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Opposition parties, APNU and AFC today called for the release of the Cost Recovery Audit, contending that the two-year wait over claims that the Audit Firm – IHS Markit – did not comply with international best practices, is unacceptable. The Final Cost Recovery Audit, produced and submitted by IHS Markit for the period 1999-2017, found […]
The owner of the daycare centre in Ogle, where 7-month-old Oriya Gravesande died, was today charged and remanded to jail over the death of the baby girl. Flanked by the Police and her Attorneys, the Little Learners Daycare owner, Denise Benn made her way into the Courtroom of Magistrate Alisha George, where the manslaughter charge […]
The Government and the Opposition have both welcomed the latest ruling from the International Court, which rejected Venezuela’s objections to the case. Moments after Venezuela’s objections were thrown out, President Irfaan Ali, said Guyana remains confident that its longstanding international boundary with Venezuela will be confirmed by the Court. “Guyana has always been fully committed […]
The International Court of Justice today rejected and dismissed Venezuela’s objections to Guyana’s case before the Court, paving the way for the substantive case to move forward. The Court found that Venezuela’s application had no legal basis. Venezuela wanted the Court not to entertain Guyana’s substantive application on several grounds, one of which is that […]
A 21-year-old businessman who was arrested on Monday with an unlicensed firearm and unlicensed ammunition, appeared in Court today to face illesgal possession charges. The businessman, Joshua Taylor from South Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara, appeared in Court this morning and denied the allegations leveled against him that he was found to be in possession of […]
A new report from the World Bank, which is examining changes in the global economy, is predicting that Guyana will continue to see major economic growth annually in the coming years. In the report, which was released on the World Bank’s website, it predicts that Guyana will see a 25.2% growth rate this year, 21.2% […]
Agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit are stepping up their drug eradication efforts. On Wednesday, CANU agents were in East Bank Essequibo area and during an operation, the agents busted a 51-year-old man with 30 pounds of imported marijuana. CANU said the man’s vehicle was intercepted in the Zeelugt New Housing Scheme and during […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has indicated that should Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) fail to justify the $214M in expenses that were flagged by auditors during the country’s first cost recovery audit on oil expenses, the claims will be disallowed and the revenues directed to profit oil. But the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) […]
The Director of Public Prosecutions has recommended that the owner of the Little Learners Daycare facility, be charged with manslaughter over the death of a young child at the daycare. The 7-month-old baby girl, Oriya Gravesande, was rushed to the Georgetown Hospital on the 21st March, hours after she was taken to the daycare facility […]
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) made a decision to appoint its Information Technology Manager, Aneal Giddings as its new Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO). The decision, however, did not gain the support of the opposition-nominated Commissioners. The GECOM Chairman, retired Justice Claudette Singh sided with the Government nominated Commissioners in appointing Giddings to the post. […]
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