Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 December 2022, 21:10 by Denis Chabrol Former Staff Sergeant Ubraj Narine was disembodied from the Guyana National Rerserve of the Guyana Defence Force, with effect from Tuesday December 13, 2022 for conduct ‘ Unbecoming of a soldier’ because of his utterances on Monday night in his capacity as Mayor of Georgetown.  “Mr Narine on Monday ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 December 2022, 16:54 by Denis Chabrol Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine and Alliance For Change General Secretary Sherod Duncan were Wednesday afternoon arrested and ordered to go to Brickdam Police Station, triggering a large converging of supporters including vendors in City Hall’s compound. Present with him were Attorneys-at-Law Roysdale Forde and Darren Wade. Mr Forde confirmed ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 December 2022, 15:42 by Denis Chabrol Teachers in Guyana will get increased salaries, but President Irfaan Ali could not say how soon. “The day for teachers will come. As I said, it’s progressive. It’s  a holistic approach. We are dealing with the greatest anomalies in the system first,” he said. He cited nurses who were ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 December 2022, 15:13 by Denis Chabrol Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Retired Justice Claudette Singh on Wednesday backed opposition-aligned Election Commissioners and decided that the Local Government Minister could not change constituency boundaries. She said Minister Nigel Dharamlall did not have the legal authority to do so, according to pro-opposotion Commissioner Vincent Alexander. ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 December 2022, 14:31 by Denis Chabrol Guyana, with assistance from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will be training at least 150,000 Guyanese school children in coding for Information Communications Technology (ICT), and President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday said he would be pushing for students in sister-Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states to also get similar trading. ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 December 2022, 8:54 by Writer by GHK Lall I note with interest the development where Guyana has joined regional information sharing networks to facilitate going after financial criminals (Demerara Waves, December 11, 2022). On the face of it, this is good for Guyana, with many possible pluses. On the other hand, for those familiar with ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 23:03 by Denis Chabrol The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Tuesday indicated that its concerns about food vending on New Market Street date back to several years and records show that official complaints to the Georgetown Mayor and City Council stretch from 2015 to 2022, but little has been done resulting increased ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 22:11 by Denis Chabrol As the outcry continues over Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine’s comments about Islam, Deputy Mayor Alfred Mentore on Tuesday said he does not support those offending comments but he is in solidarity with the vendors who operate food caravans and stalls on New Market Street opposite the Georgetown Public Hospital ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 17:54 by Denis Chabrol A large section of the Muslim community and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Tuesday condemned Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine for seeming religiously and racially divisive remarks Tuesday night on Tuesday night while police and Public Works Ministry workers were attempting to remove food caravans from New Market Street ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 15:42 by Denis Chabrol United States Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch on Tuesday welcomed the Guyana government’s increase in salaries, in particular public sector healthcare workers, in an effort to retain them in country. “We know that very well that Guyanese are smart, capable professionals who need to be paid fairly for their ...