Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Thursday slammed government for allegedly corruptly using government monies to pay temporary government workers to work for the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) during the Claims and Objections period, but President Irfaan Ali rubbished that claim as part of a divisive plot and a failed attempt to discredit the employment scheme. “The APNU+AFC condemns the ...
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Contractors will have to pay compensation for delayed, low quality schools- Manickchand
Minister of Education Priya Manickchand on Wednesday warned that contractors who fail to complete the rehabilitation and construction of schools and other education facilities would have to pay compensation to the government. Indicating that she has to respond to critics, she said she would be harsher and more vigilant on delivery of projects. “That will see us doing things like ...
Read More »BREAKING: Beverley Alert tipped to replace Raphael Trotman as AFC parliamentarian
Longtime member of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Beverley Alert is tipped to replace Mr Raphael Trotman as a parliamentarian for the opposition coalition, senior party sources confirmed on Thursday. Ms Alert, who is currently a National Executive Council (NEC) member for 2022-2024, has practiced journalism and public relations over the years. The source said top AFC officials would be ...
Read More »Police break up car theft ring; seven cars found
Seven cars and one handgun were found Wednesday as they were probing the theft of car from a 48-year old man a day earlier at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara, the Guyana Police Force said. Investigators said a after they found the 9MM handgun, several car lights and bumpers on the premises of a 26-year old suspect at Kuru Kuru, Soesdyke-Linden ...
Read More »Guyana Civil Aviation Authority confirms Barbados PM was aboard plane during incident
The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) confirmed that Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley was aboard a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Skyvan on Sunday evening when its nose gear slipped off the taxiway at the Eugene F. Correia ‘Ogle’ International Airport. While Ms Mottley said earlier Wednesday that she was not on an aircraft that was involved in an “accident”, she ...
Read More »Barbados Prime Minister denies being aboard a plane involved in incident in Guyana
Despite confirmation by the Eugene F. Correia “Ogle” International Airport , Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Wednesday denied being aboard an aircraft in Guyana that was involved in an incudent. It is fake news!” the Prime Minister said Wednesday night.. Ogle Airport Inc spokesman Christopher ‘Kit’ Nascimento confirmed that Ms Mottley ahd President Irfaan Ali were aboard the Guyana ...
Read More »AFC’s co-founder Raphael Trotman resigns from Parliament
Co-founder of the Alliance For Change (AFC) Raphael Trotman will be resigning from Parliament next week, and according to his party, that would be in keeping with a promise he had made to do so mid-term. “Mr Trotman had indicated before the staging of its National Conference that he would not be available for nomination as he would be resigning ...
Read More »Govt tight-lipped on GDF plane incident with Ali, Motley aboard
Even as the Guyana government has gagged itself about the slippage of the front wheel of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Skyvan off the taxiway at the Eugene F. Correia ‘Ogle’ Airport o Sunday evening, an airport spokesman on Wednesday confirmed that there was a “minor incident”. The plane had just returned from Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil with the President ...
Read More »Police Service Commission was not properly constituted but decisions saved under “de facto doctrine”
The High Court on Tuesday said the Police Service Commission (PSC) was not properly consulted because there was no Chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC) but saved the promotions and the appointment of a Mr Clifton Hicken as acting Police Commissioner under the de facto doctrine. “In the interest of avoiding any unforeseen circumstances of my decision that the ...
Read More »Chief Justice rules Opposition Leader properly consulted on appointment of Police Service, Integrity Commission
Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire on Tuesday ruled that President Irfaan Ali properly consulted with Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on the appointment of the Police Service Commission and the Integrity Commission. In handing down her decision in the case brought by the Opposition Leader, she said Mr Norton failed to object to any of the names at the time of their ...
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