President Ramotar appeals to Opposition to pass anti-money laundering amendment bill
President Donald Ramotar in a historic letter to members of the National Assembly on Wednesday, called on all members of the House, to adopt a common consensus and pass the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism amendment bill. In the letter, read by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, who is the Leader of the House, the President More...
ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL: Opposition members walk out of select committee meeting
Opposition members of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), who are sitting on the select committee for the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism amendment bill, walked out of the select More...
Threat by the opposition to block government bills is one of the scariest propositions – Dr. Roger Luncheon
Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon says the threat by the opposition to block government bills is one of the scariest propositions. He believes that this reaction to the president’s withholding of his accent More...
Gov’t rejects Opposition’s notion that financial architecture of judiciary is manipulative
(Photo By ProfessorMC) Government rejects the notion that the financial architecture of the judiciary is manipulative and is open to corruption under its current form. “I don’t know of any instance where anyone More...
President Donald Ramotar calls for a collective approach to address financial crimes legislation
President Donald Ramotar has called on the political opposition to put aside partisan interests in dealing with the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (amendment) bill that was referred More...
President is no rubber stamp of the National Assembly – AG
The President is no rubber stamp of the National Assembly, which is a fundamental constitution reality which must be recognized by the legislative. This view was expressed by central committee member of the People’s More...
Amendment to 2009 Anti Money Laundering and Act referred to a select committee
Amendment to the 2009 anti money laundering and countering financing of terrorism act was on Tuesday evening referred to a select committee. The Opposition used its one seat majority in the National Assembly to More...
Opposition passes flawed Fiscal Management and Accountability Bill 2013 – Gov’t calls for its withdrawal
Parliament Building Guyana The Parliamentary Opposition last evening passed the Fiscal Management and Accountability (Amendment) bill 2013, in spite of deficiencies pointed out by the Government side of the House. The More...
Opposition cuts to budgetary allocations for speciality hospital will stymie progress of young medical professionals
The opposition’s move to cut off the 1.2b allocation for the construction of the specialty hospital has stymied the progress of young ambitious Guyanese in the medical profession. In an interview with NCN More...
Government reiterates its concern about the opposition approved motions to cut the funding of key projects
Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh says he is disappointed and concerned about the opposition approved motions to cut the funding of several key, transformational projects. The Finance Minister was giving an overall More...