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Daily Archives: Thursday, 8 February 2018, 23:14

No place for political managers of Guyana’s oil and gas sector- President’s Petroleum Advisor

Last Updated on Thursday, 8 February 2018, 22:54 by Denis Chabrol Guyana needs to ensure that there are very few or no politically-appointed decision-makers in the oil and gas sector to prevent the industry from deepening racial and political differences and creating uncertainty in decision-making, Petroleum Advisor to the President, Jan Mangal has said. Director of the Guyana Oil and ...

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Granger to appoint his nominees for Chancellor, Chief Justice, despite Jagdeo’s rejection

Last Updated on Thursday, 8 February 2018, 13:59 by Denis Chabrol President David Granger will be going ahead with the appointment of his nominees for the posts of Chancellor of the Judiciary and Chief Justice, although Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has constitutionally rejected them, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said Thursday. Harmon said Guyana’s constitution provides for “meaningful consultation” between ...

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UG Council to be named next week

Last Updated on Thursday, 8 February 2018, 12:41 by Denis Chabrol The new highest decision-making body of the University of Guyana (UG) could be approved by Cabinet next week, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said. He told a post-Cabinet news briefing that the matter was discussed on Tuesday and Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry has since been tasked to address ...

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Key cocaine-in-fish suspect to be released; search continues for two others

Last Updated on Thursday, 8 February 2018, 8:13 by Denis Chabrol A key suspect in the attempted shipment of a nine kilogrammes of cocaine in frozen fish to New York is expected to be released on Thursday, at least for the time being, as Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) agents search for more persons, sources said. Demerara Waves Online News was ...

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