Politics

UK wants Venezuela to stop provocative acts against Guyana

The United Kingdom has told the United Nations Security Council that the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela was settled since 1899, and Venezuela cannot act unilaterally to disrupt the peace of the region. The United Kingdom was among the members of the UN Security Council that voiced their criticism of Venezuela’s ongoing acts of […]

Government Ministries to set up Evaluation Units to monitor work of Government contractors -AG announces

The Attorney General has dispatched a memorandum to all Government Ministers urging them to immediately put a unit in place to specifically evaluate the execution of all contracts being undertaken by their Ministries. The move comes weeks after President Irfaan Ali announced consequences for contractors who are producing substandard works for multi-million-dollar government projects. Complaints […]

Ministry of Health launches new National Mental Health Action Plan and National Suicide Prevention Plan

By Svetlana Marshall The Ministry of Health today launched the National Mental Health Action Plan and National Suicide Prevention Plan for Guyana 2024-2030 with the support of the Pan American Health Organisation and the World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO). The plans are expected to provide the country with Government aligned roadmaps that would see the decentralization […]

Former Region Two REO grilled by PAC over reported breaches of Procurement Act

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hauled the former Region Two Regional Executive Officer (REO) Denis Jaikaran over the coals on Monday, after it was revealed that back in 2019, the Regional Administration for Region Two awarded seven contracts totaling $63.1M in violation of the Procurement Act.  According to the Procurement Regulations, a Region could request […]

The Commonwealth, OAS and CARICOM roast Venezuela over latest actions claiming Guyana’s Essequibo

The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, has expressed concern over the recent enactment of a new legislation in Venezuela for the Defence of the Essequibo region. Under the new law, Venezuela purports to exercise control over two-thirds of the sovereign territory of Guyana, creating a new Venezuelan state out of Guyana’s Essequibo region. The Secretary General reminded that in December of last year, […]

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