Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 July 2016, 16:36 by Denis Chabrol by Gary Eleazar Social Workers across the country will on Wednesday converge at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre, to formulate a ‘road-map’ on the way forward on the industry’s Standards and Professional Practices. The initiative is spearheaded, in part, by the Ministry of Social Protection and is being done ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 July 2016, 16:21 by Denis Chabrol Less than one week after a City Magistrate threw out several charges against businesspersons for failure to pay a GYD$25,000 shipping container tax,  City Hall on Tuesday blocked shipping containers from leaving city wharves unless they pay the same amount of  money to use the roads. Assistant Town Clerk, ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 July 2016, 13:20 by Denis Chabrol Six months after a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) intelligence officer was killed while on a high-speed chase on behalf of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan said the long-awaited protocol for the anti-financial crimes unit has been added to the rules of the Guyana ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 July 2016, 12:25 by Denis Chabrol The International Women Police Association will be awarding a member of the Guyana Police Force for her outstanding work among women and the social crime prevention programme. Senior Superintendent, Maxine Graham will be receiving the award during the International Women Police Conference to be held from October 9 to ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 July 2016, 11:31 by Denis Chabrol Junior Finance Minister, Jaipaul Sharma on Tuesday said government would soon increase the ceiling for contracts for which Cabinet must offer its no-objection if agreement could not be reached on establishing the more transparent Public Procurement Commission. “The law stipulates that Cabinet’s role should be phased out and by ...

Last Updated on Monday, 18 July 2016, 22:51 by Denis Chabrol by Gary Eleazar Guyana will for the first time in its 50-year history as an independent nation operate with a fully liberalised telecommunications sector, with Monday’s parliamentary passage of a modern telecoms law. “This legislation will allow other companies to ensure the local market offer a variety of services ...

Last Updated on Monday, 18 July 2016, 17:01 by Denis Chabrol The opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) on Monday denounced what it said was the increasing militarization of Guyana by the administration of President David Granger, a retired high-ranking military officer. “The Granger administration has a penchant for placing retired and serving military officers in government agencies and departments ...

Last Updated on Monday, 18 July 2016, 15:48 by Denis Chabrol by Gary Eleazar Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Barton Scotland, on Monday threw out a motion submitted by opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira, to have Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman committed to the Parliament’s Committee of Privileges over ‘misleading statements’ made to the ...

Last Updated on Monday, 18 July 2016, 15:35 by Denis Chabrol Public Accountant and Attorney-at-Law, Godfrey Statia  has been appointed as the new Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), according to usually reliable sources. He was chosen from among four applicants by the GRA’s Governing Board. When Statia assumes office before month-end, he would become the next substantive ...

Last Updated on Monday, 18 July 2016, 15:05 by Denis Chabrol by Gary Eleazar The Parliamentary Committee of Appointments has recommended that Matthew Edward Hugh Langevine, be appointed as Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) within the Ministry of Finance. The FIU works closely with the Special Organised Crime Unit of the Guyana Police Force, Guyana Revenue Authority and ...