I have been charged for stealing books, the subscriptions for which were paid for by the Government of Guyana, which I specifically requested as a condition of my service as Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs and which was granted by the President of the Republic of Guyana. The market value for these books is about $420,000. Sometime in ...

  The Alliance For Change (AFC) says the 14 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) is necessary to help bridge a huge deficit in the 2017 National Budget, but promises to lobby for its removal next year. The AFC wants government to set up a body ahead of next year’s budget to discuss the issue “The status of private educational institutions ...

On the eve of the second anniversary of the historic May 11, 2015 General and Regional Elections, the Alliance For Change has announced the appointment of a special Cummingsburg Accord Review Committee (CARC). The AFC has already identified several deficiencies including how to deal with representation at the local government level and the absence of a dispute resolution mechanism although ...

Police were Sunday called in at the Guyana Public Service Union’s headquarters in Georgetown to quell disruption of the counting process, the Elections Officer Herman De Souza said. However, supporters of the Change Team led by Gregory Gaspar said their concerns were triggered by the absence of statements of poll, voters lists and tally sheets that are all critical to ...

Parts of a loan fund raised originally for a road rehabilitation programme by the previous administration is now being re-shifted to the housing sector for its expansion, Finance Minister Winston Jordan announced. The Government Information Agency (GINA) reported that Jordan said government is working with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to re-programme the housing sector’s over US$30 Million from a ...

Counting of less than 3,000 votes in Thursday’s election for a new executive of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) is yet to be completed, sparking off allegations of voter fraud in one of the most keenly contested elections for the first time in years. Supporters of the Change Team are said to be keeping vigil outside the GPSU’s headquarters on Regent ...

A man, who allegedly robbed a passerby in commercial Georgetown, was shot and injured after he refused to heed calls for him to halt, City Police said. The man was shot by City Constabulary Corporal, Cadogan who was on duty at Robb Street and was proceeding to Avenue of the Republiuc when he heard shouts of “thief, thief”, a senior ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry, John Tracey has retired with effect May 1, 2017, according to a high-level source. He previously proceeded on annual leave and then later opted to proceed on retirement. Tracey did not accept several calls to his mobile number. It is unclear whether he would be attending the Annual ...

Background checks would be conducted on prospective appointees to the post of Police Commissioner, according to Minister of State, Joseph Harmon. The question of whether background checks are made before the Police Commissioner is selected was posed to the Minister. However, Minister Harmon pointed out that since the government took office about two years ago, there has not been any such ...

Former Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall has defended government paying his law reports subscription during his tenure, saying it was to compensate for a loss of income. “I requested that… and the State granted it because when I took this job, I took it at a loss of income, that I was earning much more and ...