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Monthly Archives: December 2022

11 guns, 601 rounds of ammo stolen from security service- police

Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 December 2022, 13:37 by Denis Chabrol Police on Tuesday said they were investigating the alleged theft of several guns and a quantity of ammunition from Radar Security and Supplies’ Georgetown office. Investigators said they have since arrested a security guard and the Weapons Training Officer in connection with the theft that allegedly occurred between 10:00 ...

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Brothers confess to killing Land Surveyor after he allegedly threatened them- police

Last Updated on Monday, 26 December 2022, 11:58 by Denis Chabrol Two brothers on Sunday- Christmas Day-  confessed to the killing of well-known interior Land Surveyor, Ricky Oswald Ambrose, after he allegedly shot at their camp and threatened to kill them if they did not move from the land on which they were working, police said Monday. Investigators said Randel ...

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Charrandass Persaud publicly apologises to India, Guyana for abusing animal rights activist; justifies action based on gender equality

Last Updated on Monday, 26 December 2022, 8:50 by Denis Chabrol Outgoing Guyana High Commissioner to India, Charrandass Persaud has publicly apologised to an well-known professor and animal rights activist in that Asian nation for verbally abusing her, but said it boiled down to women’s desire for equality with men. Recounting his altercation with Professor Sonya Gosh on August 1, ...

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Dominican Republic low-cost airline interested in flying to Guyana

Last Updated on Saturday, 24 December 2022, 14:15 by Denis Chabrol The Director-General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Retired Lt Col. Egbert Field has confirmed that the Dominican Republic-headquartered low-cost airline, Arajet, is interested in adding Guyana to its routes. He said the carrier wrote the GCAA last month asking about the procedures and requirements for serving the ...

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Emergency Medical Technicians upset they’re not eligible for Joint Services bonus

Last Updated on Saturday, 24 December 2022, 13:52 by Denis Chabrol Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) of the Guyana Fire and Rescue Service are disappointed that they are ineligible for the one-month bonus for members of the Joint Services and have not been granted a salary increase although they are health care first responders. “When responders went to the bank yesterday ...

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Low interest mortgages, construction materials for Joint Services members- Pres Ali

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 December 2022, 23:45 by Denis Chabrol Soldiers, police, fire fighters and prison service personnel are to get low-interest mortgages and some construction materials, President Irfaan Ali announced on Wednesday during his visit to the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) headquarters, Camp Ayanganna. “This is real work. This is how we are committing ourselves to your development ...

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Hess, CNOOC don’t need separate permits- Court of Appeal

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 December 2022, 22:25 by Denis Chabrol Outspoken activist, Ramon Gaskin is preparing to take his case to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) after the Guyana Court of Appeal upheld a High Court decision that the Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited’s (EEPGL) other joint venture partners, Hess and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), ...

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OPINION: The state of the State

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 December 2022, 19:30 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall Because of the time of year, I do my best to be about peace and goodwill to all men.  Though many may find this hard to swallow, even at my sharpest, there are those two strains embedded.  Indeed, it is despite how things are, the way ...

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Guyana Reparations Committee disappointed Netherlands did not apologise to Guyana for slavery

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 December 2022, 19:17 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Reparations Committee- an organisation that is part of the global demand for compensation for enslavement of Africans- on Wednesday expressed disappointment that The Netherlands only apologised to its former colony, Suriname, and its remaining dependencies in the Caribbean. “We in Guyana were somewhat dismayed that our country ...

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PNCR’s Carol Smith-Joseph slapped with 14 fraud charges; granted GY$140,000 bail

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 December 2022, 14:54 by Denis Chabrol People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) activist Carol Smith-Joseph on Wednesday appeared in court for 14 fraud charges because she allegedly “solely” approving transactions totalling GY$6.1 million while she a board director of the Mahaica Abary Rice Development Scheme (MARDS) Rice Milling Complex Limited. She appeared before Mahaicony Magistrate, Marissa ...

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