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PPP demands implementation of Fiscal Transfers Act

By Jomo Paul - While the APNU+AFC parliamentary majority on Tuesday August 25, passed the 2015 Budget for the Ministry of Communities, the Peoples...

$52M for inquiry into GuySuCo; Agriculture Budget approved

- Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder has explained that $52M from the sector’s budget will go towards supporting the work of the Guyana...

Some NCN workers to be fired; PM defends appointment of AFC Member to head...

– Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo announced in the National Assembly on Monday night that several employees from the National Communications Network (NCN) will...

$481 million approved for Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment

- The budgetary allocations for the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment was approved last evening in the National Assembly, to the...

GDF ranks to undergo training in Brazil, China; $9 billion budget approved

- The National Assembly last evening approved the budgetary allocations for the Guyana Defence Force that was set at $9.1 billion. According to GINA,...

Ramjattan has “crippled” community policing groups; PPP says crime situation is abominable

By Fareeza Haniff – Former Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee has taken Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan to task over Guyana’s crime situation,...

Ministry of the Presidency Current expenditure budget gets green light

By Jomo Paul – APNU+AFC Parliamentarians on Monday voted for the 2015 Budget for the Ministry of the Presidency (MOP) to be approved and...

APNU+AFC recommits to fulfilling promises in 100 days plan

By Fareeza Haniff – Today, Monday August 24 marks 100 days since the APNU+AFC has been in office and a renewed commitment has been...

Venezuelan VP informs Haitian President on Essequibo case

- Venezuelan Executive Vice-President Jorge Arreaza met on Friday, August 21 with Haitian President Michel Martelly, as part of a tour of the...

Granger out of Guyana; controversy brews over Acting President’s appearance in National Assembly

By Fareeza Haniff – Without any public notice or announcement, President David Granger has left the jurisdiction for Trinidad and Tobago for “private business,”...

Recent Articles

“When the going gets tough, the tough gets going” – Venezuelan-born UG Valedictorian

By: Mishael Henry  Fleeing 550 miles away from Venezuela – a country ravaged by hardships located just off the borders of Guyana, Shaneeza Rohini Persaud...

“I strongly believe in the product of Guyana & I intend to serve my...

Twenty-seven-year-old Phillipe Ignatious Walker has impressive academic qualifications and skills in multiple fields, including in science, mathematics, law, international relations and education; and he...

“Ghetto youths can be scholars too” – Marcel Persaud tells of overcoming hardships through...

The story of Marcel Nickolei Persaud is one that speaks to both the challenges of marginalised communities and the potential for transformation within those...

Digicel launches “10 millionaires for Christmas” campaign

Georgetown, Guyana – 18th November 2024. Digicel Guyana is set to make dreams come true this festive season with its spectacular "10 Millionaires for...

Linden woman robbed, raped at home

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force: Police are investigating an alleged armed robbery and rape committed on a 42-year-old housewife from Amelia's Ward,...

Roston Chase ecstatic to join GAW for upcoming Global Super League

West Indies all-rounder, Roston Chase has opened up about the move to join the Guyana Amazon Warriors for the inaugural ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super...

Chainsaw operator fatally stabbed after brawl at Soesdyke bar; 4 arrested

Four persons including a teenager are currently in police custody over the murder of a 40-year-old chainsaw operator, Davanan Hosea, who was stabbed to...

Couple dead in Mahaica murder/suicide

Thagewante Motie, a 28-year-old resident of Supply Squatting Area, Mahaica on the East Coast Demerara (ECD), has succumbed to chops wounds inflicted by her...

Prisoner recaptured after escaping from West Dem hospital

A prisoner, who escaped while being hospitalised under police guard at the West Demerara Region Hospitalised (WDRH), has been recaptured. Based on police reports, a...

13-Y-O hospitalised with head injuries after being struck by car

A 13-year-old female student is presently hospitalised and recovering from injuries sustained in an accident that occurred at about 20:00h on Saturday along Dennis...