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Indicating that the last Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly was hamstrung by an amendment to the Standing Orders which changed the quorum requirement for the PAC to meet, resulting in numerous cancellations due to the lack of a quorum, the Committee after five years was unable to scrutinize the Government’s spending between […]
Striking workers of the BOSAI Bauxite Mining Company in Linden are set to end their strike and return to work tomorrow, following the intervention of the Ministry of Labour and Manpower Planning. Chief Labour Officer, Dhaneshwar Deonarine, chaired a meeting today with representatives of the Bauxite company and the union representing the workers, NAACIE. During […]
Load testing has been continuing on the new Demerara River bridge as it nears its opening date. Today, the load tests continue with 20 heavy duty trucks packed with sand, traversing the bridge repeatedly at the same time. Minister of Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, said the tests have been ongoing and in every instance, the […]
Auditor General Deodat Sharma today handed over his Report on the Public Accounts of Guyana for the Year 2024 to the National Assembly. He also handed over the Report on the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA). The submission of the reports marks the 14th consecutive time that the Auditor General has submitted his reports […]
An Assistant Accountant of the Guyana Elections Commission has been charged and remanded to prison over the alleged theft of just over $5 million from the Commission. The accused is 30-year-old Dikimbie Gittens of West Bank Demerara. He appeared in Court in Court today and was charged with the offence of Larceny by a Clerk […]
A public row has erupted between at least two of the three parties that form the Forward Guyana Movement, with one of the partners, the Vigilant Political Action Committee, accusing Forward Guyana Leader, Amanza Walton- Desir, of breaking a pre-election accord of rotating a Parliamentary seat. The Forward Guyana Movement (FGM) obtained just one seat […]
Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs, today confirmed that the he is awaiting a Proclamation from the President for a date for the first Sitting of the National Assembly, which will see the Speaker of the House and Members of Parliament, taking their oath of office. Four parties will be represented in the new […]
Two men lost their lives tragically in an early morning accident along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway this morning. The two dead men have been identified as Chinese national, 54-year-old Da Tai Lei and 87-year-old, Lethem resident, Edward Singh. A third man, Wen Wu Lei is hospitalised with serious injuries. The three were traveling in a 4×4 […]
The University of Guyana’s School of Entrepreneurship & Business Innovation (SEBI) has entered into a partnership with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the World Bank to introduce two new Oil and Gas programmes into the University’s curriculum. The agreement will see the introduction of an Associate Degree in Oil & Gas Accounting/Taxation/Audit and a […]
By Svetlana Marshall Addressing the United Nations (UN) General Assembly this afternoon, President Irfaan Ali challenged world leaders to do more to address climate change. He told the UN that there is need for unified global action to limit global warming, noting that Guyana is already doing its part. “We continue to match our words […]
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