Last Updated on Sunday, 13 August 2023, 9:14 by Denis Chabrol Former Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, Justice James Patterson died Saturday night,  a relative confirmed. He was 89 years old. A relative told Dmerara Waves Online News that Justice Patterson passed away at his residence in Century Palm, Durban Park, Georgetown. The relative said that in recent months ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 13 August 2023, 7:49 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Saturday advised Afro-Guyanese to get involved in business and urged communities to support them so that they can continue to thrive. He stressed the critical importance of creating a business class in each village in which villagers buy and sell from each other to ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 12 August 2023, 18:54 by Denis Chabrol High-tech Ghanaian and Guyanese companies have laid the groundwork through a joint venture to provide the Guyana government with the capacity to provide real-time monitoring of oil production and air and sea pollution among other aspects of operations, a senior official said Saturday. West Coast Gas Ghana, a leading ...

Last Updated on Friday, 11 August 2023, 18:02 by Denis Chabrol Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday ruled out a further extension beyond the September 12, 2023 deadline for bidding for 14 oil blocks offshore Guyana, saying that the regulatory framework was now in place to facilitate the process. In an interaction with participants at a Ghana Chamber of Commerce ...

Last Updated on Friday, 11 August 2023, 7:34 by Denis Chabrol Attorney General Anil Nandlall has said his People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-led administration has renegotiated aspects of the oil production deal with ExxonMobil through changes in licenses for the development of other wells, despite iron-clad provisions of the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) for the entire Stabroek Block. “We have ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 10 August 2023, 13:24 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) on Thursday said there has been a drop in gold declarations from small and medium scale miners due to a shift of workers from mining to construction and oil and gas, depletion of reserves near roads and raiding of lands worsened ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 August 2023, 21:55 by Denis Chabrol The burning to death of 20 children in the Mahdia Secondary School’s girls dormitory and an upsurge in gun crimes are responsible for a so far 14.8 percent rise in serious crimes for 2023 compared to a slump during  the past two years, Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn said ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 August 2023, 20:10 by Denis Chabrol Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand Wednesday night announced that the Mahdia Secondary School’s girls dormitory would most likely not be rebuilt there and a number of girls would instead be transferred to President’s College, Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara. “Our consultation with the community and all the stakeholders have ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 August 2023, 17:43 by Denis Chabrol Decisionmakers on Wednesday were encouraged to involve youths and children in climate policy formation and action at the opening of a three-day Advocacy and Youth Forum, at the Pegasus Hotel, Kingston, Georgetown, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Wednesday. The three-day forum is being held by the Rights ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 August 2023, 16:17 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall I thought that an invitation was the next best thing for politicians in the PPP and PNC, since I don’t challenge leaders and ministers and legislators anymore.  The PPP Government came up at long last with its draft oil law, which is a good development.  Yesterday, ...