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Guyana is moving to seriously address cyber security breaches and the government is focusing more on developing strong responses to tackle cyber crimes. A two-day sensitization workshop on National Cyber Security opened on Wednesday morning at the Pegasus Hotel with Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan assuring that the government has no plans or intention […]
Former President and soon to be Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo has described the first budget of the three-month old APNU+AFC administration as “underwhelming”. At this morning’s post-cabinet press briefing, Minister of State Joe Harmon and Minister of Tourism, Cathy Hughes both fired back at Jagdeo over his criticism, with the Minister of State […]
The Government of Guyana has officially expressed its objection to the move by the Hugh Wooding Law School to increase the tuition fees for a number of Caribbean nationals, including Guyanese, from the new school year which begins in September. The government wants the regional law school to put the increases on hold. Guyana intends […]
The government of Guyana is tightening up on border security and monitoring of the ports of entry. The Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix has announced that twelve persons from different countries who arrived on a COPA Airlines flight from Panama have been refused entry and will be deported for various reasons including false documents and attempting […]
Former President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday indicated that he has signaled his intention not to accept a salary as Leader of the Opposition because he already receives a pension as former President. A salary as Leader of the Opposition would be significantly less than his pension package as a former President. During a press conference […]
The Guyana Police Force has found itself looking for a new suspect in the murder of the Montrose granny after investigators were forced to release the suspect who was held initially, because his alibi was confirmed and his finger prints were not a match to those at the crime scene. . Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum […]
With the Finance Minister admitting that “the crime situation is the most pressing and most depressing problem facing our nation today”, the David Granger administration is looking to improve public and national security with more than $21 Billion earmarked for the sector. Finance Minister Winston Jordan told the National Assembly yesterday that the last PPP/C […]
Faced with persistent garbage problem and flooding in the nation’s capital and in several parts of the country, the government has set aside some $300 million in the 2015 National Budget for a Georgetown Restoration Programme. The move was announced by Finance Minister Winston Jordan during his budget presentation in the National Assembly on Monday, […]
Finance Minister Winston Jordan is projecting a 3.5 percent growth for Guyana’s economy in 2015 even as he disclosed that the country recorded zero percent growth in the first half of the year. During his budget presentation on Monday, Jordan said first sign of a slowdown in Guyana’s economy was witnessed in 2014 when the […]
Finance Minister Winston Jordan was still presenting his National Budget when the Opposition People’s Progressive Party dismissed it as uninspiring although the party continues to stay away from the National Assembly. In a brief statement this afternoon from the PPP Headquarters, Former President and soon to be Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo said “the Minister of […]
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