–ministers to visit affected areas; food and sanitation hampers to be distributed to residents PRIME Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips, has said that the government will roll out various interventions to support communities affected by flooding. During a virtual meeting with members of the National Taskforce on Flood Monitoring, the Prime Minister announced that the…
Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d), Mark Phillips on Wednesday announced that the government will make needed interventions to support communities affected by flooding. His statements came one day after both Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo and Attorney General Anil Nandlall, SC, pledged support for affected residents. The Prime Minister has met with the National Taskforce on…
Fighting against the allegations made by a Chinese businessman that he accepts bribes to land government projects, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today said his hands are clean and the Chinese businessman who he considered a friend abused their friendship by making the claims. At a press conference at the Office of the President this afternoon,…
–VP Jagdeo says Vice News’ documentary failed to produce any evidence linking him to corruption RATHER than implicate him in an alleged web of corruption, Vice-President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has said that a recent documentary by Vice News titled “Guyana for sale,” has instead vindicated him as being upright in his dealings with business officials,…
The Ministry of Education will commence the distribution of this year’s ‘Because We Care’ cash grant and the schoolchildren’s uniform voucher from July, Education Minister Priya Manickchand announced on Wednesday. “At the end of July, every single student will receive $30, 000,” Manickchand said, noting that these cash transfers are being offered to children in…
Fighting against the allegations made by a Chinese businessman that he accepts bribes to land government projects, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today said his hands are clean and the Chinese businessman who he considered a friend abused their friendship by making the claims. At a press conference at the Office of the President this afternoon,…
INVESTIGATIONS will soon commence into the March 2, 2020, general and regional elections, as President Dr. Irfaan Ali has announced the names of the persons who will constitute a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) for the elections inquest. The President announced, on Tuesday, that the CoI will be chaired by retired Justice of Appeal Stanley John,…
Notorious mass-murderer and death row inmate, Mark Royden Williams on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to the murder of a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldier, Ivor Williams, which occurred in 2008. Williams, also known as ‘Smallie’, was arraigned before Justice Sandil Kissoon at the Georgetown High Court. Dead: Ivor Williams The GDF soldier was shot during…
Fighting against the allegations made by a Chinese businessman that he accepts bribes to land government projects, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today said his hands are clean and the Chinese businessman who he considered a friend abused their friendship by making the claims. At a press conference at the Office of the President this afternoon,…
Fighting against the allegations made by a Chinese businessman that he accepts bribes to land government projects, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today said his hands are clean and the Chinese businessman who he considered a friend abused their friendship by making the claims. At a press conference at the Office of the President this afternoon,…
