Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 July 2019, 4:48 by Writer President David Granger has submitted eight names to the Parliamentary opposition for its consideration, as the two sides continue the search for a Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), government’s Department of Public Information reported Monday night. The eight persons nominated by the Head of State are retired justices ...
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President blocks imprisonment of Finance Minister; GRA claims GYD$527m in taxes from Dipcon
Last Updated on Monday, 8 July 2019, 17:38 by Writer President David Granger on Monday blocked Finance Minister Winston Jordan from going to jail for 21 days for contempt of court for failing to pay Dipcon Engineering Services Limited US$2.2. million plus costs in keeping with a court order that dated back to 2009 under the previous administration. “Now, therefore, ...
Read More »OPINION: New GECOM list: an Ocean’s Eleven of the mostly unfavorable
Last Updated on Monday, 8 July 2019, 17:37 by Writer by GHK Lall I was hoping for a serious list, not necessarily an entirely new list, but one that offered names holding out some hope that the electoral challenges at hand were viewed through a wider lens. I suppose that, now it is on the record, the best will have ...
Read More »Finance Minister, worried about imprisonment, appeals High Court decision in favour of Dipcon
Last Updated on Monday, 8 July 2019, 16:53 by Writer Finance Minister Winston Jordan, who admitted that he was worried that he could be locked up for 21 days for failing to pay Dipcon Engineering Services Limited US$2.2 million based on court orders, on Monday appealed the High Court’s decision. “I would be worried if I am to be locked ...
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