The decision by Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, who earlier this year approved the By-Laws for metered parking in the city, was yesterday declared null and void by the High Court.
In his ruling, Justice Nareshwar Harnanan noted the Minister’s failure in following the procedure mandated by the Municipal and District Councils Act, for bringing the By-Laws into force.
In the circumstances, the judge made absolute, an order previously issued to Bulkan, directing him to show cause why his decision to approve the Parking Meter By-Laws, should not be quashed.….
Sugar layoffs to hit 4,000 by yearend
By December 29, approximately 4,000 employees across the sugar industry will be without a job, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) says.
President says working towards substantive Chancellor, CJ
While stating that he is deeply concerned about the significant gap in the appointment of a substantive Chancellor of the Judiciary and Chief Justice, President David Granger yesterday said that he is working to have this issue resolved at the earliest opportunity.
Speaker disallows motion for debate on Exxon bonus
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Barton Scotland yesterday disallowed a motion by PPP/C MP Irfaan Ali to adjourn the budget deliberations in order to facilitate a debate on the controversial US$18 million ExxonMobil signing bonus.
Police should not have entered Parliament Chambers – Acting Top Cop
Police Commissioner (acting) David Ramnarine yesterday said that cops should not have entered Parliament Chambers on Monday in an incident which triggered a clash with PPP/C MPs and he said important lessons have been learnt.
Budget 2018 passed
As the sun set yesterday the National Assembly approved the proposed $267.1 billion Budget for 2018 after having considered the estimates for the Ministries of Education and Finance on the final day of examination.