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President Donald Ramotar on Monday dismissed the opposition’s concerns over the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) holding state funds which according to them ought to be placed into the national coffers. Speaking to the press at the Office of the President, the president said, “Well, I have heard the arguments and I am not convinced, as far as I am aware… I am not doing anything illegal, and we are not doing anything illegal as far as that is concerned”. According to the president, NICIL’s main accounts have…

–Congress to elect new leader as party mulls future By Michael Younge General Secretary of the Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR), Oscar Clarke says that his party remains “strong” and “intact”, despite the fact that it has had to make compromises on various issues and policies while being a core part of the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU). Clarke, speaking with Guyana Times International during an interview at Congress Place last Monday explained that these compromises in no way affect the party’s political weight, its membership or the core…

-Ramotar says opposition actions stem from vindictiveness President Donald Ramotar has slammed the combined opposition cuts on the 2012 National Budget and assured workers that the government will continue to be on their side as it charters a path to advance the country’s development. Ramotar, who was at the time addressing workers assembled at the May Day rally at the National Park, said it is tragic what the opposition is trying to do to ordinary Guyanese. “I say anyone who has interest in the working class should have supported that…

Guyana’s Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang has dismissed the attorney general’s case of constitutional breach by the opposition in the setting up of the Committee of Selection saying the court cannot intervene in the internal affairs of Parliament. “The court holds that the motion of the attorney general is legally misconceived in that the affidavit in support of motion contains no allegation of fact capable of supporting a finding of constitutional breach by any of the respondents or by the National Assembly,” Chang said in his ruling. Chang’s lengthy ruling…

–scores could lose jobs, GINA faces shutdown By Michael Young The government of Guyana is now contemplating its next move after the combined opposition voted against close to Gy$ 300 million in budgetary allocations for the state- run, National Communications Network and the Government Information Agency (GINA) and instead handed them Gy$ 1 each in an historic session in the National Assembly on Wednesday. Scores of workers from both agencies are facing the prospect of being out of a job and the administration condemned the move as reckless. The Alliance…

By Pushpa Balgobin The opposition on Wednesday banded together to reduce budgetary allocations for the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) by Gy$ 1 billion and also cut the Gy$ 2 billion allocated for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) by Gy$ 527 million when the House continued consideration of this year’s budget. Alliance For Change (AFC) Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan had proposed amendments which called for cuts in excess of Gy$ 527 million from GECOM’s allocation – Gy$ 27 million for meals and refreshments and Gy$ 500 million for a line…

By Michael Younge The opposition using its one-seat majority in the National Assembly voted down more than Gy$ 800 million in expenditure for the Office of the President (OP) when the Committee of Supply of the Parliament met to consider the estimates of the 2012 budget. This will result in several projects being affected and some persons losing their jobs. A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Shadow Finance Minister Carl Greenidge proposed four of the amendments to the estimates for the President’s Office, while Alliance For Change (AFC) Chairman and…