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When the People’s National Congress Reform meets in August for its Biennial Congress, the party is expected to see one of the most competitive races for Chairmanship of the 60-year-old party. The PNC’s current Chairman, Basil Williams, who serves as Attorney General in the coalition government, will be challenged for the post by party Vice […]
The Guyana Government disclosed on Friday that it is examining options for the establishment of a National Oil Company here, even as efforts continue to ensure that oil production commences as planned in 2020. Even as Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman prepares to hand responsibility for the sector over to the Ministry of the Presidency, he believes […]
Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman today defended the Government’s move to delay the release of oil blocks given to ExxonMobil in its concession offshore Guyana. Trotman told the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Natural Resources that the Government decided to keep that concession granted to Exxon in 1999 intact in the interest of national security. According to […]
The Guyana Public Service Union is threatening legal action against the management of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission over its failure to lay over deducted union dues from its employees. The GPSU said it has not received any dues for its more than 300 members for some nine months and intends to go ahead […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday declared that political activist and former treason accused, Mark Benschop should be thanking him and the PPP and going to church everyday and pray for the PPP because he was pardoned. It was under Jagdeo’s Presidency that Benschop was charged for sedition and treason. He was charged for treason […]
Attorney General, Senior Counsel Basil William today said he intends to return the contentious Cyber Crime Bill to Cabinet for it to be reviewed and for possible changes to be made before it is sent back to the National Assembly for debate and passage. The Bill has attracted widespread criticism for a sedition clause. […]
Three hundred and sixty-eight families will benefit from new house lots in November, following the completion of infrastructural developments in the Providence and Peter’s Hall communities on the East Bank of Demerara. The government has invested $545.8Million into the project. Agreements were signed today by several local contractors, who will carry out the preparatory works, […]
Just moments after declaring that “people are thieving every day,” Head of the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) Dr. Clive Thomas announced on Monday that two matters against officials in the current APNU+AFC government have been referred to SARA for investigation. The matters were referred to the agency by Opposition Member of Parliament, Gail Teixeira and […]
A top official of the State Asset Recovery Agency (SARA) has confirmed that the agency has been tracking stolen Guyana state assets which are now overseas. Deputy Head of SARA, Aubrey Heath-Retemyer would not offer details on the assets found, but said the agency has “found stuff that people have abroad.” Mr. Retemyer was speaking […]
With just two years remaining before the next general elections, one of the partners in the coalition government, the Alliance for Change is hopeful that it will make good on its promises to complete Constitutional reform. But that success will also depend on the support of the other five parties in the APNU+AFC government and […]
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