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With 26 of its Members of Parliament serving as government ministers, the David Granger administration could face a stumbling block in the new parliament with adequate representation on the Sectoral Committees and the Public Accounts Committee of the 11th Parliament. Government Ministers usually do not serve on the committees. That would leave the new government with […]
Police Officers attached to the Bartica Police Station have complained about their working conditions to the Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Simona Broomes, about their working and living conditions at the station and they are hoping for her assistance. According to a statement from the Government Information Agency, the officers complained of having […]
Three of the Ministers in the new APNU+AFC administration are technocrat Ministers and therefore will have no voting rights in the new parliament. The technocrat Ministers are Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs Sydney Allicock, Citizenship Minister Winston Felix and Minister within the Ministry of Communities Keith Scott. “These technocrat Ministers are persons appointed by the […]
Former People’s Progressive Party Member of Parliament Neil Kumar has vacated his post as Director of Sport as investigations continue into allegations of equipment being removed from the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall as well as financial documents going missing just after the May 11 elections. Minister of Education with responsibility for Youth, Sport and Culture, Dr. […]
The Guyana Police Force has announced that following consultations with Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, the Commissioner of Police has proceeded with the transfers of Senior Officers of the Police Force which had previously been put on hold. The Police Commissioner just after the new President was sworn into office, announced the transfers but was […]
Guyana’s main opposition party, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic which up to a few weeks ago formed the government, is making it clear that its position of standing firmly against any aggression from Venezuela has not changed. PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee who once served as Guyana’s Foreign Minister told a Monday morning press conference at […]
Guyana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday issued a statement denouncing the Presidential Decree by Venezuela’s Nicolas Muduro in which he is attempting to extend Venezuela’s maritime zone into waters that belong to Guyana. The extension covers an area in Guyana’s Stabroek Block where U.S oil Company – ExxonMobil – announced recently that it has encountered […]
The Guyana Government has granted permission for Venezuelan flag carrier, Conviasa Airlines to make a single flight to Guyana to pick up stranded Venezuelan passengers. The passengers were left stranded at the Cheddi Jagan Airport following the decision of the government to suspend the airline’s service to Guyana because of its non-payment of a bond to […]
A Jamaican national who has been fingered in the death of well-known East Coast resident, Manu Durant, has been arrested and is being questioned by the police. The man was arrested over the weekend in the bordering region of Eteringbang in the Essequibo region. It is believed that he was attempting to cross over into […]
Police investigators rushed to the North Sophia area just before 10 o’ clock on Sunday night following a shooting that left one man dead and another man injured. The dead man has been identified as Colin Kendall aka “Bow”. He was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Hospital after he was rushed there by friends. Another […]
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