As A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) intensified its claims of irregularities in the nomination process for the June 12, 2023 Local Government Elections, the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Retired Justice Claudette Singh on Wednesday reminded the seven-member commission that contestants should seek redress about the alleged forgery of names of nominators and candidates through an appeal ...
Read More »Author Archives: Denis Chabrol
Govt ditches offers to buy Marriott Hotel- Jagdeo
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said it has rejected all of the offers by private investors to buy the State-owned Marriott-branded hotel because the prices that have been offered are too low. “We will not proceed with any of the bids because they we believe that they are too low based on the value of that asset asset now ...
Read More »GTT-WANSAT satellite internet service to boost health care delivery, education, border security
GTT, Inc. (GTT), a leading provider of technology services in Guyana and WANSAT Networks Inc. (WANSAT), a Guyanese-owned Internet Service Provider with a focus on providing satellite broadband connectivity to rural and hinterland areas have announced the launch of their partnership “Connectivity Anywhere”, a new satellite internet service. GTT says the fast, affordable, and reliable connectivity to rural and hinterland ...
Read More »Home Ministry Permanent Secretary’s US visa revoked while in China on PPP business
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Mae Toussaint Jr. Thomas on Wednesday confirmed that her US visa was revoked and so she was forced to return to Guyana through another route “During my return journey I was advised that my US visa was revoked on the 10th April, 2023 and that I would have to make alternative ...
Read More »Judicial Service Commission will be appointed “shortly” – Ali
President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday once again sought to reassure Guyanese that the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) will be appointed “shortly” but did not give a specific time frame. “That I can tell you is coming very quickly,” he said but declined to say whether the time frame would be in two or three months, when asked by Demerara Waves ...
Read More »GECOM has no power to tackle alleged forgeries but names are removed after concrete objections – Chief Election Officer
Chief Election Officer of the Guyana Election Commission (GECOM), Vishnu Persaud on Wednesday said the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) was not empowered legally to investigate allegations of forgery related to the nominati0n process for the June 12, 2023 Local Government Elections (LGE), but said whenever objections are filed the contestants are informed of “defects” and changes are made. Further, he ...
Read More »Guyana govt approves Uaru reservoir development- Jagdeo
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday said government has approved the development of the Uaru reservoir located in Guyana’s deep-water, hours after Hess Corporation said it was expecting the project to get the green light this week. “It was done after vigorous analysis by external consultants,” he said on the sidelines of the presentation of the Report of the Commission ...
Read More »High Court rules President did not breach Constitution on appointment of Chancellor, Chief Justice but declares time for Ali, Norton to appoint substantive office holders
The High Court on Wednesday ruled that President Irfaan Ali did not violate Guyana’s Constitution because there was no consultation with the then Opposition Leader on the appointment of a substantive Chancellor and Chief Justice, but frowned on the overall decades-long delay in the non-appointment of permanent office holders to those two top judicial posts. “This court finds that given ...
Read More »More oil discovered offshore Guyana
Hess Corporation, a partner in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, on Wednesday announced the discovery of more oil in that concession. “The Corporation today announced an oil discovery at the Lancetfish-1 well on the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana,” Hess said. The operator, ExxonMobil, was yet to announce the fresh discovery which is approximately 4 miles southeast of the Fangtooth discovery. ...
Read More »Home Ministry’s Permanent Secretary should be sent on leave- opposition
Home Affairs Ministry Permanent Secretary Mae Toussaint Jr.-Thomas should be sent on leave until there is a full clearance that she did not violate any laws that led to the seizure of her cellphone by United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents on her arrival in that North American country, the opposition said on Tuesday. “If this government was ...
Read More »