Guyana’s Ambassador to Kuwait, Dr. Shamir Ally did not inform authorities about fraudulent adjustments of a company’s accounts at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and it went undetected during the screening process. “The fact that it was not done by him did leave us somewhat surprised by this, but that does not necessarily mean that he should necessarily be ...
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NCN’s Sport Editor remains on suspension although President calls it “inhumane”
Although President David Granger has strongly condemned the one month no-pay suspension of National Communications Network (NCN) Sport Editor, Jocelle Archibald-Hawke, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Lennox Cornette said she would remain off the job until the Board of Directors decides on the matter. The President making his position known would mean something to me. The matter is with the ...
Read More »UG Law Graduates again entitled to automatic entry to Hugh Wooding Law School
Guyana blocked the Caribbean’s Council of Legal Education (CLE) from discriminating against Guyanese in gaining automatic entry to that regional institution, according to a statement issued through the Guyana Bar Association (GBA). In the new agreement between the University of Guyana (UG), University of the West Indies (UWI) and the CLE, the top 25 UG Law Degree graduates would be ...
Read More »Digicel , Ministry of Education push reading on International Literacy Day
Digicel (Guyana) on Thursday – International Literacy Day 2016- helped to reinforce the importance of reading by providing assistance to the St. Cuthbert’s Mission Nursery School, Mahaica River. “Today we are spending some time with these little ones to show them the importance of reading. The staff members are here today to give back to the community by interacting with ...
Read More »Removal of NCN’s pregnant news anchor “out of place,” suspension of Sport Editor “inhumane” – Granger
President David Granger on Thursday criticized the now aborted removal of a television news anchor at Guyana’s National Communications Network (NCN) from reading the news because she is pregnant and he has described as inhumane the one month suspension of a Sport Editor without pay. “We didn’t think it would have come to do this because as I am concerned ...
Read More »Govt buckles under pressure and calls pharmaceutical bond deal “undesirable” ; searching for new location ; recommits to transparency
In the face of threats of legal action challenging a deal to rent a pharmaceutical bond from a city businessman’s company, the Guyana government on Thursday caved into widespread public criticism and deemed it “undesirable” and said it was searching for a new facility. “Cabinet was engaged in full and thorough discussions on the issue of the storage of government ...
Read More »ExxonMobil’s SkipJack well offshore Guyana turns up dry
Guyana has been advised that ExxonMobil’s latest exploratory well offshore Guyana named SkipJack has turned up dry, according to usually reliable sources. The Ministry of Natural Resources said that ExxonMobil, which is a major partner in the local subsidiary of Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited, communicated SkipJack’s poor showing to Guyanese authorities. The Ministry of Natural Resources was informed by ExxonMobil ...
Read More »How Larry Singh knew that govt needed pharmaceutical bond? “If I told Mr. Larry Singh? Joseph Harmon? No,”
Minister of State, Joseph Harmon on Thursday said he had no part to play in informing city businessman Lawrence “Larry” Singh that government needed to rent a pharmaceutical bond. “If I told Mr. Larry Singh? Joseph Harmon? No,” Harmon said when asked by Demerara Waves Online News asked him whether he told Singh that government needed a bond to store ...
Read More »Prime Minister orders NCN’s CEO to apologise to TV news anchor for suspending her newsreading because she is pregnant
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo on Wednesday ordered the Chief Executive Officer of the National Communications Network (NCN), Lennox Cornette to apologise for using her pregnancy as the basis for removing her from anchoring the 6 O’clock news. “It agonises me to get involved in what is an NCN management matter but, as a journalist and as a parent, I refuse ...
Read More »GFC scraps Baishan Lin’s forest concessions; moves to recover debts
Now that all of Bai Shan Lin’s concessions have been repossessed by the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC), that regulatory agency is about to sell already harvested logs to help recover some of the debts owed by that company that claims it has registered a loss for more than 20 years. The total size of the concessions is 680,000 hectares including joint ...
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