By News Source Guyana on January 30, 2025
News
Defiant representative of the Joinder party list in the National Assembly, Dr Asha Kissoon has offered her full support for the Government’s $1.3 trillion budget, declaring that the time for divisive politics must come to an end. Dr Kissoon, who sits on the Opposition side of the National Assembly, has been accused of illegally occupying […]
By News Source Guyana on January 30, 2025
News, Politics
Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, has stated that this year’s national budget is packed with initiatives and measures that will be of benefit to all citizens, especially the poor. He said many of the initiatives will see the infrastructural transformation of a number of communities, villages and towns. During his budget debate contribution, the […]
By News Source Guyana on January 30, 2025
Health, News, Politics
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony and Opposition Member of Parliament, Dr. Karen Cummings, went head-to-head in the National Assembly on Wednesday evening over the shortage of nurses in the country. The Georgetown Public Hospital alone is in need of more than 700 nurses. With six new hospitals under construction, the Opposition Member of Parliament […]
By News Source Guyana on January 30, 2025
News
Opposition Member of Parliament, Annette Ferguson, has called on the Government to not just issue house lots, but to ensure those lots are ready for the start of construction. On Wednesday, MP Ferguson told the Assembly that while the Government boasts of allocating 41,000 house lots since 2020, the majority of those allottees have not […]
By News Source Guyana on January 30, 2025
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Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, has indicated that his Ministry has achieved at least 95% of its work plan since 2020, and he is confident that the remaining 5% will be achieved in the coming months. Contributing to the 2025 Budget debates, Minister Croal chided the Opposition’s housing record, and stated that the […]
By News Source Guyana on January 29, 2025
Crime, News, Politics
A 70-year-old gold miner lost his life tragically on Tuesday when the walls of a mining pit collapsed and buried him. A statement from the Guyana Police Force explained that the incident took place at around 2pm on Tuesday at Thomas Island, Puruni River in Region Seven. The dead miner has been identified as Emmanuel […]
By News Source Guyana on January 29, 2025
Crime, News
A Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara taxi driver and a watchman from Bagotstown on the East Bank Demerara are in custody for drug trafficking. The two men, 48-year-old Earl Harper and 47-year-old Dwayne Campbell, were arrested on Monday with more than 47 pounds of marijuana in their possession. The packets of marijuana were found in […]
By News Source Guyana on January 29, 2025
Crime, News
Although she walked away from an abusive relationship and was restarting life on her own terms, an Annandale, East Coast Demerara woman was found murdered this afternoon at the home of her estranged husband. The dead woman has been identified as Bibi Fazi Alli. She worked as a cleaner at a school near to the […]
By News Source Guyana on January 29, 2025
News, Politics
Opposition Member of Parliament, David Patterson, has accused the Government of manufacturing crisis at the Guyana Power and Light Company, rather than working to fix the service being provided to citizens. During the ongoing Budget debates, Mr. Patterson said when the coalition took office in 2015, it met an ailing GPL, but immediately took steps […]
By News Source Guyana on January 29, 2025
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Minister of Local Government, Sonia Parag today fiercely defended Government’s part-time job programme, as she stood in the National Assembly championing the $1.3 Trillion Budget, of which $11B has been set aside for the initiative. Minister Parag said since the start of the Budget Debates last Friday, the Opposition has developed a “disturbing trend” […]