Last Updated on Monday, 20 February 2023, 18:08 by Denis Chabrol Doctors from the United States (US) Southern Command on Monday began performing surgeries, providing dental services and conducting professional knowledge exchanges at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and the West Demerara Regional Hospital, the American embassy here said. The doctors are drawn from the US’ Lesser Antilles Medical ...

Last Updated on Monday, 20 February 2023, 18:28 by Denis Chabrol The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)- on the 100th birth anniversary of its Founder Leader Forbes Burnham- needs to reach across the political divide in the interest of nation building, his son-in-law Dr Richard Vanwest Charles said on Sunday. “Let us embrace diverse views, let us be courteous and ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 19 February 2023, 20:55 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Sunday night ruled out supporting acting Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken to be appointed substantively to that post whenever President Irfaan Ali seeks constitutionally required consultations. “The President could possibly go ahead and keep extending him because he meet retirement time. You know when you ...

Last Updated on Monday, 20 February 2023, 8:50 by Writer The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is assisting Guyana to increase the production of West Indian Cherry (Acerola) and reduce the amount of concentrate being imported by local juice producers, that United Nations (UN) body said. “While the demand for cherry remains strong in the country, especially for use in ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 19 February 2023, 15:40 by Denis Chabrol By GHK Lall I detect that the tensions between the United States and China is so thick that it would need a sledgehammer to crack.  The latest arising from these two standing global superpowers (one now established, no longer emerging) is that Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Foreign ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 19 February 2023, 15:27 by Denis Chabrol A woman said she early Sunday morning witnessed her 18-year old granddaughter stabbing to death her 27-year old husband, hours after the couple had an argument. Police on the Essequibo Coast on Sunday said they were investigating the stabbing death of the man by his wife at Macknab, Lima ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 19 February 2023, 14:50 by Denis Chabrol GTT said it has recently made E-SIMs available for purchase and installation at all of the company’s retail stores across the country and street sale agents. The E-SIM is a digital version of a physical sim card that is pre-installed in a customer’s cellphone. It also allows for ease ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 19 February 2023, 13:27 by Denis Chabrol The civil society organisation, Police Forum Guyana (PFG), on Sunday questioned the government’s decision to sell carbon credits, saying under the new Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) 2030 such payments amounted to an incentive for continuing to spew greenhouse gases at current levels. “Buying credits is a device for ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 19 February 2023, 10:16 by Denis Chabrol Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who convinced Guyana’s then People’s National Congress (PNC)-led administration to agree to major electoral reforms, has entered hospice care, instead of seeking more medical treatment. After a series of short hospital stays, the statement said, Carter “decided to spend his remaining time at home ...

Last Updated on Friday, 17 February 2023, 23:54 by Denis Chabrol Surinamese authorities on Friday imposed a 6 PM to 6 AM curfew in the capital, Paramaribo, where thousands of persons poured out on the streets earlier in the day to protest spiralling cost of living, authorities said. “Due to the situation in the country, the community is urged to ...