By News Source Guyana on December 8, 2016
News
The United States Embassy’s Security Cooperation Office (SCO) has wrapped up the first in a two-part Military Training Team event involving members of United States Coast Guard and Officers and Ranks of the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard. In a statement, the Embassy said that a six-man team from the US Coast Guard arrived in […]
By News Source Guyana on December 8, 2016
News, Politics
President David Granger has added his voice to the discussion on the national budget and he has issued a call for Guyanese to critically analyze the entire budget and not just focus on “bits and pieces”. In a video release from the Ministry of the Presidency of this week’s Public Interest television programme, the President […]
By News Source Guyana on December 8, 2016
News
The Guyana Sugar Corporation believes that efforts may be afoot to sabotage its operations and the company is issuing a warning that the Guyana Police Force will get involved and deal with those suspected of wanting to disrupt the company’s operations. In a statement, the sugar company which is already behind its production target, revealed […]
By News Source Guyana on December 8, 2016
News, Politics
The Ministry of Natural Resources is moving to have more mining lands made available to miners on a leveled playing field. Many miners have complained in the past about being given mining lands that were empty. Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes, told the National Assembly on Wednesday that the government intends […]
By News Source Guyana on December 7, 2016
News, Politics
People’s Progressive Party Member of Parliament and former Government Minister, Dr. Jennifer Westford wants all right thinking Guyanese “to reject this apology of a budget”. She made that declaration during her arguments against Budget 2017. Westford, who is currently facing multi million dollar fraud charges in the courts, told the National Assembly that the coalition […]
By News Source Guyana on December 7, 2016
News, Politics
Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan rose on the third day of the 2017 Budget Debate and like the rest of his government colleagues, he offered support of the budget. “This budget is the best of the three budgets so far, it is transformative in nature and structure, the progressive tax rate it introduces, puts more […]
By News Source Guyana on December 7, 2016
News
A suspected robber dashed for cover and managed to escape lawmen after losing his gun during a gunfight with police officers. According to the Guyana Police Force, officers on a foot patrol in the Werk-en-Rust area were confronted by an identifiable man who discharged his unlicense firearm at them, but managed to escape after he […]
By News Source Guyana on December 6, 2016
News, Politics
The government has declared as false, a report in Tuesday’s Kaieteur News that a major foreign currency crisis is looming in the country. Minister of Finance Winston Jordan and Governor of the Bank of Guyana Dr. Gobind Ganga have both debunked the report. “There is no shortage of foreign exchange in Guyana, the reserves at […]
By News Source Guyana on December 6, 2016
Crime, News
US Government agents on Tuesday accompanied 20 deportees on a special chartered flight to Guyana. The aircraft with the 20 Guyanese nationals touched down at the Cheddi Jagan Airport just after 3:30pm and some of the men appeared in grey and white prison outfits as they disembarked the aircraft. They were deported from the United […]
By News Source Guyana on December 6, 2016
News, Politics
Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, joined other Government Members in supporting the 2017 national budget, congratulating the Finance Minister and his team for their “comprehensive plans”. According to Harmon “the budget is demonstrative of the strength of the government to take hard decisions to build the nation”. He stated that the complaints by the Opposition Party […]