Politics

A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) frontbencher, Khemraj Ramjattan on Thursday sought to assure the National Assembly that the conditions would not again deteriorate into disorder and disrespect and expected the same effort by the government side. “We on this side of the House would like to share our concerns with what we regard as a deterioration of ...

Local Government Minister  Nigel Dharamlall early Thursday morning said he was provoked by repeated insults from several opposition parliamentarians, including Sherod Duncan, into making the “dildo” comment, but said he was sorry for those who took umbrage. The Minister Wednesday night publicly apologised inside and outside the House to those who felt offended. “I’d like to indicate to you that ...

United Kingdom (UK) High Commissioner to Guyana, Jane Miller on Wednesday said Guyana’s procurement system needed to be strengthened, amid observations that the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) is made up largely of political appointees. “Something I have discussed with the Finance Minister and I know it’s an area of capability that they are still growing in this ...

Opposition parliamentarian Sherod Duncan was Wednesday afternoon suspended from the next four sittings of the National Assembly after he shouted several times in disgust over a “dildo” remark by Local Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall. “You got to get a dildo. That is what you looking for,” Mr. Dharamlall said in response to a heckle. When that remark was made at ...

The Guyana government has set aside GY$21 billion (estimated US$100.4 million) for matters related to the construction of the new Demerara Harbour Bridge including fair compensation to property owners in the  new path of the proposed thoroughfare and ensuring that the toll will not be expensive, Public Works  Minister Juan Edghill said on Tuesday. “We have to look at the ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday night dismissed calls by People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Leader, Aubrey Norton that he should disclose his assets and income to prove that he is not corrupt. “My assets and income are matching,” he told a media briefing to deal with the fallout from an interview with the United States-based Vice News. Charging that ...

A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) parliamentarian, Nicolette Henry on Monday resigned from the National Assembly with effect March 31, 2022. She on Monday dispatched her resignation to House Speaker Manzoor Nadir. The resignation letter is dated February 10, 2022 and states “Please accept this letter as formal notification of my resignation from the National Assembly with effect ...

Amid A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change’s (APNU+AFC) Cathy Hughes’ concerns about the end of Guyana Telephone and Telegraph’s (GTT) monopoly, Prime Minister Mark Phillips said that utility company voluntarily gave up its market dominance status as part of the liberalisation process. Ms. Hughes, a former Minister of Public Telecommunications, said her administration had been “close to completing the ...

Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Friday appealed to the new opposition leader whenever he takes office to recognise the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-led administration. “We are ready to work with whoever is appointed or elected Leader of the Opposition in the interest of Guyana. What we ask in return is for the new Leader of the Opposition to accept ...

Almost three years after the then A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) administration had passed the cybercrime legislation despite warnings, now that they are in opposition they are accusing the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC)-led government of using that law to clamp down on freedom of expression. APNU+AFC Shadow Home Affairs Minister Geeta Chandan-Edmond sought to justify the ...