By GHK Lall Guyana has serious money troubles.  As I discern matters, there are money troubles with Exxon (terms and conditions of the contract); money troubles with the PPP Government (borrowing and spending); and now money troubles with the British-based IHS Markit (IHSM) audit people (doing, responding, and moving along).  All of this is evident in the back and forth ...

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Tuesday said the reason for the prolonged delay in releasing the findings of an audit of the US$1.67 billion in expenses for 1999 to 2017 had to with the absence of an interim audit report, and a series of concerns that badly affected the “The GRA further advised that the foregoing, in its opinion ...

The University of Guyana (UG), now in its 60th year, is set to host its 2nd Diaspora  Conference at the Turkeyen Campus, Greater Georgetown, Guyana, during the period  May 8-10, 2023 under the theme “Calling 592: Honouring, Researching, Reigniting  Diaspora.” The Diaspora Conference is one of several signature events being hosted by the  University this year to celebrate the institution’s ...

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Tuesday appointed Information Technology (IT) Manager Aneal Giddings to the post of Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO) by a majority 4-3 decision, raising fresh concerns about whether the Chairman of that seven-member body is impartial. Election Commissioners Vincent Alexander and Attorney-at-Law Sase Gunraj separately confirmed that Mr Giddings is the new DCEO. Mr Gunraj, ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday said Guyana’s Local Content legislation would be amended to prevent companies from cheating on the ownership, financial and operational structures and so breach the intent of creating greater opportunities for Guyanese. “We have seen some attempt by foreign companies to bypass the legislation through all sorts of means,” he told the opening of a ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday denied that government was hiding the 2021 IHS Markit audit report that has found more than US$200 million in questionable claims, an amount that he said could be converted to profit oil if ExxonMobil could not justify the expenses. Addressing the opening of the Local Content Summit organised by MBW Energy Services Inc; in ...

The three opposition-aligned Election Commissioners are poised to oppose the appointment of Information Technology (IT) Manager Aneal Giddings as Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO) because he removed a server from the Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) Returning Office during chaos surrounding the declaration of results there. A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Elections Commissioner, Desmond Trotman said unless and inquiry ...

Just out of police lockups on a charge of racial hostility, Working People’s Alliance (WPA) executive member Tacuma Ogunseye on Monday said he has not been questioned by police about other offences and vowed to continue refusing to cooperate with police. Shortly after GY$100,000 bail was posted for him at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court, the veteran political activist said investigators ...

Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Executive Member Tacuma Ogunseye was Monday morning granted GY$100,000 bail on one count of attempting to  excite racial hostility. Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes said Mr Ogunseye pleaded not guilty and was admitted to bail. The prosecution opposed bail on the grounds of the seriousness of the offence, the penalty is significant and there are ongoing investigations. But ...

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira on Saturday indicated that the work of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was stuck because information for 2017-2018 was unavailable and former top accounting officers fail to show up at meetings of that bipartisan parliamentary body. “Although a lot of work has been done with regards to the 2017/2018 combined report;  due ...