A new Human Rights Report released by the US Department of State has found that Guyanese citizens continue to perceive widespread corruption in every level of government and its branches.
The 2021 report was released last week. The report stated that the law provides for criminal penalties for corruption by officials, and the government generally implemented the law effectively. It said there were isolated reports of government corruption during the year, and administration officials investigated these reports but, “there remained a widespread public perception of corruption involving officials at all levels and all branches of government, including the police and judiciary.” Continue reading →
GUYANA: Vice Media’s Interview with Vice President Jagdeo – Stabroek News Editorial
By Stabroek News-EDITORIAL – February 12, 2022
Stabroek News
To see our Vice President fumbling for words the other evening in his interview with VICE Media was not pretty.
His typical press conference begins with a two-hour monologue touching on every issue, many of which are outside his chief cook and bottle washer portfolio. Local media operators tolerate these because most of them are genuinely intimidated by Mr Jagdeo who has described them as vultures, barred one senior reporter from his press conferences and pulled state advertisements from this newspaper.
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