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Local Content law to be amended to block owners from cheating system

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday said Guyana’s Local Content legislation would be amended to prevent companies from cheating on the ownership, financial and operational structures and so breach the intent of creating greater opportunities for Guyanese. “We have seen some attempt by foreign companies to bypass the legislation through all sorts of means,” he told the opening of a ...

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GRA studying IHS Markit audit report; unaccounted money will go to profit oil- Jagdeo

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday denied that government was hiding the 2021 IHS Markit audit report that has found more than US$200 million in questionable claims, an amount that he said could be converted to profit oil if ExxonMobil could not justify the expenses. Addressing the opening of the Local Content Summit organised by MBW Energy Services Inc; in ...

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Aneal Giddings unlikely to get unanimous support for Deputy Chief Elections Officer post

The three opposition-aligned Election Commissioners are poised to oppose the appointment of Information Technology (IT) Manager Aneal Giddings as Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO) because he removed a server from the Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) Returning Office during chaos surrounding the declaration of results there. A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Elections Commissioner, Desmond Trotman said unless and inquiry ...

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Ogunseye says refusing to cooperate with police

Just out of police lockups on a charge of racial hostility, Working People’s Alliance (WPA) executive member Tacuma Ogunseye on Monday said he has not been questioned by police about other offences and vowed to continue refusing to cooperate with police. Shortly after GY$100,000 bail was posted for him at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court, the veteran political activist said investigators ...

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Ogunseye granted bail on racial hostility charge

Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Executive Member Tacuma Ogunseye was Monday morning granted GY$100,000 bail on one count of attempting to  excite racial hostility. Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes said Mr Ogunseye pleaded not guilty and was admitted to bail. The prosecution opposed bail on the grounds of the seriousness of the offence, the penalty is significant and there are ongoing investigations. But ...

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No info, absence of former accounting officers stalling PAC’s work- Teixeira

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira on Saturday indicated that the work of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was stuck because information for 2017-2018 was unavailable and former top accounting officers fail to show up at meetings of that bipartisan parliamentary body. “Although a lot of work has been done with regards to the 2017/2018 combined report;  due ...

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President says Judicial Service Commission to be appointed “soon”, after Attorney General’s promise fades

President Irfaan Ali on Friday said the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) would be appointed “soon”, although Attorney General Anil Nandlall sought to assure a gravely concerned judiciary that would have been done early in the first quarter of 2023. He explained that the JSC requires a fully constituted Public Service Commission. “We are finalising the work. There are outstanding issues ...

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Increase in US non-immigrant visas fees

The United States Embassy in Guyana on Friday announced an increase in fees for non-immigrant visas. Following is the full statement: The Department of State published a Final Rule regarding increases to certain nonimmigrant visa application (NIV) processing fees. Effective May 30, 2023, the fee for visitor visas for business or tourism (B1/B2), and other non-petition based NIVs such as ...

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WPA’s Ogunseye surrenders, taken to Brickdam in shackles

Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Executive Member Tacuma Ogunseye on Friday surrendered to police and was immediately cited for breaching Guyana’s Racial Hostility Act. Except for a few WPA executive members, no members of the public,  known People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) members or civil society activists were present outside the police department when he surrendered. The PNCR has not said ...

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