Last Updated on Friday, 24 June 2022, 14:51 by Denis Chabrol Public Works Minister Juan Edghill on Friday warned that the time is up for the voluntary removal of encumbrances and derelict vehicles nearby roads and gave notice that from Monday an operation would begin to remove them. Addressing the turning-of-the sod ceremony for the construction of a 7.8 kilometre ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 23 June 2022, 16:53 by Denis Chabrol The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) on Thursday urged the Guyana government to take steps to block companies from using Guyanese to conveniently obtain a 51 percent stake to merely satisfy the provisions of the Local Content Act. “This phenomenon – commonly referred to as ‘fronting’ or ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 23 June 2022, 14:16 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government’s Local Content Secretariat and RAMPS Logistics Guyana Inc. are at odds over whether the company met the requirements to operate as a Guyanese company. Highly-places source on Thursday said RAMPS Logistics Guyana Inc. has been refused local content certification because the company does not have 75 ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 June 2022, 17:14 by Denis Chabrol Vice Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Vinceroy Jordan on Wednesday moved to the High Court to challenge President Irfaan Ali’s failure to consult the Opposition Leader on making permanent the appointments of Chancellor and Chief Justice. Through his lawyers Roysdale Forde and Selwyn Pieters, Mr. Jordan ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 June 2022, 16:40 by Denis Chabrol The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) , and the Alliance For Change (AFC) on Wednesday demanded that the government consults with them on the terms of reference of the 2020 election commission of inquiry, in an effort to secure broad-based acceptance. “As the President has insisted on being a ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 June 2022, 9:42 by Denis Chabrol Shadow Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Attorney-at-Law Roysdale Forde said the persons charged with electoral fraud would have to decide their next step in light of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the 2020 general and regional elections. “There are persons charged who will decide on ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 June 2022, 21:16 by Denis Chabrol Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday said efforts by undercover journalists posing as investors to catch him taking a bribe in his own home for a hotel and casino project have failed, but he had no qualms being involved in a range of government matters, including potential investments. He ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 June 2022, 17:55 by Denis Chabrol ]In keeping with my commitment to establish a Commission of Inquiry (COI) to inquire into the events of the 2020 General and Regional Elections, I am pleased to announce that the following persons shall be appointed to conduct this inquiry: Chairman of the Commission – Retired Justice of  Appeal ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 June 2022, 16:45 by Denis Chabrol Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday said his governing People’s Progressive Party ((PPP) has “nothing to fear” from a Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the March 2020 General and regional elections. “We believe the Commission of Inquiry will find that (A Partnership for National Unity) sought to steal the ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 26 June 2022, 9:50 by Writer The Leader of the small non-parliamentary opposition Organisation for the Victory of the People (OVP) political party, Gerald Perreira does not believe there is sufficient evidence in the American Vice News report to link Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and Chinese businessman Su Zhi Rong to the sale of Guyana to ...