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President Irfaan Ali has commenced public consultations on model villages across the country. It is an initiative that seeks to create better communities with enhanced roads, drainage, irrigation systems and green spaces and ensure social and economic development for residents. The consultations which kicked off at the Leonora primary school in Region 3 this morning […]
The business of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was suspended today after members of the APNU, Ganesh Mahipaul and Juretha Fernandes, walked out of the Committee meeting in protest of the presence of the Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill. Mr. Edghill sits on the Committee as a Government representative. News Source understands that the […]
The Terms of Reference (TOR) to guide the Commission of Inquiry into the deadly MV Barima tragedy has been released in the official gazette. The move comes days the five-member Commission was sworn in to investigate the ferry tragedy. Among other things, the Commission is mandated to conduct a through, independent, impartial and comprehensive public […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, Ganesh Mahipaul, has criticized the government’s move to go out to tender to salvage the MV-Barima, saying that the move is unacceptable and lacks urgency. The government has invited Expressions of Interest (EOI) from marine salvage contractors for the salvage of the MV Barima. The advertisement requires submissions to be made […]
The Government of Guyana has decided to salvage the sunken MV Barima ferry and has open a tender process through the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD). The MV Barima sank two weeks ago off the coast of Essequibo claiming the lives of more than 70 people, with at least 30 others still to be recovered. A […]
President Irfaan Ali has announced the establishment of a Safety and Compliance Audit team following the horrific sinking of the MV Barima ferry last week. In a release this afternoon, the President said the establishment of the team forms part of his Government’s continuing response measures to strengthen maritime safety and prevent future tragedies. The […]
The Guyana Fire Service is probing a fire that ripped through three houses at Lamaha Street in Newtown, Kitty on Thursday night, claiming the life of 65-year-old Vernon James Duncan, who was recovering from a stroke. The Guyana Fire Service said it responded to a report of a fire at Lot 89 Lamaha Street, Newtown, […]
Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Aubrey Norton, has hammered the decision of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Shalimar Ali-Hack, to charge three of the crew members of the MV Barima, with murder describing it as “idiotic and utter garbage”. The three crew members were slapped with 72 murder charges, related to the deaths […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall’s recent public statements that the Captain and the crew member who were charged for murder in the MV Barima tragedy were drunk and under the influence, have caught the attention of Opposition Member of Parliament and Attorney, Amanza Walton. The Attorney General made the comments two nights ago on his television […]
The legal team representing the three crew members who were charged with murder following the sinking of the MV Barima vessel, will be challenging the DPP’s decision to institute murder charges against the three men. In particular, the team is preparing to mount a challenge over the DPP’s opinion that the men could be charged […]
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