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Monthly Archives: December 2016

Police, suspected bandit exchange gunfire in robbery hot-spot

Last Updated on Wednesday, 7 December 2016, 14:20 by Denis Chabrol Police and a suspected bandit traded gunshots in the yard of the St. Phillips Anglican Church, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, considered a major hot-spot for robberies. There is no indication that the man was shot, but he police said he dropped a .38 revolver and three rounds before fleeing the scene. ...

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Deputy Mayor Duncan wants mayoral debates for December 15 election

Last Updated on Wednesday, 7 December 2016, 13:46 by Denis Chabrol Elections for Georgetown’s new Mayor and Deputy Mayor have been announced but Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan is calling for a debate among the candidates before the December 15 election. “I call on any Councillor(s) contending for the position of Mayor, as I am, to let’s have a public discourse/debate ...

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PPP used ‘scare tactics’ to ‘mobilise choir’ against budget- Minister Harmon

Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 December 2016, 16:58 by Denis Chabrol Minister of State Joseph Harmon is convinced that the ‘doom and gloom’ positions take on Budget 2017 is a result of scare tactics used by the Opposition PPP, that is reflective on similar tactics used on the Anti-Money Laundering legislation in the last Parliament. “Complaints by the Opposition that ...

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21 deportees arrive from US; to be monitored

Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 December 2016, 17:43 by Denis Chabrol At least 21 Guyanese deportees arrived from the United States (US) Tuesday afternoon, after serving jail terms for various offences. Head of the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Criminal Investigations Department, Senior Superintendent Wendell Blanhum said the deportees were convicted for homicide, narcotics, robbery and other offences. Blanhum said the ...

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Gov’t MPs should take lie-detector test on ‘national disaster’ budget, says PPP MP Dharamlall

Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 December 2016, 14:47 by Denis Chabrol Opposition parliamentarian Nigel Dharamlall is convinced government parliamentarians are not as honest about their feelings toward budget 2017 as they are letting out. The MP believes a lie-detector test would help to set the record straight. Dharamlall proposed lie-detector test for the government parliamentarians were among a list of ...

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New counselling rooms for 10 secondary schools; new medical school for UG- Education Minister

Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 December 2016, 13:26 by Denis Chabrol With 17% of $250B in budget 2017 allocated to the education sector, Education Minister Dr Rupert Roopnaraine announced in the national assembly a new medical school for the University of Guyana as well as ten new counselling rooms in secondary schools. The schools identified include Cummings Lodge, Richard Ishmael, ...

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Updated: No foreign exchange shortage, although sister Caricom buyers are taking out US dollars

Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 December 2016, 18:30 by Denis Chabrol Guyana on Tuesday rubbished claims that there is a massive foreign exchange shortage, but he said that buyers from sister CARICOM countries having been taking out United States (US) dollars from this country. “The issue as it relates to the Trinidad and Barbados currencies flooding our market will be looked ...

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Education budget reduced by $1B because of 14% VAT; cost of living will increase- MP Manickchand warns

Last Updated on Monday, 5 December 2016, 14:40 by Denis Chabrol “Shocking”, “unconscionable”, were the words used by Opposition MP Priya Manickchand to describe Budget 2017. “Brace yourself Guyana, these are the things that are going to come,” Manickchand said in her description of the 2017 budget. The MP Opposition told the National Assembly during her address on the budget ...

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