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The United States government has criticized the former People’s Progressive Party (PPP) government over its inability to implement laws to fight corruption effectively and its lack of transparency while in Government. Secretary of State Jon Kerry submitted the 2014 Human Rights Reports to the U.S. Congress on Thursday, in which he stated that “although the […]
(NY Daily News) Federal agents have discovered a new delicacy from Guyana — shrimp coketail. A drug-sniffing dog noticed something fishy about a shipping container that arrived at the Red Hook Terminal from Guyana last week and hunted down 268 kilos of cocaine stuffed inside frozen shrimp, according to a complaint unsealed Wednesday in Brooklyn […]
The former People’s Progressive Party Civic administration is being accused of overpaying several millions of dollars in various contracts in 2013. The former government has been slapped with criticism for its tardiness in attempting to recover those monies. According to the Auditor General Report for the fiscal year 2013, the then PPP government made overpayments […]
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo who holds responsibility for the public information sector, has announced that an investigation has been launched into the operations of the Government Information Agency. During an address to the National Assembly, the Prime Minister told the House that during the last administration, GINA would have collected money for the placement of […]
The U.S Embassy in Georgetown announced on Thursday that it has managed to restore its Visa Processing Systems which now allow for the printing of visas for applicants whose nonimmigrant visa (temporary visit – holiday/tourist/student) applications were approved on interview dates – June 08 to June 23, 2015. Applicants who were issued blue coupons between […]
The Government of Guyana has discovered that there are still several government-owned vehicles that are missing and others that were transferred to private hands just as the PPP Civic administration was getting ready to leave office. Minister of State Joe Harmon on Thursday said the State Asset Recovery Unit which was recently set up will […]
Executive Member of the People’s Progressive Party and former Member of Parliament, Gail Teixeira believes that the law ought to take its course and the police ought to be allowed to do their work in the case of the alleged fraud involving a number of government vehicles that were being transferred to a former PPP […]
In an effort the rid the streets of illegal firearms and reduce gun crimes, the Ministry of Public Security is looking to introduce a programme through which amnesty can be granted to persons carrying these illegal weapons. Public Security Minister and Vice President Khemraj Ramjattan has announced that persons are being encouraged to surrender these illegal […]
The People’s Progressive Party will not be in Parliament for Thursday’s presentation and passage of the Anti Money Laundering Amendment Bill, but the party is concerned that the new government has added amendments to the Bill that were not requested by international Financial Action Task Force and may not be in compliance with the recommendations of […]
The Guyana Police Force has been called upon to ensure more rigorous background checks are carried out on new recruits as efforts are being made at other levels to rid the force of rogue cops. The charge was made by Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan as he met with members of the Upper Corentyne Chamber […]
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