Last Updated on Sunday, 10 March 2024, 18:22 by Denis Chabrol As Guyana gradually prepares for general elections next year, General Secretary of the governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo on Sunday warned emerging political challengers that they could face stiff response “You got all kinds, some who are trying to challenge us but they better be cautious. They ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 10 March 2024, 16:28 by Denis Chabrol An early Sunday morning fire destroyed  two hotels and two houses at Eteringbang, a gold mining community on the Guyana side of the border with Venezuela, sources said. No one was injured. A source said the fire was caused by a faulty electricity generator. The Guyana Fire Service, however, ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 10 March 2024, 10:14 by Denis Chabrol By GHK Lall President Irfaan Ali went to Williamsburg, Corentyne, Berbice for the ribbon cutting for a new Republic Bank branch. The president spoke about loans, mortgages, investments, and more. He should have limited himself to ribbon cutting. It was a mouthful, according to a Demerara News article captioned, ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 10 March 2024, 9:40 by Denis Chabrol By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus, American University, Washington DC. More than 30,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed by incessant military activities by the Israeli Defense Force. Most of the dead are women and children, and noncombatants. Although Israel undoubtedly has every right to defend itself, it does ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 10 March 2024, 4:08 by Denis Chabrol The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) welcomes the Government of Guyana’s milestone announcement on the authorization of carbon units for use in the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) for the 2024-2026 compliance period. Under the ICAO Council approved Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART) programme, 4.64 ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 9 March 2024, 16:35 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Saturday said the number of Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) in Guyana has dropped to 2.8 percent, the lowest in Latin America and the Caribbean, and more money is being borrowed for a wider variety of projects. “That is not accidental. That is because there is more ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 9 March 2024, 7:38 by Denis Chabrol Police on Saturday said a prisoner, who escaped from the Mazaruni Prison last month, is the prime suspect in the murder of a man and his mother at Saxacalli Mission, Essequibo River. Dead are driver, 49-year old David Gomes of D’urban Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown and his 75-year old mother ...

Last Updated on Friday, 8 March 2024, 20:11 by Denis Chabrol Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali on Friday evening signaled that the regional bloc still recognised Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry as a legitimate interlocutor and said unspecified progress has been made to find a Haitian-led solution. “Whilst we’re making considerable progress, the stakeholders are ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 7 March 2024, 21:09 by Denis Chabrol The Ministry of Education Thursday night denied reaching agreement with the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) earlier in the day about a multi-year period for pay negotiations. “The government maintains its original position that any multi-year agreement must start from the year 2024, not retroactively,” the Ministry of Education’s Chief ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 7 March 2024, 19:20 by Denis Chabrol Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday announced that no more sandpit licences would be granted, leaving Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken and Deputy Police Commissioner Calvin Brutus’ plans to open such an operation in limbo. “Let me make it clear that the government of Guyana has put a hold on ...