Last Updated on Monday, 5 September 2022, 13:44 by Denis Chabrol The opposition coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) has retaliated at government’s move to ask for details about how the government-funded International Decade for People of African Descent- Guyana (IDPADA-G) has spent an estimated GY$500 million over the past four years. Randolph Critchlow, who co-chaired ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 September 2022, 19:31 by Denis Chabrol BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) on Sunday advised candidates that the results of this year’s Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination®  (CAPE®), Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate® (CSEC®) and Caribbean Certificate of  Secondary Level Competence® (CCSLC®) examinations, will be released online at 6:00 pm  (AST) on Monday 5 September ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 September 2022, 17:22 by Denis Chabrol The Demerara Harbour Bridge  reopened to light traffic at  5:16 PM on Sunday, officials said. Light traffic is usually classified as bikes, cars and minibuses. Officials said there would be 30 minutes free tolling. The decision to reopen the bridge to a few categories of vehicles comes as engineers ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 September 2022, 16:14 by Denis Chabrol A prominent city businessman and major Guyanese investor in the oil and gas sector on Sunday publicly denounced the opposition for claiming that there is apartheid and he instead lauded President Irfaan Ali’s One Guyana agenda. In clear reference to A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) claims ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 September 2022, 15:30 by Denis Chabrol The Demerara Harbour Bridge said its engineers and technical staff are currently working on getting the bridge back in alignment, after a tug, with two sand-laden barges , hit the structure late Sunday morning. In a statement issued shortly after  3PM Sunday, the bridge’s management said at the moment, ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 September 2022, 15:11 by Denis Chabrol The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Saturday challenged other opposition parties to “confront” the People’s Progressive Party Civic-led administration on electoral and constitutional reform before local government elections.  “The time for talk is over. The PPP only understands pressure. The PPP will only crack when we beat sense into ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 September 2022, 13:07 by Denis Chabrol Traffic across the Demerara Harbour Bridge on Sunday afternoon ground to a halt after a barge slammed into that east west corridor. There were long lines of heavily built up traffic leading to and around the Harbour Bridge which continues to be dogged by age-related problems “A tug and ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 September 2022, 8:30 by Denis Chabrol The opposition A Partnership or National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) and the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Saturday night , in the wake of condemnations by the People’s Progressive Party Civic-led administration that it is engaging in widespread discrimination against Afro-Guyanese, denied that it was targeting Indo-Guyanese.  “Let me say ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 September 2022, 0:52 by Denis Chabrol Guyana is expected to earn US$1.1 billion from 13 lifts as its entitlement from the ExxonMobil-led consortium due to the Russia-Ukraine war, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), according to the Ministry of Finances mid-year report. “Government is now projected to earn US$1.1 billion as revenue from the ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 September 2022, 1:29 by Denis Chabrol Fire Saturday night destroyed a huge Chinese supermarket in the southern Guyanese town of Lethem. No details were immediately available, but available video footage shows fire fighters battling the flames with the assistance of one tender. The name of the supermarket is China Star. Fire Chief Gregory Wickham told ...