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Local Government Commission is a national embarrassment- Mahipaul tells House

APNU+AFC’s shadow Minister of Local Government, Ganesh Mahipaul claims that the Local Government Commission, in its current construct, is a...

PPP’s dismal parliamentary performance, the signature of a weakened democracy- Chief Whip Jones

By Abena Rockcliffe A nation’s parliament is considered the home of democracy. In recent years, Guyana’s House of Democracy has seen...

SCHOOL FIRES: McDonald, Manickchand clash in House over motives

In response to her government's failure to construct new secondary schools between 2015 and 2020, Opposition Member of Parliament (MP)...

Mahipaul dubs President Ali’s MOM a “sham”, calls for breakdown on spending

Opposition Member of Parliament, Ganesh Mahipaul stood before the National Assembly earlier today calling President Irfaan Ali’s Men on Mission...

Fernandes dubs budget 2024 a debt trap, Indar attributes this to her lack of...

Shadow Finance Minister, Juretha Fernandes on Monday raised concerns about the government’s plan to have $458.4 billion, or 40 percent...

Budget 2024 widens wealth gap; lacks measures to address poverty – MP Forde

Opposition Member of Parliament, Roysdale Forde today fiercely criticized Budget 2024 when he took the floor of the National Assembly...

Taxi driver charged with death of Bare Root woman secures $450k bail

Gordon Vantull, a 57-year-old Taxi Driver of Section 'B' Sophia, Greater Georgetown, was charged this morning with causing death by...

Mustapha sues Norton over “false” chicken smuggling allegation

By Abena Rockcliffe Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton may find himself in a $5M hole if Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar...

$2M worth of stolen copper wires recovered; 16-Y-O among two in custody

Cops in Region Seven are probing the theft of a quantity of copper wires and other items worth $2M, property...

Region 10 contractors only getting 30% of all contracts within district – Chairman

Despite Region 10 contractors being equipped with the necessary know-how to apply and gain government contracts, only 30 percent of...

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