By News Source Guyana on April 10, 2024
News, Politics
The Attorney General has dispatched a memorandum to all Government Ministers urging them to immediately put a unit in place to specifically evaluate the execution of all contracts being undertaken by their Ministries. The move comes weeks after President Irfaan Ali announced consequences for contractors who are producing substandard works for multi-million-dollar government projects. Complaints […]
By News Source Guyana on April 10, 2024
News, Politics
By Svetlana Marshall Justice Sandil Kissoon has indicated that he will hand down his ruling next Friday in the case brought against the Government of Guyana by the Guyana Teachers’ Union over its plan to deduct money from the salaries of teachers for their striking days and the decision to discontinue deducting union dues from […]
By News Source Guyana on April 10, 2024
News, Politics
Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform, Shurwayne Holder, has declared that the gloves are off, as he sought to defend his party leader, Aubrey Norton today over criticism from former party General Secretary, Amna Ally. As the party’s biennial congress and elections near, the Chairman of the party took to his Facebook page this […]
By News Source Guyana on April 10, 2024
Business, News
High Court Judge, Navendra Singh, has ordered the removal of several vendors and their structures from outside the Demico House Hotel and Restaurant at Stabroek. The Judge’s decision was handed down this morning and follows the Court action that was filed by Banks DIH Limited, which is the parent company for Demico House. The action […]
By News Source Guyana on April 9, 2024
News, Politics
By Svetlana Marshall The Ministry of Health today launched the National Mental Health Action Plan and National Suicide Prevention Plan for Guyana 2024-2030 with the support of the Pan American Health Organisation and the World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO). The plans are expected to provide the country with Government aligned roadmaps that would see the decentralization […]
By News Source Guyana on April 9, 2024
News, Politics
The Guyana Government has approached the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to join the Court matter where two citizens are challenging oil company ExxonMobil to provide an unlimited parent guarantee to cover all costs, should an oil spill occur here. High Court Judge, Sandil Kissoon ordered the Environmental Protection Agency last year to issue an […]
By News Source Guyana on April 9, 2024
News, Politics
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hauled the former Region Two Regional Executive Officer (REO) Denis Jaikaran over the coals on Monday, after it was revealed that back in 2019, the Regional Administration for Region Two awarded seven contracts totaling $63.1M in violation of the Procurement Act. According to the Procurement Regulations, a Region could request […]
By News Source Guyana on April 9, 2024
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, has expressed concern over the recent enactment of a new legislation in Venezuela for the Defence of the Essequibo region. Under the new law, Venezuela purports to exercise control over two-thirds of the sovereign territory of Guyana, creating a new Venezuelan state out of Guyana’s Essequibo region. The Secretary General reminded that in December of last year, […]
By News Source Guyana on April 9, 2024
Caribbean & International, News
The United Nations Security Council is set to discuss and address Venezuela’s recent moves to declare Guyana’s Essequibo region a new Venezuelan state. President Irfaan Ali made the request for the matter to come up before the UN Security Council, according to Foreign Secretary, Robert Persaud. In a statement on the social media platform, X, […]
By News Source Guyana on April 8, 2024
News, Politics
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was today informed that approximately five years after the Region Two Regional Democratic Council (RDC) procured $210.180M in drugs and medical supplies, the Regional Administration is still to receive more than 50%, accounting for some $111.580M. The issue was placed under the microscope as the Region Two Regional Executive Officer […]
