Last Updated on Monday, 21 November 2022, 8:00 by Writer

The World Bank Group has announced the three-year debarment with conditional release of an individual consultant in connection with a corrupt practice as part of the Petroleum Governance and Management Project in Guyana. The debarment makes Mr. Carlos Barberán Diez, a Spanish national, and his controlled affiliates, AC Oil & Gas SL and AC Oil & Gas Emirates LLC, ineligible ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 20 November 2022, 19:24 by Denis Chabrol Ilan Goldfajn was elected president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on Sunday during a Special Meeting of the Bank’s Board of Governors. The meeting was held at IDB Headquarters in Washington, D.C., with delegations attending virtually and in person, the hemispheric bank said in a statement. Nominated by ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 19 November 2022, 5:54 by Denis Chabrol The main opposition parties on Friday separately condemned the 8 percent retroactive salary increase for 2022 and demanded a 25 to 100 percent increase in the minimum salary to take account of inflation. Opposition Leader and Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led A Partnership for National Unity ...

Last Updated on Friday, 18 November 2022, 17:13 by Denis Chabrol Justice Navindra Singh has rejected claims by Queen’s College Deputy Headmistress  Lenise Morgan that he was aggressive towards her while he was at the school for a meeting concerning the alleged assault of his daughter by the son of the Ministry of Education’s Chief Education Officer. “While it is ...

Last Updated on Friday, 18 November 2022, 16:15 by Denis Chabrol Guyana on Friday told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that, contrary to Venezuela’s position,  the United Kingdom ceased having any role to play in the border controversy over the Essequibo Region since 1966 when independence was granted. Lawyers for Guyana told the ICJ, the United Nations top judicial ...

Last Updated on Friday, 18 November 2022, 14:13 by Denis Chabrol Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) Khemraj Ramjattan on Friday said it was going ahead with its decision to walk away from the coalition of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) at the end of 2022. Mr Ramjattan said the exit would take place at the end of ...

Last Updated on Friday, 18 November 2022, 8:46 by Writer by GHK Lall I would sum up COP27 in two words. Promises, promises, promises. And dud, dud, dud. Most of those 200 plus should have done the world a favor, and stayed home. Nothing material comes out of these talkfests, so why have them? I give Gaston Browne of Antigua ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 November 2022, 19:27 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Thursday evening announced an eight percent across-the board increase in salaries for government workers retroactive to January 2022, saying that members of the disciplined services would get an additional hike which would be announced next week. He said those, who benefit from the 8 percent ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 November 2022, 17:08 by Denis Chabrol Queen’s College teachers have been advised tentatively against banning a senior judicial officer from entering the school building because of alleged hostility he displayed to the Deputy Headmistress last Friday when he went to enquire why his daughter was made to apologise to a male student who has a ...