Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo continues to deny allegations that he has been accepting bribes from Chinese businessmen in order for them to land big contracts in Guyana. The allegations first surfaced in an interview with the US-based Vice News Agency. A video recording of the Vice News interview was released by the Vice President’s Office…
IN a bid to stimulate the growth of small businesses and budding entrepreneurs, the National Assembly has approved government’s proposed $300 million for the Small Business Bureau’s (SBB’s) Development Fund. Speaking on the floor of the Assembly’s Committee of Supply, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond, assured the body that the budgetary allocation…
The Chinese Embassy in Guyana says that it is “strongly dissatisfied” with what it believes to be a “predetermined agenda” of the US-based Vice News to smear and attack Guyana/China relations. The Embassy, in a statement posted on its Facebook page, noted that Guyana’s Vice-President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo was interviewed by a journalist from Vice…
The Chinese Embassy in Georgetown has rubbished claims that some Chinese companies have been paying bribes to acquire large contracts in Guyana. During an interview with international media Vice News, the allegation of Chinese companies paying bribes in Guyana was put to Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, who the journalist conducting the interview claimed is an…
WORK on the Rose Hall Sugar Estate factory is 41 per cent complete and approximately 500 workers have been rehired at the facility. This is according to Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, who was responding to questions from Opposition Members of Parliament (MP) during the consideration of the budget estimates for the Ministry of Agriculture on Monday.…
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 48-year-old Edith Reuben, a housewife of Yarrowkabra, Soesdyke/Linden Highway. The woman was found hanging from a mango tree in her yard early on Wednesday. Police suspect that the woman was killed before being placed on the tree. “The positioning of the deceased’s body suggests she was…
Local fashion photographer and video producer Keron Bruce has filed a $100 Million lawsuit against social media commentator, Mikhail Rodrigues, who is known as the “Guyanese Critic”. Mr. Rodrigues was served with the Court documents this morning. In the lawsuit, Mr. Bruce is claiming that Rodrigues has degraded his character in social media commentaries about…
— VP Jagdeo affirms IN defending his integrity amidst allegations of his involvement in corrupt practices, Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo has said that he is capable of accounting for his earnings and every asset within his possession. Leveraging an interview conducted by a journalist from United States-based Vice News with Vice-President Jagdeo, Leader of the People’s…
A 25-year-old man of Amelia’s Ward, Linden, was granted bail while his accomplice was remanded to prison on a series of damage to property and break and enter charges committed on market stalls at the Mackenzie market. Randy Leacock, a labourer, was granted $80,000 bail, while Claude Hoyte of Lower Kara Kara, Linden, was placed…
The discovery of the lifeless body of a woman hanging from a mango tree in Yarrowkabra is being probed as a murder, according to the Police. The woman’s body was discovered yesterday morning hanging from the tree in her yard in the Linden/Soesdyke highway community. She has been identified as 48-year-old Edith Reuben. Police investigators…
