Last Updated on Friday, 8 September 2023, 7:02 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall A youngster was prompted by someone he felt he had to please to attack my servanthood and, worse still, my integrity.  Because he had to please at all costs, it was felt that any means would suffice, and the lower the better.  He did go low: ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 7 September 2023, 21:37 by Denis Chabrol Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday signaled that government would pay the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s GY$420 million debt to the Sugar Trading Enterprise Pension Scheme (STEPS), in the wake of a formal demand by the regulator to the State-owned producer of the sweetener. “Once it has to do with workers’ ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 7 September 2023, 17:07 by Denis Chabrol Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday demanded that the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) admit to its history of election rigging before there could be a possibility of engagement in the executive. “Our insistence, as a political party, on their acknowledgement that they ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 7 September 2023, 10:45 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall For a while now operatives of the PPP have come up with a new one: those who are haters of the PPP.  It is a most peculiar contention since some members of the People’s Progressive Party can be so full of hate that it has taken ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 September 2023, 16:34 by Denis Chabrol The Greater Guyana Initiative (GGI)-funded Enhancing Community Wellness Project, which aims to reduce the prevalence of chronic health conditions in 150 participants was officially launched August 30 at 3t EnerMech, Lusignan, East Coast Demerara (ECD). This project is being led by the Roraima Learning Trust (RLT) and aims to ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 September 2023, 15:51 by Denis Chabrol The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) said Guyana’s three telephone companies and the number portability company were conducting rigorous tests before launching the service that would allow subscribers to change their phone service providers but keep their existing numbers. “The critical stage of the live testing of numbers amongst the ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 September 2023, 15:18 by Denis Chabrol Migrants from Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago are contributing to a rise in the population of Region Three (West Demerara-Essequibo Islands), resulting in government having to cater for increasing school populations there, according to officials. President Irfaan Ali said the more than 1,000 Spanish-speaking children in schools there comes ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 September 2023, 14:49 by Denis Chabrol Fire early Wednesday morning destroyed White Boy’s Auto Spares and Accessories bond at Annandale, East Coast Demerara, the Guyana Fire Service said. Firefighters were yet to determine the cause of the fire that erupted at about 12:11 AM at Lots 446-447 Annandale, East Coast Demerara. “As a result of ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 September 2023, 16:24 by Denis Chabrol Fire of unknown on Wednesday morning rendered seven persons homeless at Lake Mainstay village, Essequibo Coast, the Guyana Police Force said. The one-storey house, which was built by the non-governmental charitable organisation, Food For The Poor,  13 years ago, was owned and occupied by Sherwin De Young and his ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 September 2023, 13:40 by Denis Chabrol The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) on Wednesday launched a “Guyana Together” campaign to increase public tolerance of gays as well as convince government and opposition politicians to change laws that violate the human rights of members of that community. “I think the next phase- we are assuming ...