExxonMobil-controlled consortium sets the stage for wide-ranging changes so that Guyana can draw down more money from the deal on the prolific Stabroek Block. The Irfaan Ali-led administration aimed ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 September 2022, 18:06 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Saturday announced that government is considering the construction of a new East Berbice highway from Moleson Creek, Corentyne to New Amsterdam, Berbice. “Last night, the Vice President and I were in a long conversation (about) whether we should actually go ahead  with the plans to ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 September 2022, 10:21 by Denis Chabrol Government has formally asked the Guyana Police Force to investigate immigration records that had been provided by A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) to the Guyana Elections Commission to show that hundreds of persons had been overseas on general and regional election day-March 2, 2020- but persons ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 September 2022, 9:40 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall Please ask the LAPOP group to return so I can add my name and vote to that 65% that expressed a preference for substance over a pivotal aspect in the political system that has repeatedly failed this country.  Elections have failed abjectly, materials make the day, ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 September 2022, 7:32 by Denis Chabrol Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday accused Suriname of breaching a written agreement to grant 150 coastal fishing licences to Guyanese fisherfolk and warned that Guyana would take action against Surinamese companies if the issue was not resolved. “We’ve worked with them, they have given commitments, they gave a ...

Last Updated on Friday, 16 September 2022, 9:54 by Denis Chabrol A United States-bound Guyanese woman was still in custody on Friday after she was allegedly caught with more than 11 kilogrammes of cocaine in biscuit wrappers, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said CANU agents said the woman was held at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) with the suspected ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 15 September 2022, 23:30 by Denis Chabrol A cleaner, who was attached to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph’s (GTT) Giftland Mall branch, told police that she assisted in planning the GY$19.4 million dollar armed robbery by bogus security guards who went there under the pretext of escorting the day’s earnings, police said. Police said they recovered ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 15 September 2022, 22:25 by Denis Chabrol The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United States (US) have agreed to craft a single food certification regime to facilitate the free trade of agricultural produce within the region and that North American nation, President Irfaan Ali said Thursday. He made the announcement in a video release following talks ...