Month: November 2010

PNC Headquarters, Sophia,Georgetown 

Today opposition leader Robert Corbin briefing the media said, Wednesday 10th November 2010, the Central Executive Committee of the PNCR, at a specially convened meeting, approved the final recommendations for the system and procedures for the nomination of a Presidential Candidate for the PNCR for the 2011 General and Regional Elections. 

Sophia,Georgetown – Leader of the PNC/R Robert Corbin today dispatched a letter to the Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir stating, “November 22, 2010 will mark one year since the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. , BGCI, (RUSAL), in retaliation to strike action by the Bauxite and General Workers Union, issued suspension and dismissal letters to most of the workers, fifty-seven (57) of whom were union activists.

 Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Chief-of-Staff, Commodore Gary Best this morning declared that the commander-in-chief of the armed forces President Bharrat Jagdeo released $40M GD to complete the construction of a Veteran’s Home.

Five days, three armed robberies as bandits go on rampage across the country, even with heightened security by the Guyana Police Force. The attacks occurred at Chateau Margot on the East Coast, in which businessman Dennis Ramah and a criminal were killed and others injured, Thursday morning at East Canjie Berbice, a taxi driver and his wife beaten by two masked bandits who stole cash and jewelery amounting to $125,000, Thursday night three armed bandits invaded the home of a family in Covent Garden, East Bank Demerara, making off with cash and jewelery after terrorizing their victims.

A marathon session of the Lower House is expected in the Parliament today as debate on wire tapping is scheduled to begin. The Interception Bill entitled was laid in Parliament last week Friday following a statement by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar that several public figures were being illegally wire-tapped by an illegal police unit. The bill proposes the National Security Ministry authorise interception of communications rather than the Prime Minister. A special majority is needed for the Bill’s passage.