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Monthly Archives: December 2016

WPA defends Rupert Roopnaraine in D’urban Park controversy

Last Updated on Friday, 9 December 2016, 14:38 by Denis Chabrol The Working Peoples Alliance (WPA) on Thursday came out swinging in favour of its co-leader, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine who has been criticised for being a board member of a government-backed company that was in charge of the D’Urban Park development project for Guyana’s 50th Independence anniversary celebration. “The usual ...

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Jagdeo warns PPP will win 2020 election, undo APNU+AFC 2017 budget measures

Last Updated on Friday, 9 December 2016, 14:43 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has put the David Granger administration on notice that once his party resumes office, presumably in 2020, they will not only undo some of the 2017 budget measures, but also come against any foreign company operating in Guyana through a non-transparent process. “[Once] we determine ...

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Declining foreign direct investments will “tank” Guyana’s exchange rate- Jagdeo

Last Updated on Friday, 9 December 2016, 13:16 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday said the failure of government to attract new investments was causing a shortage in United States dollars (US$) instead of a buying of that currency by Barbadians and Trinidad and Tobago nationals to satisfy their countries’ demand for foreign exchange. He warned that ...

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Minister Ramjattan must say if he has lost the war on crime- Opposition MP Rohee

Last Updated on Friday, 9 December 2016, 11:15 by Derwayne Wills With the perception of crime still high in Guyana, Opposition MP and former security minister, Clement Rohee, has called for Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan to declare to the people whether he has lost the war on crime. “Can the Guyana Police Force deliver,” Rohee questioned during his budget ...

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Friends robbed after transacting business in City

Last Updated on Friday, 9 December 2016, 10:41 by Denis Chabrol ​One of two robbery victims has been admitted a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospitall, nursing a gunshot wound to his right thigh.  The Guyana Police Force said the victims Gavin Ramlall, 22years, a contractor of Chateau Margot, East Coast Demerara, and his friend David Mangroo, 64 yrs, of ...

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Confusion grips Nat’l Assembly during debates over Sussex Street drug bond

Last Updated on Thursday, 8 December 2016, 23:29 by Derwayne Wills After a tense exchange of words in the National Assembly between Opposition MP Anil Nandlall and Public Health Minister Dr George Norton over the content of the controversial $12M monthly Sussex Street bond, the National Assembly’s Speaker Dr Barton Scotland was made to put his foot down and set ...

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Guyana earned historic US$740M from gold in 2016- Natural Resources Minister Troman

Last Updated on Thursday, 8 December 2016, 23:21 by Derwayne Wills To the sound of thunderous desk-banging from government side, and silence from the opposition PPP, Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman painted the success story of his Ministry in the National Assembly this evening during the budget debates. Guyana has earned a whopping US$740M from gold declarations which amount to ...

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Bank of Guyana suspends buying TT, Barbados currencies from cambios

Last Updated on Thursday, 8 December 2016, 18:18 by Denis Chabrol The Bank of Guyana on Thursday announced that it has temporarily stopped buying Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago dollars from cambios as part of efforts to stem increased demand for United States (US) dollars. He said there was evidence shows that persons have been coming from Barbados, and Trinidad ...

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Guyana Chronicle fires its Sunday Editor

Last Updated on Thursday, 8 December 2016, 14:17 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL) on Thursday announced that it has fired its Sunday Editor, Neil Marks because of alleged dereliction of duty. Marks declined to comment, when contacted by Demerara Waves Online News. In a statement, the entity said it regretted the decision but the “Management as ...

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