Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley says Justice Minister Herbert Volney must stand up in Parliament and publicly apologise to Chief Justice Ivor Archie for unfairly criticising his office.
Rowley today joined the many voices who have chastised Volney for attacking Archie using the guise of Parliamentary privilege.
Canadians Dwayne Gibbs and Jack Ewatski were presented with their letters of appointment by the Police Service Commission (PSC) today.
Gibbs, the country’s substantive Police Commissioner and his deputy Ewatski were given their appointment letters by PSC chairman Nizam Mohammed this morning.
The duo are expected to sign their official contracts on Wednesday at the Ministry of National Security.
Finance Minister Winston Dookeran has today begun his budget presentation in the Upper House.
The 2010/2011 budget was unanimously passed in the Lower House on Friday after four days of marathon debates.
The budget needs to now be passed in the Senate.
Dookeran today explained to Senators that the government’s planned bailout of Clico is the "most fiscally responsible" of three options considered.
Members of the Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU ) and members of the Guyana Police Force this morning destroyed a quantity of cocaine worth some half a million US dollars.
One hundred and fifty thousand US dollars worth of marijuana was also destroyed.
Minister of Home Affair Clement Rohee witnessed the destroying of the substances.
According to the Police the majority of cocaine destroyed was destined for the USA, England, South Africa and a few Caribbean territories before being intercepted and seized.
People living along the coastal plain of Guyana will have to be vigilant over the next seven days and take the necessary precaution since there is a predicted unusual high spring tide.
According to information from the Maritime Administration Department within the Works Services Group/Sea Defence , the spring tide is expected to be higher than usual over the next week and twice daily reaching a peak of 2.95 (m CD).
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