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President David Granger on Thursday cast aside criticisms surrounding the appointment of several former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Officers within his government and on special commissions and said that those appointments were based entirely on experience and competence. “No body criticized PPP, why criticize me?” the President asked as he dismissed the claims that preference […]
A Gafoor’s employee was on Thursday charged with murdering his manager at his Lot 39 Herstelling, East Bank Demerara home on Thursday last. Twenty four-year-old David Outar appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’s Court before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan where he was charged and remanded. The accused who resides at Foulis, East Coast Demerara was not […]
The coalition government announced on Wednesday that it was looking at ways to ensure that more small contractors and companies are incorporated into the public procurement process. In fact, the government wants to enforce the law that allows for small contractors to secure 20 percent of government work. With billions of dollars granted each year […]
(BBC) Hundreds of Venezuelan opposition supporters have marched in protest to the National Electoral Council (CNE) in the capital Caracas. They demanded a ruling on whether a recall referendum on removing President Nicolas Maduro can go ahead. The decision had been expected on Tuesday on whether enough valid signatures had been collected. The opposition have […]
Trinidad and Tobago led the way in 2015 with deporting the highest number of Guyana nationals from its shores. According to documents presented to the Guyana Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Relations, between January 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016, 157 Guyanese nationals were deported from the twin-island Republic. 119 of them were deported for overstaying […]
The Cabinet recently gave its no objection to contracts totaling well over $265 million for the supply of dietary items to prisons across the country. The money is expected to supply the four main prisons with food for the next year. The Camp Street Prison in Georgetown, which houses the largest population of prisoners, will […]
The Opposition Member of Parliament are following their Leader and standing by their man and his statements on Guyanese of indian origin being attacked in Guyana since the new government took office. At a Wednesday press conference, PPP Member of Parliament with responsibility for legal affairs, Anil Nandlall said the government’s criticism of Jagdeo’s statements […]
The Parliamentary Opposition on Wednesday refused to entertain questions on the political future of its MP Charles Ramson Jr. who is likely to give up his Parliamentary post to study abroad. Despite the weekly press conference being geared towards addressing matters related to parliamentary affairs, Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira blocked questions on Ramson’s political […]
Police on Wednesday issued a wanted bulletin for Anthony Jhaggroo for questioning in relation to his escape from lawful custody and murder committed on Yugeshwar Shiwcharan earlier this month at Belle West Housing Scheme, West Bank Demerara. Thirty one- year-old Shiwcharan, called “Sharukh Khan” died following a beating he received from a family when he was […]
The Preliminary Report of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) established to probe the circumstances surrounding the fire at the Hadfield Street Drop In Centre, which resulted in the deaths of two young children has found that there were “bad policy arrangements for fire”, State Minister Joseph Harmon disclosed on Wednesday. The report was handed over […]
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