Last Updated on Monday, 24 July 2023, 19:53 by Denis Chabrol The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Monday appeared dissatisfied that little or no action has been taken to prosecute people at Chinese Landing who have been allegedly threatening and harassing Indigenous Caribs there if they are removed from gold-bearing lands, and has urged the Guyana government to ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 23 July 2023, 8:45 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall Women have rights in Guyana.  In the view of some men in this country women have a right to the kitchen, women have a right to the bedchamber, and women have a right to the maternity ward.  The old American term was “barefoot and pregnant.”  Thinking ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 23 July 2023, 8:31 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall In classic Robeson Benn fashion, the Hon Minister of Home Affairs came out swinging for the fence.  In CLR James parlance, it was aiming for beyond the boundary, when I consider the full import of what Minister Benn put on the table as his mini-project plan ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 22 July 2023, 17:30 by Denis Chabrol Preparations are underway for the construction of a modern waste water treatment plant for Georgetown and bring an end to the dumping of that type of waste into the Demerara River and Atlantic sea, Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal said Saturday. He said the US$36 million effluent ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 22 July 2023, 10:09 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Saturday announced that his administration has struck a deal with several commercial banks to provide new and existing loans at 5 percent, aimed at bouncing back from reduced chicken production as a result of a viral disease and higher cost of feed. He said in ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 22 July 2023, 0:20 by Denis Chabrol President  Irfaan Ali said at least five European Union (EU) countries have agreed to sponsor Guyana’s bid for Schengen visa-free travel. The Head of State made the disclosure while interacting with the media during a site visit to the Eccles to Diamond four-lane highway that is currently under construction, ...

Last Updated on Friday, 21 July 2023, 20:25 by Denis Chabrol The Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association’s (CWWA) conference will later this year  focus on, among other issues, the loss of earnings through leakage, unmetered supplies and theft, association President Marlon Daniels said Friday. “When it comes to Non-Revenue Water, it is really One Caribbean because the challenges that we ...

Last Updated on Friday, 21 July 2023, 10:34 by Denis Chabrol The nose gear of a Caravan plane broke off shortly after the aircraft landed on the Mabaruma airstrip and was turning around, sources said. As a result of the breaking off of the nose-gear, the propeller hit the ground and most likely resulted in damage to the engine, the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 20 July 2023, 17:42 by Denis Chabrol Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday was mum on government’s next move to save a US$300 million investment in a new shorebase at Vreed-en-Hoop if the United States (US) imposes sanctions on key Guyanese players Nazar “Shell” Mohamed and his son Azruddin Mohamed are key players. “If the US ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 20 July 2023, 12:57 by Denis Chabrol Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn on Thursday asked the Guyana Police Force to crack down on illegalities and disorder mainly in Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) which is regarded as the country’s trendsetter. “Where Region Four goes the rest of the country will follow. Where Region Four goes, those divisions, the ...