 |         |  | |
Having received a total of $7 Billion last year in the national budget and the supplementary budget, the Guyana Sugar Corporation is set to receive another $2 billion in this year’s budget. Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh announced this afternoon that the state-owned sugar company will continue to undergo a restructuring and revitalization plan. The […]
Declaring that 2021 will not be an easy year for Guyana due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Senior Minister with responsibility for Finance Dr. Ashni Singh, presented a grim picture of the performance in 2020 for the non-oil sectors of the Guyanese economy. Overall economic growth was pegged at 43.5% but most of that growth was […]
The Public Works Ministry is assuring passengers of Eastern Airlines who are affected by the airline’s sudden suspension of service to Guyana that it will tap into a bond that the airline lodged with the government, if it fails to repay them for their tickets. Eastern Airlines announced earlier this week that it has decided […]
A Georgetown businessman and a Berbice taxi driver have been remanded to jail on cocaine trafficking charges. The two were held two days ago by agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit following the cocaine discovery in the taxi driver’s car. Appearing in Court today, 47-year-old taxi driver Cordell Moore of New Amsterdam, Berbice, and […]
An afternoon outing to the town of Linden by a young couple turned into tragedy this afternoon with the drowning of a 25-year-old Cummings Lodge man. A police report indicated that the young man, Kemo Lindo and his girlfriend visited the Blue Lake in Richmond Hill, Linden at around 12:30 this afternoon. During a swim, […]
Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Godfrey Bess revealed today that the military is currently looking at several proposals to ensure that suitable vessels are sourced to adequately dominate Guyana’s Exclusive Economic Zone. Brigadier Bess made the statement this morning as he addressed the opening of the GDF Officers Conference. His statement […]
The APNU+AFC Opposition did not wait around in the National Assembly for the President’s speech today. Instead, the Opposition MPs were joined by a small group of supporters on the outside to picket the President. As the President made his way into the Arthur Chung Convention Center, some of the opposition members who were leaving […]
With Opposition Members staying away from his inaugural speech to the Parliament, President Irfaan Ali this afternoon called on all Guyanese to stand as one to defend the country’s sovereignty. The President noted the recent arrest and detention of Guyanese fishermen by Venezuela while they were operating in Guyana’s waters. He reminded that the threat […]
Through a partnership with the US Embassy, the local judiciary will be embarking on a plan to develop an automated case management system. The move is expected to assist in clearing the backlog of cases and making the local court system more accessible and respondent. In a statement, the US Embassy said the new case […]
In an ambitious move, the Government is hoping to immunize 80% of the population against COVID-19. A pharmacist at the Georgetown Hospital became the first person in Guyana to be vaccinated against COVID-19. She received her first shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine this morning at the Georgetown Hospital. Guyana received 1500 doses of the vaccine […]
 |  |
