Month: November 2017

The recent slashes to constitutional agencies have left some of these agencies questioning their work mandate and how the cuts would affect their mandate. A representative of both the Women and Gender Equality Commission and the Rights of the Child Commission believes the cuts will have repercussions. According to noted social activist Nicole Cole, much work remains to be done by these two Commissions, including physical outreaches to at-risk communities. She expressed fear that the work of the two Commissions, which requested a combined total of close to Gy$100 million…

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The President of the Guyana Veterans Legion, Lieutenant Colonel (retd) George Gomes, last Friday defended the Head of State’s decision to employ former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ranks for top Government positions. Colonel Gomes said President David Granger has gravitated towards people he can trust and those that he knows, even if others are also qualified for the positions. “President Granger was a soldier, and birds of a feather flock together. He gotta go with who he knows and who he trusts, and who he knows got the discipline,” Lieutenant…

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Mattai’s – Guyana’s one stop food depot – is living up to its name as it opened a new food mart across the street from its other branch on Water and Hope Streets, Georgetown, which promises quality food. The new establishment, named ‘Mattai’s: The Food Market’ was declared open on Friday. According to Managing Director of the franchise, Harry Mattai, the new food mart is already known in the Caribbean. “Quite a few people flew in from the Caribbean when they heard about the store, its size, what we’re doing,…

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The Linden municipality is making good on its promise to advance the development of the town by all means, including friendly relations with international cities that are more developed. Just recently, Linden Mayor Carwyn Holland signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the City of Xuzhou, which was represented by its Vice Mayor Xu Donghai, at a ceremony held at Xuzhou City’s Exotic Conference Hall. The symbolic signing, which immediately puts into effect municipal cooperation between the two municipalities, has already yielded great benefits for Linden in the areas of…

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While the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) had made some general remarks regarding the work of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC), Opposition Leader Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has clarified that the Party still has confidence in the body although it did not agree with all of the reports. During a recent press conference, Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira had expressed that she had ‘no confidence’ in the PPC, since she believed that a thorough probe would not be conducted into the award of a contract to Dutch company LievenseCSO for a feasibility…

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…as Guyana’s public debt increases to Gy$330B As Guyana’s debt continues to rise, there have been some concerns in several quarters of society that the coalition Government’s spending is spiralling out of control and should be better managed, or the country could be faced with insurmountable challenges in years to come. Russia-trained economist and political commentator Ramon Gaskin is one of those persons who believe that the current Administration needs to do a better job at handling its financial affairs. Although debt has been an issue for many years, Gaskin…

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Government has postponed closure of the Rose Hall Sugar Estate from end of 2017 to sometime in 2018, and the Guyana Agriculture and General Workers Union (GAWU) is urging the administration to make this position permanent, so as to allow workers to keep their jobs. GAWU President, Komal Chand, gave reasons for this proposal, stating that even during discussions with the Special Purposes Unit (SPU) of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), consensus was arrived at that the best position was to keep the estates open. “We feel…

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– selection to be completed by mid-December As Government moves ahead with plans to privatise and diversify the sugar industry, three firms who met the deadline for tender for International Financial Services Provider all made presentations to the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) evaluation team. Head of the Special Purpose Unit (SPU) under NICIL, Colvin Heath-London said the second stage in the process of selecting an International Financial Services Provider was conducted on Monday at the Marriott Hotel in Georgetown. The SPU is expected to announce a selection…

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