Customs agents of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Thursday seized three motor vehicles laden with a large quantity of uncustomed chicken. GRA says its Law Enforcement Investigations Division agents made the seizure at Cane Grove, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara. According to GRA, at a separate location in the said village, its Officers also seized a large quantity of alcoholic ...
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Norton cautions against “handouts” dependency
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Thursday night warned Guyanese against becoming dependent on government “handouts” but at the same time he encouraged them to take cash grants because they are taxpayer’s monies. “While I say take the money because you are entitled, you must know handouts cannot take you out of poverty,” he told a modest gathering at a public ...
Read More »Opposition Leader, President trade words over claim that temporary workers doing PPPC work
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 ...
Read More »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 ...
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