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Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo today said the coalition government is not sincere with the resignation of four of its Members of Parliament who hold dual citizenship. At his weekly press conference this afternoon, Mr. Jagdeo said the government was caught in a dilemma following the ruling of the High Court and the Court […]
President David Granger, this morning, clarified that while he has accepted the resignation of the four-coalition government Members of Parliament, their resignations will not take effect immediately as there are several processes which have to be applied. In addition, the APNU Ministers, Joe Harmon, Carl Greenidge and Dr. Rupert Roopnarine will also be renouncing their […]
The Government of Guyana this afternoon announced that the portfolios of the former Ministers who have resigned will be handled in the interim by the Government Ministers who acted in their position. The President’s Office this morning announced that the President had accepted the resignations of the Government Members of Parliament who are holders of […]
PPP nominated Commissioner of the Guyana Elections Commission, Robeson Benn, is threatening to file legal action against the same Guyana Elections Commission over the Commission’s decision to proceed with house to house registration. Benn’s Attorney, Anil Nandlall, who is a former Attorney General, has written to the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission expressing Benn’s […]
The Government of Guyana today said the Opposition Leader needs to be reminded that he is the holder of a Constitutional Office and therefore needs to be truthful with the Guyanese people. In response to several statements made by Mr. Jagdeo on a 94.1 FM radio programme yesterday morning, the Government of Guyana said the […]
The Ministry of the Presidency this morning announced that President David Granger has accepted the resignation of Government Members of Parliament who are holders of dual citizenship. The four who have resigned are Minister of State Joe Harmon, Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge and Minister of Public Service Dr. […]
While declaring that the Government of Guyana is being “duplicitous”, by not removing its Members of Parliament who are dual citizens from the National Assembly, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today said the MPs on his side that are dual citizens will be staying away from sittings, but not resigning. Jagdeo appeared on the Jumpstart Morning […]
Minister of Finance Winston Jordan has announced that Guyana’s economy grew by 4.1 percent for 2018, which is higher than the 3.4% that was projected. Jordan told the Department of Information that the nation’s economic performance was “solid” and better than expected. The Finance Minister said, “it is the first time under this government that […]
Guyanese owned carrier, Fly Jamaica Airways, is hoping to restart operations in “a couple of months”, according to a statement from the airline’s Chief Executive Officer, Captain Ronald Reece. Fly Jamaica cancelled all of its flights and grounded operations back in November when its 757 aircraft made an emergency landing and crashed at Guyana’s Cheddi […]
State Minister Joe Harmon today said that the Government will await the appeals of the Caribbean Court of Justice before it acts on the ruling by the Chief Justice and the Court of Appeal that dual citizens should not be sitting in the Guyana Parliament. Both the Government and the Opposition have Members of Parliament […]
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