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Treasury Memoranda highlight rampant abuse of public resources under PPP Govt.

Treasury Memoranda for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 all point to the alarming rate at which excessive waste and...

AG meets with team of professionals to discuss alternatives to incarceration

In an aim to strengthen the local criminal justice system, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams today...

Govt. will audit ExxonMobil’s US$460M pre-contract costs-Min. Patterson

The coalition administration has every intention to audit the controversial US$460M pre-contract costs claimed by USA oil giant, ExxonMobil for...

Surinamese jailed 12 years for killing ‘DJ Cheddie’

Omar Williams, formerly of Abanastraat, “K” Flight, Paramaribo, Suriname, was this afternoon handed a 12-year jail sentence after he pleaded...

GRA Officials shot during operation to capture “known chicken smuggler’

In a bid to capture a “know chicken smuggler” two officials from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), received gunshot wounds...

Govt. will “eventually” get to what qualifies as Local Content-Minister Harmon

The Government of Guyana is not in a position to say if it agrees or disagrees with ExxonMobil’s interpretation of...

Finance Minister already lowers expectations for economic growth by .4 percent

Finance Minister, Winston Jordan has already begun chiseling at Guyana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth projections for 2018. The economy...

28.6 billion pounds of plastic being dumped into the oceans annually

As the countries observe World Oceans Day today (June 8, 2018), there is not much to celebrate, given the fact...

“People will go to jail if audit is done at City Hall” – Jagdeo

Charging that there is massive corruption at City Hall, former President and Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, is confident...

BEV Processors closes shop; cites tedious int’l certification process, other factors

The slump in market prices for shrimp and the tedious process for international certification were just two of the major...

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