After several unknown deferrals the Bill defining the Benefits of a sitting Parliamentary Opposition Leader is slated for the House again today.The Bill intituled Leader of the Opposition (Benefits and Other Facilities) Act 2009 was tabled by the Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh on April 30, last. The parliamentary opposition is seeking to have the range of benefits expanded through some amendments that were tabled.The piece of proposed legislation, according to Dr Singh, is one of many in which the government is now seeking to have a statute-based approach to such matters rather than leaving to the latitude and discretion of the administration.Under the proposed legislation,cheap jerseys authentic, the Leader of the Opposition shall be entitled at Government expense to:- a rent-free furnished office accommodation; medical attention including medical treatment or reimbursement of medical expenses incurred by him for himself and the dependent members of his family; full-time security service at his official place of residence; the services of a secretary or an executive secretary, a chauffeur,Joel Campbell Arsenal Jersey UK, a gardener and a domestic servant and vacation allowance as is applicable to a Minister.The opposition,Wholesale NFL Jerseys China, however,NFL Jerseys China, tabled a series of amendments that seek to expand the benefits of the Opposition leader.The amendments presented by Winston Murray and seconded by the party’s Chief Whip Lance Carberry seeks to extend the security services provided by the Guyana Police Force to the office of the Leader of the opposition and not the residence of the person holding that office.It also seeks to extend the number of staff to be funded by the state for the leader of the opposition to cater for a research officer, executive assistant, clerical/office assistant and cleaner.The amendments also seek to have the Leader of the Opposition paid a salary and parliamentary benefits equivalent to those of a Cabinet Minister.It is unclear whether the government will allow the benefits to be extended by means of the amendments tabled by the Opposition Members of Parliament.Following the passage in the National Assembly the Bill will, without prejudice to the generality of the provisions,Wholesale Jerseys, prescribe the sums to which the Leader of the Opposition is entitled to receive and the date from which any sum is to be paid and every regulation made under the Act shall be laid as soon as possible after it is made before the House.The Bill comes on the heels of a heated debate in the House recently over the Benefits Bill for former Presidents which was formalised and is already in force.The Guyana Action Party (GAP) was the only party that supported that Bill as is with limited reservations whilst there was only principled support from the two main opposition parties namely the Alliance for Change (AFC) and the People’s National Congress Reform.

…Programme Manager Martin Goolsaran suspendedThe Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Communications Network (NCN), Mohamed ‘Fuzzy’ Sattaur, tendered his resignation, yesterday. He was faced with a simple request from President Donald Ramotar, according to a source in NCN, ‘Resign or be fired.’NCN, like the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company a few weeks ago,Wholesale China Jerseys, found itself beingMohamed Sattaurprobed for financial irregularities. On the part of NCN one area of irregularity was traced back to GT&T and involved millions of dollars in advertisements.NCN’s Programme Manager Martin Goolsarran who had admitted that he had deposited the payment cheque from the telephone company into his personal account, has been suspended.This publication understands that following the probe into the financial irregularities,Cheap China Jerseys, NCN’s Board of Directors headed by Dr. Prem Misir made several recommendations to Minister of Information, who in this case happens to be Head of State, Donald Ramotar.This publication understands that the probe unearthed the fact that there were severe managerial problems at the state-owned company hence, the recommendations which included severing ties with Sattaur.Sattaur could not be reached for a comment. Calls to his telephone went unanswered.The financial affairs of the state-owned media entity were subject to a specially appointed private audit following revelations of financial improprieties that surfaced earlier this month.The revelations centered on the payment of millions of dollars by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph company to NCN for work done by the staff.Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, had written to the entity’s General Manager Mohamed Sattaur,Cheap Soccer Jerseys, informing him of a decision by the Office of the President (Minister of Information) to have a special investigation launched into allegations of financial irregularity at NCN.Dr. Luncheon had informed that Parmesar Chartered Accountants was recruited and appointed to carry out the activity.The specific terms of reference were to “specifically investigate allegations of financial irregularity occurring from September 2011 to February 2012 and with regards to the account for the GT&T Jingle and song Competition”.Martin GoolsaranThe state-owned media company’s Programme Manager,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, Martin Goolsarran, had admitted that he had deposited the payment cheque from the telephone company into his personal account.He was subsequently sent on leave to facilitate a total audit of the NCN financial position and a probe of its financial practices.The spotlight was also on the entity’s General Manager Mohamed Sattaur, who it is felt was quite aware of some of the financial improprieties.The special audit was completed and a report handed over to the Chairman of the Board of Directors Dr. Prem Misir last week.Sattaur and Goolsarran had been granted 72 hours to respond to some of the observations contained in the report,Cheap Jerseys, to which they did on Monday last.Sattaur, who is also the administrator of a number of the ruling PPP’s entities including Red House and Heritage House, was suspended by the NCN board of directors headed by Dr. Prem Misir, following claims of insubordination some time ago.However, he was reinstated by the then President Bharrat Jagdeo who had intervened in the matter.There are reports that some of the revenue such as production costs cannot be accounted for. In fact, while the NCN charged the telephone company production costs, somewhere in the vicinity of $7M, staff members who worked on the production are alleging that they were not paid.

