Last Updated on Thursday, 5 October 2023, 20:20 by Denis Chabrol More than one year after China Railway First Group backed out of plans to build the Amaila Falls Hydroelectricity Plant (AFHP), government on Thursday announced that would in another two weeks issue a public request for proposals due to increased international interest in the project. “Now, I think there ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 October 2023, 10:23 by Denis Chabrol A case of forgery of agreement of sale for the GY$50 million purchase of a hotel in Georgetown has been dismissed because of inconsistent evidence by police fingerprint experts. Police had alleged that Marlus Hendricks, the purchaser of C-Island Hotel, High and Princes Street, Georgetown forged the signature of ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 October 2023, 9:44 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall I note in the media that Opposition MP, Mr. David Patterson, has written to the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) to investigate the GY$865 million contract award for a pump station. His focus is what violates rules and procedures, what besmirches the sense of fair play in ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 October 2023, 9:35 by Denis Chabrol By Dr. Randolph Persaud (Randy), Professor Emeritus Cornelia, West Coast Demerara. Guyana. This is the place where on hot tropical nights you touch the moon with your bare indentured, slave descended hands, watch the shooting stars with your own brown eyes, where you may look deep into the night, ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 October 2023, 7:55 by Denis Chabrol The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) on Wednesday defended its decision to award a GY$865,543,500 contract to construct a pump station at Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara, in the wake of a formal request by Alliance For Change (AFC) executive member and opposition parliamentarian David Patterson for ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 October 2023, 10:02 by Denis Chabrol Police on Wednesday said they were investigating an alleged robbery with violence committed on two students: ** A 16-year-old secondary school student from Farm, East Bank Demerara who was robbed of one Black S21 cellphone valued at $85,000 ** A 15-year-old student from Mocha, East Bank Demerara was robbed ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 4 October 2023, 8:03 by Denis Chabrol The State-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) says it owns the lands at Cane View, Mocha, East Bank Demerara from which more than 30 households were evicted earlier this year and never gave the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) any authority there. GUYSUCO’s Company Secretary/Legal Officer, Khawn Rodney states ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 October 2023, 17:52 by Denis Chabrol An unspecified number of Guyanese police are to be deployed to Haiti to assist with the training of Haitian police as part of a United Nations-backed mission to take back the country from violent gangs and pave the way for long-overdue elections, according to well-placed sources. The number of ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 October 2023, 17:25 by Denis Chabrol Alliance For Change (AFC) executive member and opposition parliamentarian David Patterson on Tuesday asked the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) to investigate whether the award of a GY$865,543,500 contract to construct a pump station at Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara was above board. “I write seeking an investigation into the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 October 2023, 9:07 by Denis Chabrol October 3, 2023 In 1897, Venezuela and Great Britain concluded an agreement- the Treaty of Washington which they agreed to submit the dispute regarding the location of their land boundary to binding arbitration before a tribunal of eminent jurists including the heads of the judiciary of the United States and ...