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Monthly Archives: January 2024

National budget figures questionable; broad-based national budget consultation absent- Roysdale Forde

Last Updated on Monday, 22 January 2024, 16:01 by Denis Chabrol Opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) parliamentarian, Roysdale Forde on Monday forecast that government spending for 2024 would far exceed the budgeted GY$1.1 trillion because government would continue the trend of bringing financial papers for large amounts of money during the year. He said the resort ...

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Two arrested for stealing copper wire, other items from former Troy Resources mining concession

Last Updated on Monday, 22 January 2024, 14:43 by Denis Chabrol Two persons, including a 16-year old boy, have been arrested in connection with the theft of GY$2 million worth of copper wire and other items from a gold mining concession that has been abandoned by the Australia-headquartered Troy Resources Limited, officials said. The Ministry of Natural Resources’ Director of ...

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Fire Chief’s future depends on review of Mahdia Fire COI report “he was a bit inarticulate”- Benn

Last Updated on Monday, 22 January 2024, 14:11 by Denis Chabrol The fate of Fire Chief, Gregory Wickham, who has been cited for dereliction of duty by a Commission of Inquiry into the Mahdia Secondary School dormitory that killed 20 children last year, now depends on an examination of the report, Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn said Monday. Mr Benn ...

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UG says returned to face-to-face classes since 2021-2022 academic year; has systems to offer programmes, ensure quality control

Last Updated on Sunday, 21 January 2024, 21:51 by Denis Chabrol The University of Guyana on Sunday said it has long resumed face-to-face classes but students have the option of continuing Online through the institution’s distance learning technological architecture, contrary to last week’s claims by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo. Though UG did not refer to Mr Jagdeo’s utterances, the institution ...

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Chief Fire Officer cited for dereliction of duty concerning Mahdia Dormitory, Mahdia Fire Station

Last Updated on Sunday, 21 January 2024, 10:35 by Denis Chabrol Chief Fire Officer of the Guyana Fire Service, Gregory Wickham has been cited for dereliction of duty by failing to, among other things, give priority to a report about poor fire safety at the Mahdia Secondary School’s dormitory less than three months after the inferno that killed 19 girls ...

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Book Review: Parliament in the Republic of Guyana

Last Updated on Sunday, 21 January 2024, 7:35 by Denis Chabrol Book Review by GHK Lall Parliament in the Republic of Guyana is an impressive read, and an outstanding effort put forward by former Speaker of the National Assembly, Mr. Raphael G. C. Trotman in this second edition.  It is a bona fide historical treat for students, citizens, and those ...

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Opposition uses budget as election campaign springboard

Last Updated on Sunday, 21 January 2024, 0:46 by Denis Chabrol As Guyana gradually enters the general election campaign season, the joint opposition on Saturday sought to rally public rejection of government’s GY$1 trillion budget on the grounds that it does nothing to counter spiralling cost of living but puts more than 100 billion in the hands of a small ...

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Norton in combative speech at ‘cost of living’ public meeting

Last Updated on Saturday, 20 January 2024, 23:18 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton Saturday night put the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-led administration on notice that the opposition would resist any attempt by the incumbent party to remain in office if it loses the next general and regional elections. He also signaled that a People’s National Congress Reform ...

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Guyana-based American arrested at JFK Airport for allegedly smuggling cocaine in bags of jumbo shrimp

Last Updated on Saturday, 20 January 2024, 22:07 by Denis Chabrol Reproduced from WABC JAMAICA, Queens (WABC) — A traveler at John F. Kennedy International Airport has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine inside of bags of jumbo shrimp, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. Zacharie Scott, 22, is a citizen of ...

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