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Expanding more on his decision to rescind the appointment of businessman and controversial contractor Brian Tiwarie as a Ministerial Advisor on Business Development, President David Granger on Thursday declared that he has a very competent Minister of Business and therefore the government does not have a need for Mr. Tiwarie as any Business Development Advisor. […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party on Thursday called out the coalition government over what it said was a growing habit of secrecy. Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira was very critical of the government on the issue of the appointment of Presidential and other Government Advisors without full disclosure in the National Assembly and to the […]
A Former Chief Magistrate of Guyana, K.A. Juman-Yassin, believes time and tax payers dollars are being wasted with the ongoing Commission of Inquiry into the Camp Street Prison unrest. The CoI was ordered by President David Granger and set up within a matter of following the March 3 disturbances which left 17 inmates dead. Mr. Juman-Yassin, […]
Fired Managing Director of the state-owned, Guyana Oil Company (Guyoil), Badrie Persaud has responded to the findings of the forensic audit which was used to terminate his services earlier in March 2016. Persaud said the claims of irregularities at Guyoil which were included in the audit report, are merely lies and distortions. And he has defended […]
(MOTP) President David Granger, today, met with Mr. Hamley Case and Ms. Clarissa Riehl who have been appointed to head Guyana’s diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom (UK) and Canada respectively. Ms. Riehl who departs Guyana for Canada on Friday, April 1, said that the Head of State has given clear guidelines of what he […]
President David Granger has rescinded the appointment of businessman and contractor, Brian Tiwari, as a Ministerial Advisor on Business Development. The announcement came in the form of a terse one line statement from the Ministry of the Presidency on Tuesday afternoon. “The appointment of Mr. Brian Tiwari as Ministerial Advisor on Business Development has been […]
Public hearings for the Commission of Inquiry into the deadly Camp Street Prison have been put on hold as the Commissioners await an extension to the life of the Commission. Commission Counsel, Excellence Dazzle, could not confirm the likely resumption of the hearings. She indicated around noon on Tuesday that the Commission had not yet received […]
The Guyana Police Force’s geographic organisational structure has come under review with suggestions for a reorganization of the current policing divisions. This transformation is expected to result in Regional Commanders being appointed to each of the 10 administrative regions across the country. Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan, in a recent interview with the Government […]
Former Government Minister under the People’s National Congress administration, Haslyn Parris, has died. He passed away yesterday at a city hospital after being rushed there from his home with an emergency health situation. He is being remembered for his years of service to the country especially in the area of constitutional reform. He also served as […]
The Ministry Of Finance has released the reports of several forensic audits that it initiated when the government changed in May 2015. Several of the reports have recommended criminal and/or disciplinary actions against culpable government officials of the former People’s Progressive Party government. A look at the Forensic Audit Report into the Guyana Oil Company revealed […]
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