POLICE are currently on the hunt for an 18-year-old inmate held at the Lusignan Prison who, this morning, escaped the prison’s compound, according to a police statement. The escaped inmate, Kavin Singh, of 291 School Street Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was attending court in the virtual courtroom set up inside the prison compound. The…
Guyana slipped two points down, ranking 87 out of 180 countries, in the 2021 Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) Report. Although the report came out during the People’s Progressive Party’s Civic (PPP/C) first full year term in office, Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo said on Thursday that it deals largely with the wrongdoings…
Opposition Member of Parliament David Patterson today accused the Government of dolling out billions of dollars in contracts, especially in the Health Sector, to its close associates. He said it’s a practice that raises serious questions about procurement and the issues need to be probed. “In 2021 last year based on public records and disclosures…
With the Opposition accusing the Government of not making provisions in Budget 2022 for salary increases for public servants, the Minister of Public Service, Sonia Parag, has fired back and has indicated that money will always be included in the annual budget to cater for salary increases for public servants. During her budget debate presentation,…
With the Opposition accusing the Government of not making provisions in Budget 2022 for salary increases for public servants, the Minister of Public Service, Sonia Parag, has fired back and has indicated that money will always be included in the annual budget to cater for salary increases for public servants. During her budget debate presentation,…
With the Opposition accusing the Government of not making provisions in Budget 2022 for salary increases for public servants, the Minister of Public Service, Sonia Parag, has fired back and has indicated that money will always be included in the annual budget to cater for salary increases for public servants. During her budget debate presentation,…
–informs them of their vital role in creating a unified nation PRESIDENT Dr. Irfaan Ali has said that his government’s “One Guyana” vision is about promoting greater inclusion at the legislative, political and social levels. The Head of State said this during a virtual address to more than 50 religious leaders from North America, on…
With the Opposition accusing the Government of not making provisions in Budget 2022 for salary increases for public servants, the Minister of Public Service, Sonia Parag, has fired back and has indicated that money will always be included in the annual budget to cater for salary increases for public servants. During her budget debate presentation,…
-says Gov’t MP Williams AS the budget debate continued on Wednesday, government Member of Parliament, Lee Gendre Williams, stood before the National Assembly and defended the $552.9 billion National Budget. In rebutting comments made by several A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) members in their presentations, he emphasised that Budget 2022, which was…
With the Opposition accusing the Government of not making provisions in Budget 2022 for salary increases for public servants, the Minister of Public Service, Sonia Parag, has fired back and has indicated that money will always be included in the annual budget to cater for salary increases for public servants. During her budget debate presentation,…
