Last Updated on Saturday, 16 March 2024, 9:34 by Denis Chabrol Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan has accused Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member-nations, including Guyana,  of discriminating against Haitians by blocking their free movement across the region. “It is in my opinion, looking at the demeanour and even the expressed words of some of the CARICOM leaders; ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 March 2024, 7:26 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) would soon acquire two new aircraft from India with a US$23.27 million loan from India’s Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank), according to the Finance Ministry. The financing agreement was signed on Friday by Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh and Deputy General Manager of ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 March 2024, 6:29 by Denis Chabrol The High Court has ordered well-known public commentator, Anthony Vieira to pay Public Works Minister Juan Edghill GY$15 million for defamation that occurred 13 years ago on CNS TV6. Chandra Narine Sharma, owner of CNSTV6, has also been ordered to pay Mr Edghill GY$250,000 for broadcasting the commentary on ...

Last Updated on Friday, 15 March 2024, 21:26 by Denis Chabrol Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton on Friday said he was confident that he would win a second term as party leader, and that his integrity was a major advantage in confronting the incumbent People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) administration. “I’m convinced that when the ...

Last Updated on Friday, 15 March 2024, 15:47 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) on Friday asked the High Court to order the Guyana government to engage in collective bargaining for salaries for 2019 to 2023, three days after talks between the two sides collapsed. The union’s resort to the court through its lawyer, Darren Wade follows the ...

Last Updated on Friday, 15 March 2024, 13:01 by Denis Chabrol ExxonMobil Guyana on Friday announced a discovery at Bluefin in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana, the company’s first discovery of 2024. The Bluefin well encountered approximately 197 feet (60 metres) of hydrocarbon-bearing sandstone and was drilled by the Stena Drillmax drillship in 4,244 feet (1,294 metres) of water. The ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 14 March 2024, 22:32 by Denis Chabrol By Joseph Guyler C. Delva PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Mar 13, CMC -Several political leaders in Haiti have rejected a proposal submitted by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to end the current unstable situation in the French-speaking country and have instead reiterated their position of imposing their own three-member presidential council to ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 14 March 2024, 21:06 by Denis Chabrol Two Venezuelans are among those arrested in connection with the murder of a Chinese supermarketeer at Eteringbang, Region 7 (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), and one of the suspects is connected to an employee of the business, according to well-placed sources. Police sources named those arrested for the slaying of 40-year old Yang ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 14 March 2024, 20:38 by Denis Chabrol The owner of a Chinese supermarket at Eteringbang, Region 7 (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) was killed and his wife injured during a robbery, and two suspects have been arrested, multiple sources confirmed. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department of the Guyana Police Force, Assistant Police Commissioner, Wendell Blanhum on Thursday said a ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 14 March 2024, 15:48 by Denis Chabrol By Dr Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus There is an annual ritual in this country. Every March, die hard anti-PPP operatives wake up from a yearlong slumber of their conscience to pronounce Dr Cheddi Jagan as the greatest man who ever lived in this country. By the end of March, ...