President David Granger on Monday blocked Finance Minister Winston Jordan from going to jail for 21 days for contempt of court for failing to pay Dipcon Engineering Services Limited US$2.2. million plus costs in keeping with a court order that dated back to 2009 under the previous administration. “Now, therefore, by virtue of the powers vested in me under Article ...
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Finance Minister, worried about imprisonment, appeals High Court decision in favour of Dipcon
Finance Minister Winston Jordan, who admitted that he was worried that he could be locked up for 21 days for failing to pay Dipcon Engineering Services Limited US$2.2 million based on court orders, on Monday appealed the High Court’s decision. “I would be worried if I am to be locked up under any circumstance whether it is in my personal ...
Read More »OPINION: Perfectionism, meritocracy, and Protestant work ethic under attack
By GHK Lall “NYC Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza has made ‘whiteness’ toxic, Department of Education insiders claim” (NY Post May 18). Unfortunately, switch the color scheme to ‘brownness’ or ‘blackness’ and that claim would quickly find volume and mileage right here in political and bureaucratic Guyana. All one has to do is weigh the years. First, some foreign context. The ...
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