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Government is expected to spend big on youth empowerment and youth employment initiatives and has set aside funds in the 2018 National Budget to support its twin pillars of development for the nation’s youths. In the presentation of the budget to the National Assembly on Monday, Finance Minister Winston Jordan said in 2018 the APNU+AFC administration […]
After failing to meet a revised growth rate in 2017 and only achieving a minimal growth of 2.9%, Guyana’s economy is targeted to grow by 3.8%, exactly the same as the initially projected 3.8% in 2017 which was not achieved. With the non-sugar growth rate anticipated to be 4.6 percent, Finance Minister Winston Jordan told […]
Minutes after Finance Minister Winston Jordan wrapped up his 2018 budget presentation, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, wasted no time to describe the budget as “unimaginative and torturous.” Jagdeo and the Opposition People’s Progressive Party had refused to participate in the budget consultations, but instead released a list of measures they wanted to see. At the […]
-by Kurt Campbell- With a promise to build on the Coalition government’s “impressive achievements” over the last two years, Finance Minister Winston Jordan on Monday unveiled the $267.1 Billion 2018 National Budget during an almost four-hour presentation in the National Assembly. The budget includes measures to improve quality of life with the removal of the […]
The major sectors that have supported Guyana’s economy over the years have recorded both positive and negative growth during 2016 with rice production up and sugar production on a declining slope. There is expected to be an increase in rice production but a decline in sugar production as Guyana is yet again to revise its […]
An 87-year-old Canadian national died in an early morning vehicle accident at Manari trial, Lethem. The Canadian man, Brandis Kennedy, was the passenger in the 4×4 vehicle being driven by Anthony Pillew when the driver lost control as he crossed the Manari Bridge. The vehicle plunged more than 30 feet into the creek below. The […]
Two forty-year-old men, a Guyanese and a Venezuelan national are in Police custody after they were nabbed in a creek in the Port Kaituma area with a submersible vessel. According to the Police, the vessel is about 25 meters in length, 2.7 meters in width and 2.8 meters in depth. When investigators found the vessel, […]
A 47-year-old businessman from Rose Hall, Corentyne, is waking up in hospital this morning after undergoing surgery for two gunshot wounds that he sustained while trying to fight off a robber. According to a Police statement, on Saturday afternoon, two robbers entered the man’s business place and attempted to rob him. One was dressed like […]
Fourteen years after Albouystown resident, Collis DeAbreau was shot dead outside the Blue Iguana nightclub, justice is finally flickering in the case. On Friday, Mark Lowchee aka Mark Lee was charged and remanded to prison for the 25-year-old man’s murder. Lowchee made his appearance in court with the assistance of a walking stick and help […]
Over four hundred and fifty students are now beneficiaries of full scholarships to attend the University of Guyana and the Guyana School of Agriculture to further their education. The scholarships, which were awarded by the Ministry of the Presidency’s Department of Public Service, are an investment in Guyana’s future, according to the Government. The scholarships […]
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