 |        |  |  |
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo is upset with the front page of today’s edition of the Guyana Chronicle and believes the state-owned newspaper was not objective in its reporting of yesterday’s consideration of the budget estimates. The front page of the Tuesday August 25th edition of the Chronicle screamed “Govt. blunders on budget estimates…violates laws assented […]
A quarrel ensued between the Government and the Opposition on Tuesday over the appointment of two persons from the APNU+AFC’s list of candidates for the 2015 elections as Regional Executive Officers (REOs). The issue came up during the consideration of the 2015 estimates of expenditure in the National Assembly where several opposition Members of Parliament pressed […]
Distraught family members of murdered 77-year-old Carmen Ganesh flocked the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday as a 23- year-old Timehri, East Bank Demerara man was finally charged for beating the Montrose granny to death during a home invasion earlier this month. The accused, Colin Alleyne appeared briefly before Magistrate Zameena Ally and was not required […]
The 57-year-old Jersey City man who died days after being injured trying to break up a fight at a Jersey City bar last week was president of the Jersey City Cricket Club and is sorely missed by his nine brothers and five sisters. “He was a very smart guy and a very humble person,” Daydatt […]
The Guyana Revenue Authority has issued a directive to staff members reminding them of the need to ensure the confidentiality remains at the top of their list when dealing with clients and their affairs. In a statement last evening, the GRA said the Authority maintains “a strong policy regarding respect for the confidentiality of information […]
The current and capital expenditure for the Ministry of the Presidency was on Monday approved in the National Assembly but it was not without the scrutiny of the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP). The current expenditure amounts to some $6 billion and will be used for administrative services, including the payment of salaries to Presidential […]
Days after awarding itself an ‘A’ Grade for the implementation of its 21-point first 100 days plan, the coalition government has come forward with a fresh commitment to fully implement all of its promises while acknowledging several shortfalls. Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo updated the media on the government’s progress on Monday, which also signaled the expiration […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has highlighted what it said is a major constitutional flaw in the 2015 budget estimates which it has brought to the attention of the House Speaker and which the government has undertaken to correct shortly. The PPP, through former Attorney General Anil Nandlall, contends that the estimates in their […]
If there was any doubt that the Donald Ramotar Presidency of three years was just a plaster for the bigger bandage in the background, then the last week of budget debates has put all of those doubts to rest. The PPP took its 32 seats on the Opposition side of parliament on Monday, that’s three […]
Two Guyanese women were taken into custody at the Ogle International Airport on Friday after they were busted with cocaine while attempting to board a LIAT late night flight to Barbados. Investigators have revealed that the bust took place just after 8:30pm on Friday. Officers attached to the Narcotics branch of the Guyana Police Force […]
 |  |
