Local contractors lack competence, capacity and are rarely awarded foreign funded projects
By Kurt Campbell
- According to Senior Officer within the Ministry of Public Works, Geoffery Vaughn an assessment the contracts awarded over the last...
Will APNU support the AML/CFT Bill at Monday’s sitting? Basil Williams dodges question
By Kurt Campbell
– Opposition Member of Parliament Basil Williams on Thursday (February 6) refused to give a yes or no answer when asked about...
President chides contractors, engineers for overwhelming delays, errors in infrastructural projects
By Kurt Campbell
– President Donald Ramotar has registered his disappointment with the instances of mistakes and delays in local infrastructural projects, both public...
Opposition a ‘no show’ at AML Committee meeting
– Opposition members of the Parliamentary Special Select Committee considering the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) (Amendment) Bill did...
Hughes remains silent on property battle
– Following the numerous reports concerning the bitter land dispute between Attorney – at – Law Nigel Hughes and owner of Mae’s Private...
PNC/R slams Rohee for ‘malicious’ comment on its connection to drug lords
- The main opposition party – the People’s National Congress Reform - has deemed comments by General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party...
APNU says it is committed to amending AML Bill to protect Guyana
– Two days after walking out of the Special Committee Meeting on the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Bill, A...
GCCI reacts with disappointment to negotiations on the AML/CFT Bill
- The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) is calling on all parliamentary representatives to leave political grandstanding out of the negotiations...
Opposition defends walkout; Private Sector disappointed
By Kurt Campbell
– Opposition Members of the Parliamentary Special Select Committee considering the amendments to the Anti – Money Laundering and Countering the...
PPP says it is aware of the Opposition’s connection to drug lords and criminal...
By Kurt Campbell
– People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) General Secretary and Minister with responsibility for security, Clement Rohee has announced that the...
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