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President David Granger has offered no Presidential pardons for 2016 because many of those being recommended and seeking pardon do not meet the criteria set out for the second chance. Speaking on the weekly programme, The Public Interest, the President made it clear that cocaine traffickers, murderers and persons convicted of other serious and violent […]
There is a new UN Secretary General in place and Guyana is still awaiting word from the now former Secretary General Ban Ki Moon about his assessment of the Guyana/Venezuela border controversy. Mr. Ban had promised to submit his assessment of the situation with Guyana and Venezuela before he leaving office this month. Former Portuguese […]
Members of the Guyanese diaspora are being encouraged to return to their homeland and invest in the villages all across the country. The challenge was thrown out by President David Granger as he opened a new $130 Million gas station and shopping complex in the community of Buxton on the East Coast of Demerara. The […]
First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, has issued a call for all of Guyana to stand up against gender based violence. The call was made on Saturday as she attended the closing of 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence (GBV), hosted by the Delegation of the European Union (EU) in Guyana. Delivering an address […]
Leader of the Opposition, Bharat Jagdeo, speaking in parliament on the final day of Budget Debate 2017 has said that the government has to be judged on its fulfillment of promises to the people. He said the government cannot base its performance on the standards of the past government, adding that if they do not […]
Leader of the Opposition and Former President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, on Friday restated his party’s support of the Guyana government’s efforts to move to a juridical settlement of the border controversy with Venezuela. However, he warned that that the Government should ensure it is prepared for any possibility with regard to a recommendation from […]
The 2017 budget debate took a strange turn on Thursday when the Speaker decided to have some fact checking done on a statement made by Opposition Member of Parliament, Anil Nandlall. During his contribution to the budget debate, Nandlall attacked the government for overspending and used the rental of a drug storage bond as example. […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge has declared that the Opposition party’s continued criticism of the proposed 2017 National Budget is nothing more than an attempt at national “deconstruction”. During Thursday’s budget debate, Mr. Greenidge noted that it is especially hard to imagine a Budget debate elsewhere in the world where the Opposition party […]
President David Granger has added his voice to the discussion on the national budget and he has issued a call for Guyanese to critically analyze the entire budget and not just focus on “bits and pieces”. In a video release from the Ministry of the Presidency of this week’s Public Interest television programme, the President […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources is moving to have more mining lands made available to miners on a leveled playing field. Many miners have complained in the past about being given mining lands that were empty. Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes, told the National Assembly on Wednesday that the government intends […]
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