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The Personal Assistant to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Ean McPherson, has filed a complaint with the Ethnic Relations Commission against Opposition Member of Parliament, Maureen Philadelphia. It was McPherson who grabbed the Mace of the Assembly from the Opposition MPs after they grabbed it from its holding place in the National Assembly in […]
Describing the protests by the Opposition inside the National Assembly yesterday as “hooliganism”, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry has issued a call for those Members who disrupted the parliamentary sitting to be “dealt with condignly”. In a statement, the GCCI condemned the Opposition’s protest and the behaviour of some Opposition Members of Parliament […]
Three days after a wanted bulletin was issued for his arrest, West Ruimveldt teenager Ezekiel Hawker was arrested in Suriname and handed over to local authorities. The 18-year-old was wanted for the murder of Albouystown resident Deon Charles on Christmas Eve night in Alboystown. A police statement said law enforcement agencies in Suriname were asked […]
Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir called a press conference this morning to declare that the controversial Natural Resource Fund Bill was “legally and lawfully” passed in the National Assembly last evening during its chaotic sitting. “I want to make it pellucid that the Bill was passed lawfully, legally last evening in the National […]
Following Wednesday’s chaotic sitting of the National Assembly at which the Speaker’s Mace was removed from its place by an Opposition Member, the Government and Opposition are now haggling over whether the controversial Natural Resource Fund Bill was legally passed. In a statement after the sitting, the Opposition APNU+AFC said the Natural Resource Fund Bill […]
As members of the Opposition chanted loudly and blew whistles in the National Assembly, the Government moved quickly to pass the Natural Resource Fund Bill and the Speaker allowed the passage without any debate. The National Assembly descended into chaos this evening as the Opposition Members protested loudly against the controversial Bill just after it […]
The Bar Council of the Guyana Bar Association has taken offense to several comments which were made by Attorney General Anil Nandlall today during his contribution to the Local Content Bill debate in the National Assembly. The Association’s main contention is with the provision in the Bill that deals with legal services, noting that the […]
The New Building Society (NBS) has announced that it will be further reducing its mortgage interest rates from January. When the Government increased the mortgage ceiling earlier this year from $12M to $15M, the NBS announced an across the board reduction in its mortgage interest rates to all borrowers In a release today, NBS said […]
The Private Sector Commission today threw its weight behind the passage of the Natural Resource Fund legislation in its current form even though its sister private sector body the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry called for the passage of the legislation to be delayed. In a statement, the PSC said the new Bill which […]
When the Local Content Bill is signed into law, the Ministry of Natural Resources will move immediately to set up and operationalize the Local Content Secretariat. The Secretariat will be based at the Ministry of Natural Resources and will be primarily responsible for the monitoring of companies involved in the oil and gas sector to […]
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