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PNCR to go to court over Hicken’s appointment as Police Commissioner; bypassing of Paul Williams

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) on Monday said it would be challenging the constitutionality of the appointment of Assistant Police Commissioner as acting Police Commissioner because Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Williams has been bypassed. Prior to his appointment as Acting Police Commissioner, he had been styled Acting Deputy Police Commissioner.  “To promote Mr. Hicken to the rank of Deputy ...

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Health Ministry removes Director of Mental Health

The Ministry of Health has removed the Director of Mental Health, Dr Util Richmond-Thomas, first terminating her services and then rescinding it and then assigning her as a Government Medical Officer, according to correspondence seen. The termination of her contract as Director of Mental Health was originally dated January 27, 2022 and should have taken effect on 23rd March, 20222, ...

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TT’s PM Rowley warned Granger of long-term impact of holding on to power; PNCR Leader says PPP uses bloated voters list to rig elections

Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley said he had cautioned then President David Granger about the long-term consequences of not giving up power if he had known that he had lost the March 2020 general election. “There was one thing I said to my colleague at the time, who was the President of Guyana, is that if you ...

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Jagdeo’s criticisms of TT economy not a pitch for UNC- Pres. Ali

President Irfaan Ali on Sunday denied that government’s utterances about the flagging state of  Trinidad and Tobago’s oil and gas-dependent economy amounted to a subtle endorsement of the twin island nation’s opposition United National Congress (UNC). “I’m dealing with straight language, straight language. I’m not interpreting language; straight language. There was no pitch for any opposition or government,” he said ...

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PNCR Leader promises new mechanism to investigate racial, other forms of discrimination

People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Leader, Aubrey Norton at the weekend promised that each ministry would have a desk to deal with complaints of racial and other forms of discrimination, even as the government continued to tout its One Guyana platform. “We will establish civil rights unit in every government ministry and agency. These units will have the right to ...

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Jagdeo gives reasons for blocking opposition nominees to NRF Board, refusal to compromise on spending

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday defended his administration’s decision to shut out all of the opposition’s nominees to sit on the board of the Natural Resources Fund and indicated there was hardly any room for compromise with the opposition in approving spending. The Vice President sought to justify government’s selection of former People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) parliamentarian Dunstan ...

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‘No’ to return of residency requirement for voters list; GECOM’s formula blocked election rigging- Jagdeo

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday said his government was working to tightening electoral laws and procedures but he effectively ruled out reverting to residency as a requirement for being on the voters list. “I pointed out that we are going to work with the international community and all the parties, including APNU (A Partnership for National Unity) in the ...

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PNCR raises ‘oil money’ management, electoral concerns with senior US Caribbean Chief

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton said he on Thursday told the United States government’s Caribbean Chief  Dianne Feinstein that the mechanism set up to manage Guyana’s oil revenues excludes elected representatives of almost half of the population. Mr. Norton said she committed to taking back his party’s concerns to the US, but he hoped that ...

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Inquiry into sunken trawler finds serious lapses

Public Works Minister Juan Edghill says an inquiry has found that the captain of the trawler that sank several weeks ago had informed Noble House Seafoods that the vessel had been taking in water. However, Mr Edghill says that Noble House never reported the occurrence until nine hours later. He says the trawler captain was not licensed and he and ...

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Top US official for talks with govt, opposition, civil society

The United States Deputy Assistant Secretary for Caribbean Affairs and Haiti, Barbara A. Feinstein will this week hold wide-ranging talks with the Guyana government, opposition and civil society, the American Embassy said Wednesday. Ms. Feinstein’s March 24-26 visit to Guyana comes against the backdrop of frequent calls by American Democratic Congressmen and President Joe Biden for “inclusive” economic growth for ...

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