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(Reuters) CONCACAF’s former leaders Jack Warner and Chuck Blazer were “fraudulent in their management” of the confederation’s affairs, the head of the body’s Integrity Committee told its congress on Friday. David Simmons presented a detailed report into allegations of financial mismanagement by former president Warner and ex-general secretary Blazer based on documents and interviews with […]
The Georgetown Hospital through assistance from the United States has launched a Centre of Excellence which will focus on special care for persons living with HIV/AIDS. The establishment of the centre is being seen as a great milestone in the work done over the years in Guyana to combat the fight against HIV. The Chief […]
Some private media owners in Guyana peeved at the way former President Bharrat Jagdeo issued radio licenses just before he left office have decided to go to the court in an effort to have the licenses reexamined. In motions filed by the National Media and Publishing Company Limited,The Guyana Media Proprietors Association Limited and Broadcaster […]
Guyana has once again captured the major awards at the Caribbean Tourism Organisation and Travelmole Sustainable Tourism Awards. At the award ceremony in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana received the top awards in the Caribbean Excellence in Sustainable Tourism Award , this was won by Karanambu Lodge, the Biodiversity Conservation Award which went to the Guyana Marine Turtle […]
Rice farmers in Essequibo have started another round of protest action as they complain about the price they are being offered for their rice. Some farmers picketed along the roadway on Friday morning pressing for their concerns to be addressed. One farmer said they were being offered just $300 for a bag of paddy. He […]
The Government wanted to give the Guyana Power and Light Company $10.2 Billion but the Opposition decided that GPL should only be given $5 billion at this time. The combined Opposition parties used their majority Thursday afternoon in the National Assembly to trim the budgetary allocations for GPL. The Opposition’s position is that there must […]
The Parliamentary Opposition parties, A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance For Change used their combined majority in the National Assembly on Thursday afternoon to once again reduce the budgets for the State owned National Communications Network and the Government Information Agency to $1 each. This is the second time in as many years […]
Police investigators have been “stumped” in their probe of the theft of over 100 laptops from the Government One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) programme. The computers were discovered missing eight months ago triggering a widespread probe and questioning of the programme’s staffers. Some staff members were sent on leave pending the outcome of the investigation. On Thursday […]
Twenty seven years after his death, Guyana’s first Executive President, Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham will be honoured by the Government of South Africa with one of the Nation’s Highest Awards, the Oliver Tambo Award (Gold). The Order of the Companion of OR Tambo is a South African honour which was established on the 6th December […]
The Opposition’s decision to slice the $1.2 Billion budget for the construction of the Speciality Hospital to $0 has infuriated the administration and today Government’s Chief Spokesman Dr. Roger Luncheon described the cut as the “the most inexplicable event” he has ever seen. The Opposition parties on Wednesday night used their majority in the National […]
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