Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 September 2023, 7:20 by Denis Chabrol By Dr. Randolph Persaud, Professor Emeritus The following sentence by Norman Browne is so unbelievable that I did something I had never done. I asked ChatGPT for assistance in composing my narrative. Here is Browne – “The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has long prided itself on its commitment ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 September 2023, 22:42 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall It finally did come to that time.  So long, Ambassador Sarah Ann Lynch.  It was a hard slog, but one about which the American public could be justifiably proud.  Regarding the reactions of huge blocs of Guyanese, it would not be in such an emotionally sparkling ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 September 2023, 21:50 by Denis Chabrol The Trinidad-headquartered Ans McAl group of companies on Tuesday formally announced the establishment of a US$15 million subsidiary, Ansa Building Solutions (ABS) in Guyana that will eventually cater for various aspects of the infrastructure sector including laboratory and other tests. Initially, the company is employing 45 more persons and ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 September 2023, 17:23 by Denis Chabrol A Guyanese women-owned led company and ExxonMobil are among six separate expressions of interest in Guyana’s first ever auction for oil blocks offshore. The bids were opened by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board, after several push-back in deadlines that allowed for the passage of a new Petroleum Act ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 September 2023, 12:11 by Denis Chabrol The private sector on Tuesday appeared satisfied with steps that would be taken to ease an apparent shortage of foreign exchange at  commercial banks, even as the Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Komal Singh indicated that he was satisfied with the outcome of Monday’s talks. “The meeting ...

Last Updated on Monday, 11 September 2023, 15:27 by Denis Chabrol Amid uncertainty over whether President Irfaan Ali would be holding talks with the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to discuss salaries and other benefits or he would be relying only on his meetings directly with teachers across the country, the union on Monday accused government of embarking on union busting ...

Last Updated on Monday, 11 September 2023, 14:09 by Denis Chabrol Secondary school students would now be allowed to cross-stream, and they would no longer have to rewrite exams in 5th Form, Education Minister Priya Manickchand announced on Monday. She told a ceremony to formally open the Maureen Massiah wing of The Bishops’ High School that the directives would be ...

Last Updated on Monday, 11 September 2023, 9:06 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall Before proceeding, I tip my hat to Attorney General Mohabir Anil Nandlall, SC, MP., for announcing the withdrawal of that law firm bid for a $9.6 million public contract.  It is the wise and honorable thing to do, sir.  Well done.  Now to today’s focus. I ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 10 September 2023, 9:48 by Denis Chabrol An 11-year-old girl, whose primary school performance earned her a place at President’s College, and her father were among four persons who lost their lives in a collision on the De Hoop, Mahaica public road, East Coast Demerara. The Guyana Police Force identified the deceased as 37-year old Jason ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 10 September 2023, 8:48 by Denis Chabrol By Dr. Randolph Persaud, Professor Emeritus We are barely done with GHK Lall’s apology, and now another failed APNU-AFC bureaucrat, Dr Vincent Adams, has surfaced to take a shot at Bharrat Jagdeo. Adams’ little deposit in the media (SN 9/9/2023) is more a product of frustration at his own party’s ...