The Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) will host the inaugural Enet golf tournament this Sunday, marking a significant milestone in private-sector support for sports development in Guyana. The tournament, set to begin at 8 a.m., will feature a medal-play format with two handicap categories: 0-14 and 15-28. Prizes will be awarded to the first three finishers on both flights. A prize ...

by GHK Lall Talk about beating a drum at compelling volume with consistent intensity, and Stabroek News, it is. The relentless drumbeat that overpowers consciousness is all in the crescendo of its weekly strikes with the drumsticks through its Cost of Living series. The SN series does have some jarring thunder to it, competes even with the likes of the ...

by GHK Lall Back close to the beginning of April, when the news of the Constitutional Reform Commission (CRC) first hit the public, I called it as I saw it then in SN, KN and elsewhere. To be precise, “the CRC is dead on arrival.” Not going any place. Nothing of substance is to be expected. Some may see it ...

The opposition People’s National Congress Reform/A Partnership for National Unity (PNCR/APNU) on Wednesday unveiled plans to ask ExxonMobil to agree to change the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) as well as set up an inspector general’s office (IGO) to go after corruption in the oil and gas sector. “Considering the vastly changed conditions since the signing of the 2016 Stabroek ...

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday announced the launch of a Global Biodiversity Alliance aimed at getting private companies to invest in forest restoration and conservation and mobilise funds for biodiversity conservation. He told the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) being held at the UN Headquarters in New York that Guyana would convene the first Global Biodiversity ...

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday told world leaders at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that he would soon be asking them to contribute humanitarian aid to Haiti, as the UN-led Kenya multinational security mission continues to dismantle gangs. “Guyana is leading CARICOM’s efforts in mobilizing humanitarian support for Haiti. Excellencies, I will be reaching out ...

New York Police on Wednesday held back several Guyanese anti-government protesters as President Irfaan Ali was exiting a restaurant on Church Avenue, Brooklyn, where he attended a breakfast meeting. The protesters booed Dr Ali and called him a “racist” while he was hustled by security into a waiting car. The estimated 50 mostly Afro-Guyanese persons, armed with placards, also chanted ...

The Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) and the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) on Tuesday said “colonial” era laws that could be used to discriminate against same-sex couples should be repealed to comfort tourists and bring in at least US$1 billion annually. THAG President, Dee George told a SASOD-organised event, Guyana Together, ahead of the September 27, ...

Even as opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) parliamentarian, Annette Ferguson on Tuesday insisted that the Public Works Ministry declare the whereabouts of GY$7.6 billion disbursed over the past three years for the construction of a government office complex, the Minister, Juan Edghill, said those had been already addressed in the National Assembly. Mr Edghill rubbished Ms ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday warned permanent secretaries, regional executive officers and other accounting officers in the public service and public sector that they could be fired if they do not comply with Guyana’s procurement rules including flawed evaluation of bids. “Jagdeo made it clear that any departure from these regulations would not be tolerated,” the Department of Public ...