The 40-year old United Kingdom government’s Chevening Scholarship is contributing “future leaders”, several of whom are periodically brainstorming issues in Guyana and encouraging more locals to apply. President of the Chevening Alumni (Guyana), Hubert Forrester said his organisation pairs previous scholarship awardees with new counterparts. Members, he said, also host online discussions titled’ Chevening Talks’ where they “share their expertise” ...

The People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) congress to elect a new leader and other executive members could be held this year but there is a chance it could spill over into early next year, party sources said Friday. While sources said the circular to party groups notifying them of a date for congress is yet to be dispatched, party General ...

by GHK Lall A youngster was prompted by someone he felt he had to please to attack my servanthood and, worse still, my integrity.  Because he had to please at all costs, it was felt that any means would suffice, and the lower the better.  He did go low: splicing and cherry-picking, and exaggerating and distorting.  The lengths that is ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday signaled that government would pay the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s GY$420 million debt to the Sugar Trading Enterprise Pension Scheme (STEPS), in the wake of a formal demand by the regulator to the State-owned producer of the sweetener. “Once it has to do with workers’ pension and contribution, then just like how we promised to keep ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday demanded that the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) admit to its history of election rigging before there could be a possibility of engagement in the executive. “Our insistence, as a political party, on their acknowledgement that they have sought throughout their entire history to steal elections is an ...

by GHK Lall For a while now operatives of the PPP have come up with a new one: those who are haters of the PPP.  It is a most peculiar contention since some members of the People’s Progressive Party can be so full of hate that it has taken hold of them like a disease.  I think this same hatefulness ...

The Greater Guyana Initiative (GGI)-funded Enhancing Community Wellness Project, which aims to reduce the prevalence of chronic health conditions in 150 participants was officially launched August 30 at 3t EnerMech, Lusignan, East Coast Demerara (ECD). This project is being led by the Roraima Learning Trust (RLT) and aims to reduce the prevalence of chronic health conditions such as diabetes and ...

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) said Guyana’s three telephone companies and the number portability company were conducting rigorous tests before launching the service that would allow subscribers to change their phone service providers but keep their existing numbers. “The critical stage of the live testing of numbers amongst the service providers is now a daily exercise. This testing component is ...

Migrants from Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago are contributing to a rise in the population of Region Three (West Demerara-Essequibo Islands), resulting in government having to cater for increasing school populations there, according to officials. President Irfaan Ali said the more than 1,000 Spanish-speaking children in schools there comes at a time when government was forging ahead with plans to ...

Fire early Wednesday morning destroyed White Boy’s Auto Spares and Accessories bond at Annandale, East Coast Demerara, the Guyana Fire Service said. Firefighters were yet to determine the cause of the fire that erupted at about 12:11 AM at Lots 446-447 Annandale, East Coast Demerara. “As a result of the fire, the building and its contents were destroyed,” the fire ...