In the wake of the United States (US) sanctions on wealthy Guyanese Nazar Mohamed and his son, Azruddin, as well as their businesses for alleged corruption, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said Mohamed’s foreign exchange dealer’s (cambio) licence would be cancelled. Mr Jagdeo said the Bank of Guyana has already informed the Mohameds that their cambio licence would be struck off. ...
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St. Lucia PM blames “conspiracy” for removal of CDB president
By Peter Richards CASTRIES, St. Lucia, May 8, CMC – Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre has blamed a “conspiracy” for the removal of Dr. Hyginus “Gene” Leon as president of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), who tendered his resignation earlier this month after being sent on administrative leave in January. “I want to put on record St. Lucia’s full ...
Read More »Norton to possibly wait until April to become Opposition Leader
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 ...
Read More »PNCR Central Executive dismisses motion to remove Harmon; plans underway to get an MP to resign
The People’s National Congress Reform’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) on Sunday, by a majority, refused to consider a motion for the removal of Mr. Joseph Harmon from the National Assembly to make way for party leader Aubrey Norton to become Guyana’s Opposition Leader, despite a stout official denial by that party. The sources said 31 of the 35 CEC members ...
Read More »APNU+AFC asks for time to decide on next opposition leader after Harmon resigns
The opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) has asked for time to deliberate about who should emerge as Guyana’s new opposition leader following Mr. Joseph Harmon’s resignation from that post earlier Wednesday. “The Chief Whip of the APNU+AFC has said that they will indicate to me at a later time their availability for me to convene a ...
Read More »Jagdeo ready to meet Granger every day to appoint new GECOM Chairman
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has told President David Granger that he is ready for daily meetings to reach agreement on the appointment of a new Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), following Monday’s resignation of James Patterson because the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruled that he was appointed unconstitutionally. “l wish on behalf of the Leader of the ...
Read More »GECOM Chairman resigns
President David Granger Tuesday morning met former Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Justice (Ret’d) James Patterson, who has since demitted office. Government’s Department of Public Information reported that President Granger thanked Justice Patterson for his service over the past 20 months. The former GECOM Chair resigned on Monday thereby rendering that post vacant. The decision by the former ...
Read More »No parliamentary sitting on Thursday, no dual citizen MP resignation received
The Guyana Parliament will not convene on Thursday, and so far, on any other day because a required notice of six days has not been received, the Clerk of the 65-seat National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs said Tuesday. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon had said government had been contemplating holding a sitting on April 11 when all dual citizenship Members of ...
Read More »PPP dual-citizenship MPs to resign, Adrian Anamayah will not renounce US nationality
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said his People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) Members of Parliament (MPs), who are holders of dual citizenship, would be resigning and only one of them has informed that he would not be renouncing his American citizenship. Jagdeo said that person is backbencher, Attorney-at-law Adrian Anamayah. “He has explained to me that there are family obligations and ...
Read More »Gov’t dual citizenship MPs resign
Guyana’s President David Granger on Monday received and accepted the resignation of all APNU+AFC coalition Members of Parliament (MPs) who are holders of dual citizenship. The MPs are Guyanese-American Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, and Guyanese-Britons Rupert Roopnaraine, Carl Greenidge and Dominic Gaskin. These members will not be returning to the National Assembly when it reconvenes on April 11. The ...
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