Last Updated on Thursday, 8 June 2023, 9:59 by Denis Chabrol The new Christ Church Secondary School, which is expected to be completed by next January, would include a fire prevention system, the Ministry of Education announced. The seven contracts includes one awarded toA. Ograsein & Sons General Contracting for the installation of fire prrevention units at a value of ...
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OPINION: Exxon has Guyana on ropes, almost down and definitely out
Last Updated on Saturday, 10 June 2023, 10:14 by Writer By GHK Lall Everywhere that Guyanese turn, there is some level of thick darkness. No, it is not the circle of the clock, but of impenetrable manmade secrecies. Some are of foreign origins, some are local, and some from both sources contribute to the consequences that result from such industrial-political ...
Read More »Guards tied up, safe carted off from Eureka Medical Laboratories- police
Last Updated on Wednesday, 7 June 2023, 22:22 by Denis Chabrol Two security guards have alleged that they were attacked by gunmen, ordered to open Eureka Medical Laboratories door and escorted to the “boss'” office from where they stole a safe containing an undisclosed amount of cash, police said on Wednesday. Investigators said the perpetrators escaped in a white Toyota ...
Read More »Two children burnt to death at Mahaica
Last Updated on Wednesday, 7 June 2023, 17:08 by Denis Chabrol Two children were burnt to death in their house at Belmont, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara after their mother left them at home unattended, officials said. They are Anamika Hardat,9, and 3-year old Shameena Hardat. Their mother has been identified as Bibi Shabicka. A usually reliable source said neighbours tried ...
Read More »GECOM denies disenfranchising members of Disciplined Services
Last Updated on Wednesday, 7 June 2023, 5:17 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Tuesday denied preventing police, soldiers and prison guards from voting ahead of the rest of the population in Local Government Elections. “Against this backdrop, for anyone to accuse GECOM of willfully disenfranchising members of the Disciplined Forces is malicious and intended to discredit ...
Read More »President, opposition welcome Guyana’s election to UN Security Council
Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 June 2023, 21:15 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali and the parliamentary opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) welcomed Guyana’s election to a non-permanent seat of the United Nations Security Council. Under the UN Charter, the Council is tasked with promoting international peace and security, a task the Guyanese leader promised that ...
Read More »“Whiteboy” from Punt Trench Dam killed after attacking two men
Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 June 2023, 9:07 by Denis Chabrol Two men were Tuesday hospitalised under police guard in connection with the stabbing death of a 31-year old man from Independence Boulevard ‘Punt Trench Dam’, Georgetown, police said on Tuesday. The first suspect received injuries to his upper chest, left and right index finger and right arm, while the ...
Read More »Boundary gerrymandering will impact on APNU at local govt elections
Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 June 2023, 20:21 by Denis Chabrol The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) said it would not win a majority of the Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) in the June 12 Local Government Elections (LGE) because several constituency boundaries have been merged to its disadvantage. “We will not a get an ...
Read More »Teachers union considering govt proposals
Last Updated on Sunday, 4 June 2023, 19:56 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has said that it would be meeting with teachers over the next weeks to consider a number of proposals by the Ministry of Education including salaries, licensing of teachers and a housing revolving fund. “Given the areas mention, the Union will within the next ...
Read More »PPP banking on cash grants, housing, new bridge to wrest Linden from PNC-APNU
Last Updated on Sunday, 4 June 2023, 7:09 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Saturday night indicated that his People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) was depending on the now GY$40,000 cash-grant per child to take away control of the Linden Town Council from the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) for the first time at the June 12 Local Government ...
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