Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 October 2023, 14:29 by Denis Chabrol ExxonMobil President Alistair Routledge on Tuesday acknowledged telling a parliamentary opposition delegation that an agreement had been reached with government for the reduction in disputed audited costs to US$3 million but said that was not a formal accord. “We did not have any formal agreement from the ministry and,indeed ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 October 2023, 9:09 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall They tell me that Attorney General, The Hon. Mr. Anil Nandlall, SC, MP, Esq., is a fine son of this magnificent soil.  That he is, oh yes, that he is.  The word is that the same Mr. Nandlall is an even finer ray in his luminosity ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 October 2023, 8:57 by Denis Chabrol By Dr. Randolph Persaud (Randy), Professor Emeritus I write in response to a letter in the media (10/13/2023) in which the current PPP is accused of diverting from its ideals established seventy-three years ago when the party was founded by Cheddi and Janet Jagan, and others. The said argument ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 October 2023, 8:38 by Denis Chabrol The Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Khan on Tuesday indicated that there was no need for Guyanese to be worried about the movement of Venezuelan soldiers in areas off the border with Guyana. “If there is any need to alert on developments outside of the norm, we ...

Last Updated on Monday, 16 October 2023, 20:21 by Denis Chabrol Guyana is training more nurses, providing advanced training to doctors, buying higher quality equipment and encouraging surgeons from across the Caribbean to come here to share their expertise as part of a wider plan to gear up the country to become a medical “hub” for the rest of the ...

A Dutch company and a Chinese company have submitted bids to Guyana’s National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) to build the Corentyne River bridge. They are The Netherlands-headquartered Ballast Nedam and China Road and Bridges. Ballast Nedam has built most major river bridges in Suriname. Demerara Waves Online News was told that the next step is for the bids ...

Last Updated on Friday, 13 October 2023, 18:42 by Denis Chabrol Two members of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), who resisted the eviction and demolition of a building housing their party’s office in Lethem, had charges against them dismissed because the prosecution could prove that the building was in possession of the State. Their Attorney-at-Law, Darren Wade, who is ...

Last Updated on Friday, 13 October 2023, 18:19 by Denis Chabrol ExxonMobil on Friday remained silent amid calls by Guyana’s opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) for the company to exhibit integrity and admit that it informed the lawmakers that it had reached an agreement with government to reduce disputed costs from US$214 million to US$3 million. ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 12 October 2023, 20:26 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali has said that Guyana is running out of large acreages of land on the coastal strip. Speaking at the recently held Guyana-Canada Chamber of Commerce Dinner and Awards, he said, “the reality is that we don’t have that land now on the coast.” He said he ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 12 October 2023, 19:36 by Denis Chabrol Opposition parliamentarian David Patterson and two other colleagues Thursday night rubbished earlier claims by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo that ExxonMobil officials denied that they ever told a meeting with A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) parliamentarians that the company had agreed to reduce disputed audited costs from ...