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Former PS, now Coordinator of Int’l Conferences, being paid over $700, 000
Mr Reginald Brotherson, the former Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Department of Public Service, is now employed as a Coordinator ofInternational Conferences.
Quizzed by Opposition Parliamentarian, Juan Edgehill during consideration of…
President’s overseas trips since May 2015 cost $209.4 million
The Government has spent $209.4 million on travel
for President David Granger between May 2015 and October 2018.
Details of the expenses were provided in a written statement to the National Assembly following a question by Opposition…
Gov’t rejects ‘malicious’ article on President Granger’s health
The Government has rejected an article being circulated on
social media headlined, ‘President cannot speak- Cancer is in the throat’, as
“malicious and wicked.”
The article was published by an online news entity, managed by a convicted…
Nandlall fumes against ‘concocted’ charges; heckled to fight his case in court
In an obvious reference to the Government’s claims that he stole law books from his Chambers when he functioned as Attorney General, Nandall fired off at the current administration. “…the institution of contrived and concocted charges…
Apologise ‘for what?’ – Patterson says after Irfaan Ali produces East Bank/East Coast feasibility…
The Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson has refused to apologise after promising to do so Wednesday night if the Opposition could produce a feasibility study on the East Bank/East Coast Demerara road project.
The project…
Mismanagement costing rice farmers hundreds of millions – Seeraj
Confusion, mismanagement and lack of priorities by the Government is frustrating rice farmers, costing them huge losses, Parliamentarian Dharamkumar Seeraj declared Thursday during the 2019 Budget Debate.
He suggested that the lack of…
Dr Frank Anthony raps Gov’t about health sector failures
As the 2019 budget debates continue, Opposition spokesperson on Health, Dr Frank Anthony Tuesday morning lambasted the Coalition Government for several flaws in the country’s health system.
However, he was called out by Government…
PSC, Entertainment official urge Gov’t to rethink position on “beach party ban”
Government’s decision to ban the hosting of parties on the foreshore behind the Guyana Marriott Hotel in Kingston, Georgetown has been met with calls from the Private Sector Commission (PSC) and local promoters to reconsider its position.…
“I humbly apologise” – Volda Lawrence
Chair of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and the Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence has apologised for saying that she will only hire persons who belong to the PNC.
Lawrence issued a public apology on her Facebook…
Speaker upbraids MP for live streaming budget debates
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Barton Scotland Monday morning upbraided Parliamentarians for recording proceedings of the National Assembly.
Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Priya Manickchand had live-streamed the presentation…
