Last Updated on Friday, 12 February 2016, 19:06 by Writer Throughout the week there has been several heckles and statements made by Opposition Members of Parliament branding the APNU+AFC government as a “government of geriatrics.” However, on the final day of the debates, as Finance Minister Winston Jordan did a “wind up” of his presentation, he defended the age of ...

Last Updated on Friday, 12 February 2016, 19:00 by Denis Chabrol The High Court has blocked a man from using a hangar at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport  Corporation (CJIAC) to continue the operations of Exec Jet Club which is owned by a Guyanese pilot now facing charges in the United States for bulk cash smuggling and cocaine trafficking. High Court ...

Last Updated on Friday, 12 February 2016, 17:35 by Writer Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo says that the move by the Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to walk out of the Budget debates on the last day is “political cowardice.” Just after Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo concluded his presentation on the Budget, PPP members took to their feet and stormed out ...

Last Updated on Friday, 12 February 2016, 15:49 by Writer Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has fired back at Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman over allegations that “productive forests” were “shared out” under the former PPP administration. This is after Trotman told the House on Thursday that on his ascension to office, an alarming discovery was made relative to forestry in ...

Last Updated on Friday, 12 February 2016, 14:52 by Writer Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is urging that the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) request a 50% increase in salaries for public servants when it commences it’s negotiations on salary increases. Jagdeo, one of the speakers on the final day of Budget 2016 said that this request should be made because ...

Last Updated on Friday, 12 February 2016, 14:29 by Writer State Minister Joseph Harmon called on the Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to come to the table with workable solutions rather than just coming to point out problems. Harmon made the statement as he presented his take on the 2016 Budget debate on Friday in the National Assembly. He accused ...

Last Updated on Friday, 12 February 2016, 12:02 by Writer  Newly sworn in Chairman of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Stanley Ming has pledged to see that the mining community grows and enhances as he says he will oversee the unshackling of the sector. Ming made the comment as the new board for the Commission was sworn in ...

Last Updated on Friday, 12 February 2016, 7:19 by Denis Chabrol Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan says it was the People’s Progressive Party Civic-led administration that had already decided to increase the cost of firearm licenses since 2013, but had decided against implementing it for political reasons. Ramjattan told the House during the National Budget debate that Guyana’s then Home Affairs ...

Last Updated on Friday, 12 February 2016, 0:08 by Denis Chabrol Almost two months after an army intelligence officer and two others were killed in a vehicular collision during a surveillance operation, rules have been crafted for the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan announced Thursday night. “The protocols have been already drafted…It’s about six pages  ...