Politics

Jagdeo continues to deny bribe-taking allegations; Claims Chinese businessman has denied making the allegations

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo continues to deny allegations that he has been accepting bribes from Chinese businessmen in order for them to land big contracts in Guyana. The allegations first surfaced in an interview with the US-based Vice News Agency. A video recording of the Vice News interview was released by the Vice President’s Office […]

Vice President denies bribery claims from Chinese lobbyist

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has denied that he has ever accepted bribes from Chinese companies in exchange for large contracts in Guyana. In a wide-ranging interview, a New-York based correspondent for Vice-News told the Vice-President that a number of Chinese businessmen have related that the only way to get business done in Guyana is to […]

Foreign Affairs Ministry acted without Cabinet knowledge in embarrassing Taiwan agreement -VP Jagdeo reveals

The decision to establish a Taiwan office in Guyana was made at the level of the Foreign Affairs Ministry and not the Cabinet, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo revealed in an interview with an international correspondent from the Vice News Agency, which operates in the US and Canada. In a surprising and controversial move in February […]

GECOM’s budgetary allocation does not cater for H2H registration or new voters list

The Opposition today pressed the government on allocations for the Guyana Elections Commission to conduct House-to-House registration before Local Government Elections which are on the cards for this year. Declaring that the current voter’s list has serious problems, the Opposition sought to ascertain what monetary provisions have been put in place to ensure a new […]

Budget for Opposition Leader’s Office slashed

The Office of the Leader of the Opposition has seen its budgetary allocation for 2022 slashed significantly. The Opposition Leader’s Office had made a request for $87 million for the day-to-day operations of the office but received $27.7M. The constitutional office had also requested $48 million to buy new equipment for the office but it […]