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The Operations Officer of the Guyana Fire Service, Compton Sparman, on Monday morning told the Prison Unrest Commission of Inquiry that prisoners threw rocks at Fire Service Officers on the night of March 2nd, to prevent the firemen from extinguishing the first set of fires that they lit at the Camp Street jail. Mr. Sparman […]
The Alliance For Change, which is the smaller party in the APNU+AFC coalition, is expressing concern over the centralized power that has been entrusted in the Minister of State, Joe Harmon. The AFC hosted a leadership retreat today and discussed the fallout over Harmon’s appointment of Contractor, Brian Tiwarie as a Ministerial Advisor. The appointment […]
While still shying away from the media, Minister of State, Joe Harmon believes that there is an “organised campaign” to damage his reputation. Harmon would not speak to the media but has been speaking to his Press Secretary and in a statement on her Facebook page, she quoted the embattled Minister as declaring that he […]
President David Granger has called for greater security cooperation in the Caribbean. The Head of State made this impassioned plea for greater security cooperation, while delivering the feature address at a dinner hosted by the Institute of International Relations (IIR) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The dinner […]
With the People’s Progressive Party picking up the majority of seats across the Neighbourhood Democratic Councils at the just concluded Local Government Elections, the party is seeking to solidify its base long before the 2020 General elections. That base, by the party’s own admission, is predominantly Indo-Guyanese. Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo believes there is nothing […]
Former Guyanese High Commissioner to Canada Harry Narine Nawbatt is suing the coalition government for $49M over what he contends is his wrongful dismissal and a breached contractual agreement he had with the previous PPP/C administration. Nawbatt, who left his Diplomatic post last year to come home and campaign for the PPP during the elections, believes […]
Guyana’s Attorney General, Basil Williams, has rubbished a report in the Kaieteur News that the Government has paid a $1 Billion settlement to the BK Company over the decision to end the company’s contract for management of the Haags Bosch dumpsite. In a statement on Friday evening, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil […]
In wake of allegations that the Minister of State, Joe Harmon, recently attempted to interfere in a GRA operation involving the Chinese company, BaiShanLin, President David Granger has reinforced that it is the Minister of Finance who has direct and sole Ministerial responsibility over the Guyana Revenue Authority. While not confirming Harmon’s alleged interference attempt, […]
President David Granger has rejected a call from local corruption monitoring body – Transparency Institute Guyana – for him to release the names of donors, both pre and post elections. Transparency Institute Guyana had made the call following recent revelations regarding the appointment of advisors, particularly that of Brian Tiwarie by State Minister Joseph Harmon. […]
Government on Thursday said it is prepared to defend the authority and actions of Community Minister Ronald Bulkan in selecting Council Heads in areas where there was an equality of seats in the recently concluded local government elections. The government’s statement follows a decision by High Court Judge, Diana Insanally to quash the appointments of […]
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