Last Updated on Sunday, 4 August 2024, 15:45 by Writer by GHK Lall August 2nd marked four years of PPP governance. Four years of PPP government-era financial crimes, indigenous rights violations, media rights violations, citizen rights violation. Obscenity and putridity from the PPP governance cesspit. On August 2, 2020, when President Ali swore his oath, I hoped for the dawning ...
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Proper policies, not cash grants will fight poverty – PNCR Leader
Last Updated on Friday, 2 August 2024, 20:47 by Writer Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton is recommending that Guyanese earning less than estimated GY$200,000 (estimated US$938) monthly should not pay income tax and he promised that if elected next year policies would be put in place to combat poverty rather than merely delivering cash grants. ...
Read More »Hughes says “no competition” with Norton
Last Updated on Friday, 2 August 2024, 17:38 by Writer Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes on Wednesday night – African Emancipation eve – said he and Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton were not vying against each other. “Brothers and sisters, I want to leave you with a message. There is no ...
Read More »Gov’t furious about police removal of Foreign Minister’s laptop with classified info
Last Updated on Friday, 2 August 2024, 17:07 by Writer Top officials of the Guyana government were Friday enraged by Guyana Police Force detectives’ removal of a laptop, with classified and sensitive information, assigned to Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd as part of their investigation into a cybercrime allegation against his executive assistant. The accused person, Foreign Service Officer Sharmayne ...
Read More »Former US Embassy security guard allegedly sent threatening email to embassy
Last Updated on Thursday, 1 August 2024, 17:01 by Writer A former Guyanese security guard, who was attached to the United States Embassy, has been arrested for allegedly sending a threatening email to the embassy’s email address, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said Thursday. Anand Persaud, 31, of Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara, is accused of sending the email last ...
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