Elections

GECOM’s budgetary allocation does not cater for H2H registration or new voters list

The Opposition today pressed the government on allocations for the Guyana Elections Commission to conduct House-to-House registration before Local Government Elections which are on the cards for this year. Declaring that the current voter’s list has serious problems, the Opposition sought to ascertain what monetary provisions have been put in place to ensure a new […]

Budget for Opposition Leader’s Office slashed

The Office of the Leader of the Opposition has seen its budgetary allocation for 2022 slashed significantly. The Opposition Leader’s Office had made a request for $87 million for the day-to-day operations of the office but received $27.7M. The constitutional office had also requested $48 million to buy new equipment for the office but it […]

NCN under fire for only airing Government side of National Budget Debate

The state-owned National Communications Network (NCN) is coming under fire from the People’s National Congress for only airing the contributions of Government Members in its broadcast of the National Budget Debate. The People’s National Congress is the largest party in the APNU+AFC Opposition Coalition. In its broadcast of the National Budget Debates on its television […]

People-centered Budget to put more money in pockets of citizens -President Ali assures

Ahead of tomorrow’s presentation of the National Budget, President Irfaan Ali tonight addressed the nation where he laid out some of his government’s policies and programmes for the year, declaring that Budget 2022 will be people-centered and people-driven. He said the budget will focus heavily on increasing disposable incomes for individuals and households, the first […]