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Scholarships awarded were consistent with applications and awarded in every region – Sarabo-Halley in response to Parag

Former Minister of Public Service, Tabitha Sarabo-Halley has fired back at the new Minister of Public Service, Sonia Parag over her statement that under the previous government, scholarships were “skewed to one demographic and geographic in Guyana”. Ms. Sarabo-Halley in a statement this morning said Ms. Parag may need to familarise herself more with the […]

47 of 74 new COVID-19 cases are from Region 4

The number of covid-19 cases in the country continues to climb with 74 new cases being recorded yesterday from a total of 330 completed tests. The majority of the new cases are from Region Four which recorded 47 new cases, that’s more than half of the number of new cases recorded yesterday. The total number […]

Public Service Minister claims scholarship programme benefitted one demographic under previous Govt.

While refusing to offer clarifications and details, the recently appointed Minister of Public Service Sonia Parag today claimed that the former APNU+AFC, Government ran a “heavily flawed” scholarship program, that only catered for “one demographic”.  Pressed by reporters about what she meant by “one demographic”, Parag shied away from answering the question and instead said […]

Felix says Securities Council never made contact about suspected Ponzi scheme and DPP ended probe into suspects

Former Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix has broken his silence on the granting of citizenship to one of the suspects in the alleged ponzi scheme that is now part of a major multi agency probe. Mr. Felix in a statement today, said the Attorney General Anil Nandlall is guilty of spreading misinformation with his recent […]

Sarabo-Halley resigns from WPA

Two days after the Working People’s Alliance through its Secretary announced that the party was withdrawing from A Partnership for National Unity, longtime WPA Member and Party Chairperson, Tabitha Sarabo-Halley has tendered her resignation from the party. Contacted this afternoon, Ms. Sarabo-Halley would only confirm that she has indeed resigned from the party. She said […]

Gouveia, Ramkarran and Shuman appointed Govt. Advisers

The Office of the President on Saturday announced the appointments of theee advisers to the government. Businessman and current Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Captain Gerry Gouveia has been appointed the National Security Adviser to the Government, while Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party Lennox Shuman will serve as Adviser to the Public […]