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The Audit Office of Guyana will be undertaking a special audit into Old Age Pension books, as well as the Public Assistance booklets, according to Auditor General Deodat Sharma. Last week, the Ministry of Human Services announced the launch of a Police Force investigation into the presence of unauthorized copies of Old Age Pension and […]
Former British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn, has raised questions and concern over President Irfaan Ali’s meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on the border controversy last December in St. Vincent, expressing the view that the meeting sent a wrong message. In a lengthy opinion piece in today’s Stabroek News, the career British Diplomat […]
Accountant General Jennifer Chapman has flagged weaknesses within the public accounting system, but has also indicated that the Ministry of Finance is working to ensure corrective measures are adopted. Speaking during the handing over ceremony of the 2023 Auditor General’s report this morning, Ms. Chapman said it is pivotal that all public funds are accounted […]
With national elections slated to take place next year, the Alliance For Change political party has expressed concern over what it considers to be, the lack of effort by the Elections Commission to fix weaknesses in the electoral system. The party said it has received complaints from persons around the country about the lack of […]
Leader of the Opposition, People’s National Congress Reform, Aubrey Norton has indicated that the PNCR-led A Partnership For National Unity (APNU) prefers to head to the polls next year as a united front, and wants to do so with its long-time coalition partner, the Alliance for Change, (AFC). The Alliance For Change has not renewed […]
President Irfaan Ali will be addressing the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)on Wednesday during a visit to New York. While at the United Nations, the President is also expected to participate part in bilateral meetings with other Heads of State, including with the President of Paraguay, and the President of Ecuador. A statement from the […]
The Attorney General’s Chambers has responded to the letter that was sent to the Acting Police Commissioner by Attorneys for Rights Activist, Melissa Atwell, seeking information on the Police operation that was conducted at the home of the activist’s mother. In the response, which was signed by Principal Legal Advisor in the Attorney General’s Office, […]
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton has poured cold water on an announcement made by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo that the government will be launching a Commission of Inquiry into the murders of hundreds of persons during the crime spree in the early 2000s. At a press conference today, the Opposition Leader said such an investigation by […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has announced that the Government will soon be launching a Commission of Inquiry in the crime spree and killings of the early 2000’s during the period known as “The Troubles”. Jagdeo was President at the time when the country saw daily murders and execution style killings of hundreds of young men. […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has denied any involvement of the governing People’s Progressive Party in a Police operation that took place at the home of the mother of Rights Activist, Melissa Atwell aka “Melly Mel”. On Tuesday, the Guyana Police Force raided the Eccles home of Atwell’s mother and grandmother, claiming that they were looking […]
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