Guardians of Guyana
Sentinel Who has seen the short clip of Isobel Yeung’s interview with Bharrat Jagdeo? Look at his demeanor. He is lying through his teeth. Of course he wants to help as much people as possible, we all can agree on this. But he never finished that sentence. He forgot to say:”….. as long as they are … Read more
A motion filed by A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC), Member of Parliament (MP), Joseph Harmon, is seeking to have 22 members of the government side of the National Assembly sent to the Committee of Privileges, has been dismissed by Speaker of the House, Manzoor Nadir. Nadir gave the announcement as … Read more
CABINET has granted its no-objection for the Ministry of Public Works to engage China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited to construct the New Demerara Harbour Bridge (NDHB), based on a Design-Build-Finance (DBF) model. According to a Ministry of Finance release, the financial terms and conditions would be no less favourable than those submitted in the … Read more
Guyana is close to building a new four-lane, high-span fixed bridge across the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) after a Chinese Company – China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd. – was given the nod of approval from Cabinet to construct the new structure. The Ministry of Finance in a press statement late Monday night outlined that … Read more
The China Railway Group Limited, a company that was initially selected to construct the massive Amaila Falls hydropower project in 2012, has once again been granted approval to construct this massive renewable energy project. According to a press release from the Ministry of Finance, cabinet granted its ‘no objection’ for the Office of the Prime … Read more
As the government advances the process towards building a new four-lane, high-span fixed bridge across the Demerara Harbour Bridge, President Dr. Irfaan Ali announced on Monday that tenders are expected to be opened on October 3, 2021. According to President Ali, the new bridge is part and parcel of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) … Read more
Charrandas Persaud, the former Alliance For Change (AFC) parliamentarian whose break with the former Government caused them to topple from power via a No-Confidence Motion (NCM) in 2018, is being tipped to be Guyana’s new High Commissioner to India.According to a well-placed source, Persaud’s appointment along with the appointment of various other key diplomats are … Read more
Guyana’s Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, said on Friday the award of the Kaieteur and Canje blocks offshore the South American country was in keeping with the nation’s laws and that no evidence of corruption has been found to date. The Vice President’s remarks follow several reports in the media which have criticised the award … Read more
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has acknowledged that one of its major shortcomings has been its reliance on selling bulk sugar. Under new management now, the Corporation has a change of plan, and will be focusing on marketing more packaged sugar to add value to what it produces.This was on Wednesday revealed to the media … Read more
Lawyers representing Guyana’s former Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud, have issued a letter to former Presidential Advisor on Petroleum, Dr. Jan Mangal, requesting that he immediately retracts ‘false and defamatory’ statements on the award of oil blocks to companies, and cease and desist from making any such further claims. The Canje … Read more