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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 […]
Finance Minister Winston Jordan unveiled his highly guarded and anticipated National Budget on Monday afternoon in the National Assembly to the tune of $221 Billion. The Opposition People’s Progressive Party remained absent from the National Assembly during the presentation. The Budget only covers the remaining months for the 2015 fiscal year, but despite this factor, Jordan […]
The Opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic continues to stay away from the National Assembly three months after the May 11 elections. The opposition benches remained empty on Monday as Finance Minister Winston Jordan presented the first budget of the new APNU+AFC administration. The PPP Civic is expected to be in Parliament when the Budget debates […]
The Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital after being rushed there on Sunday with complaints of pains to his chest and stomach areas. News Source understands that the Minister has been declared to be in a stable condition but doctors have decided to […]
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