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Attorney General Anil Nandlall has attempted to distance the Government from the questionable commercial land deals that have been reportedly going down at the Central Housing and Planning Authority. The Authority falls directly under the Ministry of Housing and commercial land deals are generally approved by the President’s office. During his “Issues in the News” […]
The Guyana and Light (GPL) will receive $18 Billion to aid in power generation this year. Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Monday told the Parliamentary Committee of Supply that the money is needed to subsidize the cost of electricity. It was explained that at the current tariffs, the state-owned power company would only be able […]
Hours before it became public that the CEO of the Central Housing and Planning Authority had resigned amid concerns over commercial land deals, President Irfaan Ali was on his social media pages in a broadcast defending the Government’s allocation process to private developers. According to the President, private developers have to go through a rigorous […]
The Guyana Government is currently in talks with with several countries to procure patrol vessels and aircraft to boost the capacity of the Guyana Defence Force’s Air and Marine corps. During the consideration of budget estimates for the Guyana Defence Force, Minister of Governance, Gail Teixeira said the Government is looking at a number of […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources has indicated that the process is still ongoing for all oil blocks which were up for auction and said it expected that a minimum of four Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs), will be completed and signed this year. The four blocks would be S4 to TotalEnergies, Qatar Energy, and Petronas; S5 […]
The Guyana Government has announced plans to consult with ExxonMobil as well as relevant legal and technical advisors on the way forward following a decision by Dispute Avoidance Adjudication Board, which has handed down its ruling on a complaint by the contractor involved in the gas-to-energy project made against the government. The Government has not […]
The Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Sherwyn Greaves, tendered his resignation from the Government Department on Monday evening, one day after a flurry of questions were raised about land deals at Ogle in Guyana and his purchase of properties in New York. In a statement this morning, he confirmed the […]
An 18-year-old motorcyclist, who was unlicensed, lost his life on Sunday night in Den Amstel along the Public Road when he crashed into a motor car. The teenage accident victim has been identified as Finidy Miggins of Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara. The accident occurred just after 9pm last evening. A report from the Guyana […]
Construction of the $15.8 Billion Government Office Complex at the new Eccles/Haags Bosch Roundabout on the East Bank of Demerara is 10% complete, two years after the contract was signed for works t begin. Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill made the disclosure last Friday, as he was grilled in the Committee of Supply on the […]
Government’s housing initiative came under the microscope on Friday night as the National Assembly’s Committee of Supply examined the budgetary allocations and estimates for the Ministry of Housing. Opposition Member of Parliament, Annette Ferguson has flagged the Government Housing Programme, telling the Committee of Supply that many of those approved for the houses have been […]
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