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Over the weekend, President Irfaan Ali used the majority of his New Year’s address to the nation to once again defend the Natural Resource Fund legislation which he signed into law, while Leader of the People’s National Congress, Aubrey Norton also used his New Year’s address to decry the provisions of the Act which have […]
Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony today said while it has not yet been confirmed that the faster spreading Omicron variant of the COVID-19 is in Guyana, recent COVID-19 numbers indicate that the variant might be circulating here. The new variant has already been confirmed in a number of other CARICOM countries. Guyana does not […]
Opposition Members on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) this morning accused the government of not giving priority to the establishment of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) with PAC Chairman, Jermain Figueira labeling the non-establishment of the Commission an “untenable” situation. The Public Procurement Commission which monitors public procurement to ensure the principles of fairness, […]
The Guyana Fire Service is still to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed several pieces of equipment in a section of the heart clinic at the Georgetown Public Hospital. The fire occurred early on New Year’s Day. In a statement, the Fire Service said it is working along with the Police as part […]
A US-based Guyanese man who was home in Linden for the holidays appeared in Court today and was charged for being in possession of a firearm and ammunition without a license and dangerous driving. The 36-year-old man, Colin Benjamin appeared before Magistrate Wanda Fortune and pleaded not guilty to all of the charges. He was […]
President Irfaan Ali has signed the controversial Natural Resource Fund Bill into law as well as the Local Content Bill. Both pieces of legislation are related to the management of the oil and gas sector in Guyana. The President assented to the Natural Resource Fund Bill yesterday. There was no announcement of the signing of […]
The Government continues to defend the controversial Natural Resource Fund Bill and has started a major public relations drive to justify the Bill and its contents. Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat lashed out this afternoon at the Civil Society groups that called for the passage of the Bill to be delayed. He said those […]
The Opposition is holding firm to its position that the Natural Resource Fund Bill could not have been legally passed in the National Assembly since the Mace was not in its place when the Speaker called for a vote on the controversial legislation during last evening’s sitting. The Mace was grabbed from its position by […]
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 […]
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 […]
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