Last Updated on Thursday, 29 February 2024, 23:58 by Denis Chabrol United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres on Thursday credited Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves for his role in pulling back Guyana and Venezuela from the brink of conflict over the disputed Essequibo Region. Mr Guterres thanked Mr Gonsalves for his “permanent role” on ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 February 2024, 21:31 by Denis Chabrol Amid several opposition parliamentary questions about plans by a Qatari company to build a US$300 million five-star hotel, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said the project would be going ahead. Mr Jagdeo said government and lawyers and others who are specialised on land matters were asked to “produce ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 February 2024, 18:27 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Friday said Brazil has invited Guyana to make a presentation at the Group of 20 (G-20) Summit later this year on how to make money from forests, “We have agreed that at the G-20, Guyana will be invited in the person of the Vice President ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 February 2024, 16:45 by Denis Chabrol The High Court on Friday sent a 25-day strike by teachers to mediation in the hope of getting the educators back to the classroom almost immediately. Justice Sandil Kissoon said Senior Counsel Edward Luckoo and Robin Stoby agreed to serve as mediators. They would start work by meeting representatives ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 February 2024, 14:19 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali announced that he and his Brazilian counterpart, Luis Inacio ‘Lula’ Da Silva on Thursday agreed to establish a working group to search for money to build transportation links between their two South American countries. “We want to put together a technical working group that will commence ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 February 2024, 22:44 by Denis Chabrol Leaders of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ended their three-day summit in Guyana expressing concern over the decision by the Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to send that financial institution’s President, Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon on leave to make way for an investigation. “On first blush, ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 February 2024, 21:42 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s President, Irfaan Ali and other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders on Wednesday agreed that the regional bloc would lead a team alongside international partners to Haiti to determine what that strife-wracked country needs to prepare for elections no later than August, 2025. The Bahamas’ Prime Minister, Phillip Davis said ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 February 2024, 20:58 by Denis Chabrol Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo was Wednesday selected to chair a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) working group to search for more money for the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) to cushion impacts on member nations and promote growth, Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley said. She told a news conference to wrap up ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 February 2024, 22:18 by Denis Chabrol A small group of Haitians living in Guyana on Tuesday picketed outside the Marriott Hotel, venue of the summit of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders, calling for Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign and pave the way for elections. The group said that Haitians had been promised elections three months ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 February 2024, 16:55 by Denis Chabrol by GHK Lall The times really don’t change, and now it is history straining at the collar to repeat itself.  I feel like this is a journey back in time.  Today it is Exxon and Chevron.  Way back in the 80s, it was Pennzoil and Texaco.  Just like today, ...