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The Government has already selected a consultancy company to oversee the multimillion-dollar upgrade of three primary healthcare facilities here, which is being funded by the Indian Government. Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence told Guyana Times that having identified a consultancy firm from a shortlisted pool that was sent, they are now waiting to hear from the Indian Government. “We have already done all of that, the shortlisting, and sent it… So presently we are at the stage where we are awaiting the Indian Government’s response in terms of the consultant.…

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Opposition Member of Parliament, Juan Edghill has decried the constant breaches in the Procurement Act of Guyana, which he argued was as a result of corruption and nepotism although he admitted that these kinds of breaches were not peculiar to Guyana as they occurred in other parts of the world. Edghill further argued that while Central Government was guilty of some of the most egregious breaches, several regional administrations throughout the country were also culpable, especially those where a majority of the officials were closely associated with the coalition Government.…

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The West Bank Demerara (WBD) village of Good Intent was plunged into a state of shock Wednesday morning when it woke to news that a resident allegedly murdered his lover before attempting suicide by slitting his throat. Dead is Diane Hernandez, a 48-year-old housewife of Recht-Door-Zee, WBD. She reportedly shared a visiting relationship with the suspect, Nigel Glasgow, 40, of Guyana Times understands that the duo arrived at Glasgow’s house late Tuesday night, but just about 02:30h on Wednesday morning, screams and shouts were heard emanating from the house. According…

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Amidst concerns that Guyana is still experiencing difficulties when it comes to foreign money transactions, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said that this situation could worsen as many international banks would not want to do business with Guyana for several new reasons. While de-risking has been one of the major challenges, Jagdeo said that Guyana’s financial risk profile would be further elevated because of two recent occurrences locally. One has to do with the United States Government in its drug report for 2018 now identifying Government corruption as a primary source…

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…. “ without shelter, food, water” – Irfaan Ali More than two dozen Venezuelans were recently discovered camping in the open air under very poor conditions in Lethem, Region Nine. During a visit to Lethem last weekend, Opposition Member of Parliament, and former Government Minister Irfaan Ali, came into contact with the Venezuelans who were seeking refuge in Guyana. In a social media post, Ali said several children were among the 25 persons. “Presently, they are living without any shelter in an open land, with no food, water or sanitary…

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The Government has admitted that a majority of State-owned entities like the Guyana Oil Company (Guyoil) were struggling to stay afloat last year in terms of profitability and earnings and a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) would be appointed to head the downsized company. This disclosure was made by Finance Minister Winston Jordan, who was speaking during a recent press conference. Zeroing in on Guyoil, Jordan related that the performance left more to be desired. Guyoil has been without a substantive CEO since Badrie Persaud was fired from the post…

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A request has been made to have Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack review the charges filed against former Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh and former Head of the Privatisation Unit of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington. The request was made through Defence Attorney Anil Nandlall, who formally wrote to the DPP on Tuesday, April 17. In his letter, Nandlall explained that his clients were charged by information upon oath dated April 12, with three counts of misconduct in public office contrary to common…

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