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By Svetlana Marshall The Government, through the Central Housing and Planning Authority, plans to distribute 10,000 house-lots this year, according to Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues. “For this year, 2024, 10,000 house-lots will be delivered to Guyanese of every income category,” she said, while making her contribution to the Budget […]
Commercial Airline pilot turned local politician, Lenox Shuman has announced his decision to resign as Government Advisor on Aviation, as he moves ahead with plans to start a new local airline, El Dorado Air. Shuman, who is a former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and is the Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party […]
Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd has made it clear that Guyana remains committed to good neighborliness with Venezuela, even as it maintains the border controversy case before the International Court of Justice. Minister Todd and a high-level Foreign Affairs team met in Brazil on Thursday with the Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs and […]
Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony, today disclosed that the Government will be launching a special eye care programme to provide enhanced treatment to thousands of children and elderly people suffering from impaired vision, even as it ramps up the national screening and vaccination programmes to tackle a range of cancers, including cervical cancer. Minister Anthony […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has justified the Government’s move to increase the country’s debt ceiling and for borrowing large sums from multi-lateral agencies to fund government projects. Addressing a press conference this afternoon, Mr. Jagdeo said the government’s borrowing strategy is one which will be focusing heavily on investment for the country. “So, you borrow […]
Region 10 Members of Parliament, Jermaine Figueira and Devin Sears, on Wednesday, put forward a strong case to the National Assembly for greater investments to be made in Region 10, particularly in the areas of health, education, infrastructure, agriculture, housing and water and business and finance. MP Figueira said even as the National Assembly met […]
A 60-year-old Essequibo businessman has been committed to stand a High Court trial for allegedly engaging in sexual activity with a child family member. The accused, Haimchand Takram, was charged under the Sexual Offences Act. The alleged incident took place in September 2022. On Wednesday, the case was heard at the Anna Regina Magistrates’s Court, […]
Minister of Local Government and former Public Service Minister, Sonia Parag believes that the PPP government has making moves to professionalize and develop the public service, while improving the lives of public servants since 2020. In defending the recent 6.5% salary increases for public servants, Minister Parag said the salary increases have been consistent across […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, PNC General Secretary Dawn Hastings-Williams has issued a call on the Government to pay more attention to the developmental needs of the citizens of the hinterland communities. Hastings-Williams is from Region 7. During her Budget Debate contribution, MP Hasting- Williams said access to online education for persons in her Region is […]
Opposition Member of Parliment, Geeta Chandan-Edmond was rushed to the hospital this afternoon from the National Assembly after she started to experience physical tremors and her speech started to slur during her presentation on the national budget. In a statement, the Opposition said when MP Geeta Chandan-Edmond approached the podium to make her contribution, there […]
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