‘Repackaged’ budget ‘blatantly anti-poor, anti-development’ – Jagdeo
By Kristen Macklingam
Opposition Leader Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, has rubbished the $230B budget the Government presented this afternoon as being “blatantly anti-poor and anti-development” and...
$4B allocated for Hinterland Development – Agri. Station to be constructed on 4,000...
The Government has announced that it will be investing over $4 billion this year in support of the Plan of Action for Hinterland Development.
According...
Govt promises to cut bureaucratic red tape…and offer more support to private businesses
To make Guyana more business-friendly, Finance Minister, Winston Jordan during his 2016 Budget presentation this afternoon in the National Assembly detailed a number of...
$5B set aside for Sheriff Street upgrade – Indian Gov’t to build new road...
The Government has announced that more than $5B will be invested for the “reconstruction” of Sheriff Street in Georgetown.
It also announced that a US$50M...
Gov’t unveils $230B budget – proposed measures include increases in Income Tax threshold,...
Making his second budget speech since the APNU+AFC Government took office, Finance Minister Winston Jordan - just moments ago - announced that this year's...
GuyOil to reduce fuel prices with effect from February 1
Finance Minister, Winston Jordan in his 2016 Budget presentation in the National Assembly this afternoon has announced that with effect from February 1, Guyanese...
Meagre GY$1200 increase for Old Age Pensioners
The APNU+AFC coalition has presented in its 2016 budget, a meagre increase of GY$1200 per person who receives old age pension payments.
Previously pensioners benefited...
Two more wanted for Bank of Baroda robbery
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has issued wanted bulletins for two more persons in connection with the Bank of Baroda (Mon Repos, ECD branch)...
No salary increase for public servants announced in Budget – Gov’t proposes...
Government, in its presentation of the 2016 Budget this afternoon, said any salary increase for public servants for this year “has to await the...
Pakistan cricket fan faces 10-year jail term for hoisting India flag
Reprinted from the Indian Express
A Pakistani die-hard fan of Indian batsman Virat Kohli is facing up to 10 years imprisonment after being arrested for hoisting the...
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Vessels fraudulently using Guyana’s flag sanctioned by US Treasury Dept
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The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) wishes to share the facts in relation to information shared in a...
Historic moment for Guyana & US – Ambassador Theriot on Gte loan approval
Today, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), announced an approval of more than $526 million to the Ministry of Finance of the...
US EXIM Bank Grants Final Approval for US$526 M Gas to Energy Loan to...
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$100K cash grant: Rigid systems in place to avoid registration, issuance of cash grants...
In light of specious and baseless claims by some sections of the public that dead people were registered for the 100,000 one-off cash grant...
ExxonMobil now owns all 3 FPSOs operating in Stabroek Block
The purchase of the Liza Destiny Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel by ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL), was recently completed for US$535 million,...
Christmas 2024 in Guyana – When the tradition keeps on living – by Sébastien...
An account from Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana Sébastien Sigouin on his 1st Guyanese Christmas experience
If there was one distinctive part of my Christmases...
Pedestrian killed in Corentyne accident
A Corentyne man is now dead after being hit by a car about 30 minutes before Christmas Day.
Dead is Jermaine Fraser, 40, of Auchlyne...
E-bike rider killed after colliding with minibus at WCB
An electric bike rider is now dead after colliding with a minibus at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) on Christmas Eve.
Dead...
25 years of hard work burnt to the ground, rebuilt for Christmas
By: Mishael Henry
The smell of burnt charcoal lingers in the nostrils of Andrew McBean, and is etched into his memory like a sore scar.
Exactly...
A soldier’s boots under the tree, but no son to wear them
By: La'Wanda McAllister
Festive homes all over Guyana are glimmering with Christmas lights and the melody of carols float in the warm December air. But...