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Former Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has sounded the warning that any review and revocation of gun licenses cannot be done by the political directorate. He said such a move could only be carried out by the Firearms Licensing Approval Board. Rohee’s comments come one day after Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan announced that there […]
Mediation between Health Minister Dr. George Norton and Board Chairman of the Georgetown Public Hospital, Dr Carl Max Hanoman has started and is expected to put an end to the impasse between the two over the reinstatement of the Chief Executive Officer of the Georgetown Hospital. Attorney General Basil Williams was appointed by Cabinet last week as […]
A frustrated Linden Mayor came before the national media in Georgetown on Monday morning, with supporting councillors by his side, to urge that the Town Clerk, Jenella Bowen, be removed from office. Mayor Carwyn Holland, who has been in office for just over four months, said while he does not like to see someone being […]
General Secretary of the opposition People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee, has issued a call for Health Minister Dr. George Norton to be fired as the party continues to express dissatisfaction with his behavior in the National Assembly recently and in his management of the health sector. The Party has also responded with dissatisfaction to the government’s […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party on Monday confirmed that Member of Parliament Charles Ramson Jr. will tender his resignation from the House as he prepares to take up a Chevening Scholarship that has been granted by the British Government to study abroad. Party General Secretary Clement Rohee told News Source that discussions surrounding Ramson’s political […]
Embattled Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Presidency Omar Shariff, has broken his silence about the ongoing investigations against him by the Special Organised Crime Unit. In a statement on Saturday night, Shariff, who has remained silent since the probe began, denied any involvement in the embezzlement of public funds and he also lashed out […]
The Ministry of Finance in a Saturday afternoon statement said it has noted with absolute disgust, a report in another section of the media indicating that the government has hiked taxes on steel imports. The article quoted Opposition Member of Parliament and the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Irfaan Ali as saying that “Finance Minister […]
The Coalition Government’s management of Guyana’s economy has not impressed Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, who on Friday ignored the positives of the Mid Year Report and criticized the administration over what he said was the lack of a plan and policy to address the challenges facing the economy and the private sector. Jagdeo said the […]
One day after the government announced the establishment of a Cabinet sub-committee to probe the medical supplies storage bond controversy, the head of that committee, Minister Raphael Trotman has completed his report and has recommended a review of the contract for the storage bond. During the post cabinet press briefing this morning, Trotman said that the […]
The People’s Progressive Party Parliamentary Opposition is threatening to take Health Minister Dr. George Norton before the Committee of Privileges for misleading the National Assembly on a multi-year agreement to store pharmaceutical drugs. Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said on Wednesday that the PPP intends to take the Minister before the Committee “for lying to the […]
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