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The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLCFT) (Amendment) Bill, and issues surrounding this critical legislation featured during a discussion between Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General Basil Williams and United States Charge´ d´Affaires Bryan Hunt. The Attorney General said that the government is working towards laying the bill in the National Assembly […]
Minister of State Joseph Harmon on Friday confirmed reports of fraud at the former Ministry of Public Service which involves the Chief Personnel Officer Margaret Cummings and others. Harmon confirmed that Cummings was caught attempting to fraudulently transfer a total of eight state vehicles to private citizens including former Minister Jennifer Westford and her spouse, […]
The two news editors who were fired from the state-owned National Communications Network are fighting back this morning and have accused NCN of firing them for their perceived political affiliation. In a statement, the former NCN staffers Edward Layne and Adele Rampersaud said “we wish to categorically reject these claims which bear no truth and […]
Two senior staffers at the Ministry of Public Service have been sent on leave after they attempted to transfer a number of government vehicles to private individuals including a former minister and her spouse. Police investigators have been called in to probe the alleged fraud after documents were found with forged signatures seeking to have […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party is pleading with the new APNU+AFC government to ensure Guyana enacts, earliest, amended Anti – Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing legislation, lest the country is exposed to more international pressure. The call comes at a time when the PPP continues to reject its demotion to opposition status, after 23 years in […]
The President David Granger administration has decided to ditched the plans by the previous government to construct a specialty hospital and instead use the funds that would have gone to that project to upgrade existing hospitals and health institutions across the country. The decision was made at Tuesday’s cabinet meeting and announced earlier today by […]
The recent trip to Brooklyn, New York by three government ministers and other officials of the APNU+AFC administration to participate in a unity rally was fully funded by the organisers of the rally, according to Minister of State Joe Harmon, who was also one of the ministers on the trip. At a post cabinet press […]
The new government continues to be confronted with the challenges of inheriting a cash strapped and “poorly managed” sugar industry. On Tuesday, during a Cabinet meeting, the government agreed to immediately release a total of $3.8 billion as a bail out for the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo). Minister of State Joseph Harmon confirmed the approval […]
While accusing the opposition People’s Progressive Party of leaving a problem plagued and almost bankrupt sugar industry behind, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo declared that the opposition party must now come to the table with government and the trade unions and discuss and find a way forward for the survival of the industry. Speaking at the […]
The General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) Lincoln Lewis on Tuesday pleaded with the new APNU+AFC government to ensure that it fosters greater relations with the local trade union movement. The veteran trade unionist believes if the new government is to ensure that there aren’t situations where the state will have to turn their […]
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