Last Updated on Friday, 19 January 2024, 22:22 by Denis Chabrol The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on Friday indicated that it has dropped its President, Dr Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon from its annual press conference which has now been pushed back by almost one month. In its latest advisory for the now slated February 20, 2024 news conference, the line-up will ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 January 2024, 22:07 by Denis Chabrol A Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the Mahdia Secondary School fire that killed 20 children last year has found that the “inferno” was linked to a number of socio-economic conditions in the mining community to which mainly girls are vulnerable. COI Chairman, Retired Major General Joseph Singh said the ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 January 2024, 16:20 by Denis Chabrol The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Friday, 19th January granted the application for special leave in the case of Bharrat Jagdeo v Annette Ferguson. The CCJ decided that the Court of Appeal of Guyana has jurisdiction to grant leave to hear an appeal from an evenly divided Full Court. On ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 January 2024, 8:11 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall Let us not quibble over legal maneuvers of the Government of Guyana.  I refrain from criticizing the lawyer speak involved in the production of that piece of paper, the document evidencing the US$2 billion coverage for Guyana in the event of an oil spill.  I avoid ...

Last Updated on Friday, 19 January 2024, 6:58 by Denis Chabrol By Peter Richards BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jan 19, CMC – The President of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon, has been sent on administrative leave until April this year, as “an ongoing administrative process” continues at the region’s premier financial institution. Well placed sources told the ...