Former Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds, is insisting that no corruption was involved in the issuance of aFormer PM,Samuel Hindsfuel export licence to China Zhonghao Inc,China Jerseys Online, a sister company of Rong-An Inc.A notice of the licence issuance was published in February in the Official Gazette, causing raised eyebrows. It would be the first of its kind in Guyana.China Zhonghao Inc is owned by Chinese nationals, Su Zhi Rong and his wife. They have since become Guyanese citizens. They have taken a partner.In a letter last week published in Kaieteur News, Hinds made it clear that the decision to issue the fuel export licence was taken under the administration of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic. That government lost the May 11, 2015 General Elections allowing for the coalition led by David Granger to take office.Hinds,Kevin Bieksa, in addition to being the Prime Minister, was also charged with the energy portfolio.He said that it is a matter of regret that the report of issuing fuel export/re-export licences was presented to the public as a preposterous matter engendering much laughter.“There is no corruption. Guyana already has small incidental exports/re-exports of fuel. All fuel (and other) sales to international carriers –ships and planes – are exports/re-exports,” he said.Hinds stressed that during the years of the PPP/C administration, the economy was increased many fold and there was a need to improve it a further tenfold if the country wanted to attain the prosperity it wants.“We can’t look to our traditional economic activities to do much more than to hold their own. We have to look for new activities, thinking out of the box, opening our minds to a thousand possible new ventures with the hope that some tens of them would take root and be fruitful.”It is against this background, the former PM said, that the then Government “agreed” to issue a fuelGEA’s head, Dr. Mahender Sharmaexport license.It was to facilitate a proposal by China Zhonghao to attempt to establish refueling and other bunkering services in port or at sea, to Chinese or other fishing fleets, and any other vessels traversing the Caribbean Sea.GEA officials had confirmed that instructions for the fuel export licence to be issued had come from the Office of the Prime Minister.Indeed,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, the amended Petroleum and Petroleum Products Regulations of 2014 allow for applications to be made for an export licence for fuel. However, it seems that the licence for China Zhonghao will be the first, even surprising insiders of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) who said that they are not aware of any being granted before.The regulations indicated that an applicant desirous of exporting petroleum and petroleum products has to apply to the agency and must lodge supporting documents.These documents are the same as for wholesale or import wholesale licences.The applicants must provide specifications of the petroleum and petroleum products to be exported and a list of all ports of exit or export for the petroleum and petroleum products to be exported.In early January, Government disclosed that a multi-million-dollar bulk fuel importation operation on the East Bank of Demerara, was on hold, with the Chinese owners asked to dismantle an unauthorized wharf construction.The East Bank Demerara gas station..The Chinese conducted an operation called “Falls”, located at Coverden. They, reportedly built a larger-than-authorized wharf.Officials from the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) reportedly unearthed the unauthorized works during inspections. The matter was reported to the Ministry, and the company ordered to do corrective works. Questioned then, Minister of Public Infrastructure,Florida State Seminoles Jerseys, David Patterson, said that from his understanding, the company came here initially to conduct fishing activities and was intending to use the fuel facilities for the vessels it would have brought here.The construction had caused raised eyebrows, with at least eight large storage tanks already constructed,Wholesale Jerseys 2018, and wharf facilities almost in place.The issue of the export licence would be significant, as GEA is under scrutiny for its management of the country’s fuel importation business.A forensic audit report on GEA released recently by Government had recommended actions against Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Mahender Sharma, for a number of issues raised.