Last Updated on Monday, 20 March 2023, 18:26 by Denis Chabrol Even as the United States’ Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) prepares to teach the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) how to stave off cyber attacks, the American government has recommended that this South American nation signs one of two conventions on cybersecurity, the US Embassy here said Monday. “In addition to the ...

Last Updated on Monday, 20 March 2023, 17:51 by Denis Chabrol The owner of Movietowne, Derek Chin said despite having been encouraged by then President Bharrat Jagdeo to set up a branch in Guyana and sold 10 acres of government-owned land, there was no corruption to enable his US$50 million investment in the mall at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown. He also ...

Last Updated on Monday, 20 March 2023, 16:34 by Denis Chabrol The Trinidad-headquartered Movietowne has publicly asked the Guyana government to build a dinosaur amusement park in Guyana if it gets more land. Chairman of Movietowne, Derek Chin issued the call for more land at a reception held on Sunday to mark his company’s fourth year of operations at Liliendaal, ...

Last Updated on Monday, 20 March 2023, 18:46 by Denis Chabrol A man was burnt to death  and 13 others were rendered homeless in a Sunday afternoon fire at Agricola, Greater Georgetown that was caused by children playing with matches, the Guyana Fire and Rescue Service said in a statement. Dead is 45-year old Kevin Trotman who lived in the ...

Last Updated on Monday, 20 March 2023, 11:36 by Denis Chabrol There was an attempt on Sunday to burn down the private law office complex owned by Attorney General Anil Nandlall, but he was unsure what might be the motive for the attack on the South Road, Georgetown building. “I don’t know, I don’t know. I am not sure…There are ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 19 March 2023, 14:20 by Denis Chabrol By GHK Lall This is real life and in Guyana.  It is not Mr. Smith, a la the quintessential All-American, boy next door, Jimmy Stewart, going to Washington as a freshman senator.  It is Congressman Jason Smith, he of the chair of the crucial energy committee, coming to Georgetown.  ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 18 March 2023, 6:00 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali on Friday assured the United States that this South American nation is ready to guarantee America’s energy security, as the Congressional House Ways and Means Committee said its visit here was aimed at laying the groundwork to displace China as a preferred business partner in ...

Last Updated on Friday, 17 March 2023, 12:18 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Thursday said the opposition coalition continued to maintain its national unity thrust and would expect professionalism from Guyana’s security forces, in the wake of controversial appeals to Afro-Guyanese sympathy from police and soldiers should there be mass protests against discrimination. “The opposition APNU+AFC, including ...

Last Updated on Friday, 17 March 2023, 8:34 by Denis Chabrol Several members of the United States Congress’ House Ways and Means Committee are in Guyana for high-level talks with President Irfaan Ali and other top government officials, Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud said Friday. The seven-member delegation arrived late Thursday night and were Friday morning due to hold engagements with ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 March 2023, 23:02 by Denis Chabrol Even as the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) reacted to Opposition Leader Aubrey N0rton’s guarded view of its Executive Member Tacuma Ogunseye’s appeal to racial sympathy by the predominantly Afro-Guyanese security forces, Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Wednesday hinted that stern action would be taken against those who are bent ...