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PPP Shadow Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandall says “The framers of the Constitution went to great length in creating a clear divide between the National Assembly and the President. In the circumstances, while performing the office of President, the Prime Minister’s presence in the National Assembly is institutionally incongruous and constitutionally incestuous.”

GUYANA | Opposition inists PM vacates Assembly while acting as president

GEORGETOWN, December 10, 2018 - Guyana's Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), in its effort to derail the coalition government while President David Granger is away in Cuba for cancer treatment, is insisting that Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo vacates his seat in the National Assembly while performing presidential duties.

December 11, 2018
Published in Politics

Bank of Baroda, Avenue of the Republic and Regent Street

Lower profits, stiffer laws force sale of foreign banks in Guyana, Caribbean

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 7, 2018 - The Canada-headquartered Scotiabank and India’s Bank of Baroda have decided to sell out their operations in Guyana and other Caribbean countries due to declining profits and tighter anti-financial crimes legislation, Finance Minister Winston Jordan said.

December 9, 2018
Published in Caribbean

Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge.

GUYANA | Gov't accelerating investment in oil and gas

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Dec. 7, 2017 -Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge says his ministry is leading efforts to find international partners to collaborate with Guyana in the development of its oil and gas industry.

December 8, 2018
Published in Business & Economy

Guyana's President David Granger Returns to Cuba for medical treatment

Guyana's President Returns to Cuba Tuesday for medical treatment

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 4, 2018 - Having concluded a first round of chemotherapy in Cuba, President David Granger is scheduled to return to Cuba on Tuesday for continued treatment for non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.

December 3, 2018
Published in Caribbean

Member of Parliament (MP) Michael Carrington speaking on the first day of budget debates in the National Assembly.

Guyana positioned for economic, social transformation in 2019

DPI, Guyana, Monday, December 3, 2018 - Guyana's 2019 budget is a financial plan which positions Guyana for further economic and social transformation. So says Member of Parliament Michael Carrington as he spoke on the first day of budget debates in that country's National Assembly.

December 3, 2018
Published in Business & Economy

ExxonMobil drillship, the Stena Carron that has been working in Guyanese waters

GUYANA | ExxonMobil makes 10th oil discovery offshore Guyana

Georgetown, Guyana – December 3, 2018 - There is yet another oil find off the coast of Guyana. Director, in the Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe this morning announced that ExxonMobil has made its 10th discovery offshore Guyana at the Pluma-1 well. This latest discovery has increased the estimated recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block to more than 5 billion oil-equivalent barrels.

December 3, 2018
Published in Energy

H.E. Brigadier David Granger, President of Guyana returns to Cuba on Tuesday for more medical treatment

GUYANA | Granger returns to Cuba on Tuesday for more treatment

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 1, 2018 - Having concluded a first round of chemotherapy in Cuba, President David Granger is scheduled to return to Cuba next Tuesday for continued treatment for non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, Minister of State Joseph Harmon announced Friday.

December 1, 2018
Published in Caribbean

Scotiabank managing director Stephen Bagnarol addresses reporters on the Republic Bank acquisition at its head office, Port of Spain yesterday

CARIBBEAN | Scotiabank says Caribbean Remains Important

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Scotiabank is not pulling out of the region insisted Scotiatbank's senior vice-president and head of the Caribbean South and East, Stephen Bagnarol yesterday. Instead, it has decided to focus on its core markets, where they have “size and scale.”

November 29, 2018
Published in Business & Economy

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