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After spending several months examining the options for recouping the investment made by the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) some years ago into the now defunct Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) , the government has taken a decision to repay NIS itself. Finance Minister Winston Jordan announced the decision at a press conference on Monday and […]
Finance Minister Winston Jordan will later today lay the 2016 Mid Year Report on the performance of Guyana’s economy in the National Assembly, when the House meets for the final sitting before the annual recess. The Finance Minister said the document presents more bad news for the naysayers as he pointed out several highlights of […]
(MOTP) President David Granger, on Saturday morning, paid tribute to Guyana’s first Executive President and founder of the People’s National Congress (PNC), Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, O.E., S.C, on the occasion of the 31st anniversary of his death. The wreath laying ceremony was held at the Mausoleum at the Seven Ponds in the Botanical Gardens, […]
In a sunset presentation in the National Assembly on Thursday, PPP Member of Parliament, Vindhya Persaud, claimed that suicide cases in Guyana are linked to the loss and lack of jobs under the new government, the decline of rice and sugar production and even the proposed introduction of parking meters in Georgetown. Persaud was the […]
The recently formed, National Anti Narcotics Agency (NANA), is expected to take the lead role in coordinating inter-agency drug fighting initiatives as the Government moves to step up its fight against the narco trade in Guyana. Minister of State, Joe Harmon, on Thursday told a post-cabinet press briefing that drug pushers should take note that […]
The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a grant to support the digitalisation of Caribbean music. Guyana is among the Caribbean countries to benefit from the initiative. According to a statement from the CDB, the intervention responds to the global shift to digital music distribution, which has placed the Caribbean […]
An Argentine judge has ordered the arrest of the head of the human rights group, Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo. Hebe de Bonafini has refused twice to appear in court to give evidence over the alleged embezzlement of millions of dollars from a low-income housing project. Mrs Bonafini, who is 87, is not personally […]
The Government of Guyana is taking its crime fight to the information superhighway and has laid a Cyber Crime Bill in the National Assembly as part of its efforts to tackle online criminal activity. Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General, Basil Williams, laid the Bill and asked that it be sent to a Special […]
Local telephone company, GTT on Thursday announced that it is offering free mobile data services to all of its customers while pushing back the disconnection of services over non-payment of bills. The company’s move comes as its technical teams are working to fix major damage to the cable system the company uses. The cable system […]
The Attorney General and the Finance Minister have both completed their review of the Georgetown City Council’s Parking Meter contract. They have found that while the contract is not illegal, it is heavily in favour of the company that was granted the concession to begin installing and managing the parking meters in Georgetown. State Minister Joe […]
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