[quote author=The Chairman link=topic=100760.msg669137#msg669137 date=1450096637]
WITH heightened calls for the government to expose the corruption which allegedly had been fostered by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) administration while they were in office for over 23 years, President David Granger on Friday said his government is still in the process of building evidence.The President’s disclosure was made on Friday last during this weekly television show “In the Public Interest,†which was aired on the National Communications Network (NCN).
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President David Granger on Friday said his government is still in the process of building evidence. Interesting...not uncovering evidence, but building evidence. Freudian slip?
After 7 months they still cannot come up with the smoking gun. If you were to believe them that corruption was so rampant...why is it so difficult to unearth? $500mm later...I guess the Watooka's have a timeline that is written in sand.
Miss Guyana World Lisa Punch has moved one step closer to capturing the Miss World crown by winning the much coveted talent competition of the show.
The talent competition took place on Monday in Sanya, China, ahead of Saturday’s finals. The local singer and songwriter captured the audience and the judges as she belted out her original song, One Last Time, which was written in memory of a young cousin who passed away a few years ago.
By winning the talent segment of the show, Punch has secured a spot in the Top 25. It is the first time that a Guyanese delegate to the Miss World pageant has won the talent segment of the show.
Pageant bloggers and websites said the results came as no surprise since Lisa Punch is one of the popular contestants in this year’s Miss World Pageant and she has had the opportunity to showcase her talent at several shows across China as part of the competition.
Writing on her Facebook Page, just after winning the talent competition, Lisa said “a million thoughts running through my mind at this moment but most of all just grateful for all the love and support. Just grateful to be among these lovely ladies from all over the world. I stand on this stage not as myself but as GUYANAâ€.
he fun now start..we will see how much money the guys were making before the ascension to public office. This is getting interesting!
BJ beating them to the punch...PNC is on the ropes...and there is no saving bell....Ding ding ding
Edghill motion seeks release of MPs tax returns over last decade
After a hiatus of several weeks, Parliament is to meet on Thursday for a packed agenda which includes a motion for all Members of the National Assembly to make public their tax returns to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) over the last 10 years.
According to the Order Paper for the sitting, PPP/C MP Juan Edghill will move a motion whose resolve clause calls for all MPs to make public their returns to the GRA for the last 10 years on or before December 31, 2015. The motion further calls on the government to expeditiously table legislation to give effect to the motion.
The motion comes in the wake of a November 28 statement by former President Bharrat Jagdeo reiterating his call f
Investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident that occurred about 1440h. yesterday on the La Grange Public Road, WBD, and which resulted in the death of three-year-old Michael Blackman of Parafait Harmonie, WBD.
The police say that investigations have revealed that Blackman was standing on the roadway in the company of an older cousin, when he ran across the road and was struck down by a motor vehicle. He succumbed while receiving medical treatment at the WDRH.
The driver of the vehicle is in police custody assisting with the investigations.
Tax exemptions for the Marriott Hotel project from January 2013 to July 2015 stand at $1.2 billion, according to the forensic audit into the project which also highlighted the other concessions it received.
The report, a copy of which was obtained by Stabroek News, revealed that tax exemptions granted to Atlantic Hotels Inc (AHI) for the period January 2013 to July 2015 in respect of building materials, furnishings and vehicles, amounted to $1.169 billion. AHI is the hotel’s special purpose company.
“Unlike other hotels which enjoy a 50% waiver, AHI was granted 100% as per agreement
The Marriott name is a strong marketing brand...they will negotiate these types of terms. Many of our companies are established in tax free zones to stimulate economic development. However this type of reporting begs the question...do these guys really understand international organizations and how they operate? If there is no incentive, corporations won't go to do business in places like Guyana. Simple.
BJ is really slapping them silly. They make this man look like a star. 8)
[quote author=The Chairman link=topic=100760.msg668931#msg668931 date=1449945228]
IN light of a perceived spate of police shooting to death suspected criminals, President David Granger is calling for more arrests as opposed to killings, though sometimes the latter is not preventable.Quizzed yesterday during his weekly television programme, “Public Interestâ€, on whether he was concerned about this trend, which seemingly reflects the inability of the police to disarm, apprehend and bring criminals to trial, the President responded in the affirmative, noting that his instruction would be to save lives.
Mr Granger noted that it is not only important to suppress crime, but also to identify and remove the causes of this social ill.
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What is interesting about this is that the criminal killed is purportedly one of Granger's 60 school boys released. That is the story that is not being told. He wants to SAVE their lives so that they can continue to perpetrate the carnage on the innocent, defenseless people...nice call Prezzie...you want to keep the jack in the box.
