Last Updated on Monday, 17 July 2023, 15:37 by Denis Chabrol Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Monday confirmed that the surviving families of the 20 children who were burnt to death at Mahdia Secondary School dormitory earlier this year are each receiving GY$5 million. “It is an ongoing process,” he told Demerara Waves Online News. “The Government of Guyana hereby ...

Last Updated on Monday, 17 July 2023, 8:48 by Denis Chabrol Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Aubrey Norton on Sunday night poured cold water on government’s short-term plan to bring in Cuban nurses to grapple with a serious shortage of that category of health workers facing Guyana. Addressing a public meeting at ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 15 July 2023, 14:24 by Denis Chabrol The United States’ Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM)-led Caribbean security exercise, Tradewinds 2023. was officially declared open in Guyana on Saturday with the aim of preparing for threats and ensuring peace and stability. Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Brigadier Omar Khan said this year’s exercise includes comprehensive disaster management ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 15 July 2023, 7:31 by Denis Chabrol The conviction and sentencing of Michael Andrew Morgan for cocaine trafficking is being hailed by the Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), James Singh as yet another major dent in going after the so-called ‘big fish’ drug traffickers. After a year-long trial, Morgan was Friday convicted for being ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 15 July 2023, 7:11 by Denis Chabrol At least two well-known members of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) are defending the Mohammeds- Nazar and his son Azruddin- in the face of an international news agency’s report that they were being investigated by the United States (US) for allegedly being involved in multi-million dollar money laundering, ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 July 2023, 22:04 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Thursday appealed to Canada to set up a training institution in Guyana to train Guyanese as nurses for the local, Caribbean and Canadian markets, as the South American nation grapples with a serious shortage of that category of health workers due to migration. “We encourage ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 July 2023, 17:32 by Denis Chabrol Cayenne could emerge as a hub for aviation traffic from Europe to the Guianas, and already there is a likelihood of flights from Guyana to French Guiana,  according to France’s Ambassador to Guyana. Nicolás Bouillane de Lacoste. Alluding to the emerging oil and gas sectors in Guyana and Suriname ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 July 2023, 16:45 by Denis Chabrol The European Union (EU) is providing a new model of infrastructure pr0ject financing to Guyana and other Caribbean and Latin American countries that will see the bloc continuing to provide grants with the expectation that international and regional financial institutions will inject massive amounts of cash for larger projects, ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 July 2023, 13:11 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali will Thursday go ahead with the swearing in of three members of the Public Service Commission (PSC), despite Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton’s objections that two of them are politically aligned. Attorney General Anil Nandlall said the formal exchange of letters between the President and the Opposition ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 July 2023, 14:56 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday did not categorically say whether Local Government Minister Mr Nigel Dharamlall, who resigned amid a rape allegation by a 16-year old schoolgirl, would be hired again by his administration. “Whether the minister, who is a citizen, will have any work in government is not ...