Risha Persaud

The Natural Resources Fund (NRF) Bill, according to the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), is a critical tool in Guyana’s development, both for present and future generations. As a result, since the Bill’s public release on December 15, 2021, the GCCI has been closely following developments and thoroughly …

The “A New and United Guyana” party, whose Chairman is Senior Counsel Timothy Jonas, is pulling support from the Ali/Jagdeo led PPP/C government over the administration structuring institutions and procedures to allow easy access to public resources in order to advance what ANUG called the government’s divisive goal. “Our democratically …

The Guyanese government’s announcement that it is contracting with China Railway Group to build and fund the Amaila Falls hydroelectric project, and possibly take out as much as $1.5 billion in loans for China-built infrastructure, symbolizes the renewed takeoff of Chinese projects and PRC influence in Guyana.  An earlier version of the Amaila Falls …

In a World Bank report titled “An Uneven Recovery: the Impact of COVID-19 on Latin America and the Caribbean” released on 30th November 2021, Guyana ranked extremely low in comparison to poorer Latin American countries as it relates to children receiving proper education throughout the pandemic. Results from a World …

According to Southold Town Police in New York, on Dec. 3 at 11:32 a.m., an Uber driver, 61, called police about a man, 54, who had requested a ride east. The driver ended the ride at the Gulf gas station on Route 25 in Laurel due to lack of payment, …

Chuck E. Cheese, the global family entertainment brand, continues to drive international expansion and has successfully signed development agreements in three new countries across South America and in the Middle East. This adds to the rapid ongoing international expansion of the brand already announced in new regions like Guyana. One …

Guyana has emerged as the hottest offshore drilling location on the continent over the last six years. The swathe of oil discoveries made by ExxonMobil and its partners, Hess and CNOOC, in the offshore Stabroek Block, since 2015, recently saw the energy supermajor upgrade its resources estimate for the block from …

Speaking to the media from his house in Antigua on Monday, PNB fraud case accused Mehul Choksi warned of an attempt to kidnap him to Guyana on this occasion. Asserting that his health has deteriorated a lot in the last 4 years, the fugitive said that he is yet to recover …

In addition to the spiraling out-of-control crime rate in Guyana, criminals are now taking advantage of the People’s Progressive Party government’s “don’t ask, won’t tell” stance on the illegal drug trade. On Thursday, the Customs department of the Netherlands found a consignment of cocaine weighing 530 kilos in a sea …

The Afro-Guyanese community received somewhat of a scripted apology from Minister Charles Ramson who was heard on a local radio station stating that the “Afro-Guyanese community is lacking role models”. Ramson quickly took to his social media to recant his statements and pointed out in a traditionally racist fashion that …