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Almost six months after Guyanese were promised that the telecommunications sector would have been fully liberalized, Public Telecommunications Minister Cathy Hughes, has delivered yet another promise to have the sector fully liberalized by the first quarter in 2018. During her contribution to the National Budget debates on Tuesday, Minister Hughes said the Ministry will continue to […]
Police Detective, Corporal Derwin Eastman along with his Police colleague, Jemison Williams, were today further remanded to jail over the murder of businessman Godfrey Scipio aka “Saga”. The move came even as the Attorneys for the two policemen pleaded with the Court to take the safety of the men into consideration. Attorney, Dexter Todd today […]
Opposition Parliamentarian, Dr. Frank Anthony touched a raw nerve among government MPs when he used his budget presentation on Tuesday to call on the government to reconsider its move to downsize the sugar industry. Dr. Anthony’s emotional presentation provoked insistent heckling from the government benches as he described the 2018 budget as a lackluster document that offers […]
Minister within the Ministry of Communities with responsibility for Housing, Valarie Patterson – Yearwood, on Monday announced that discussions are ongoing regarding the development of approximately 1,148 lots at Plantations at Cummings Lodge and Industry for the possible relocation of squatters from Sophia, as well as from other zero tolerance areas in Georgetown and its […]
It appears as though the Administration has started to move on the recommendations of the Paul Slowe Commission of Inquiry into allegations of an assassination plot against the president. Senior Superintendent of Police, Wendell Blanhum, who was criticized in the report for his poor investigation of the matter, has been removed as Crime Chief and […]
Region #10, in which the mining town of Linden is situated, will receive its largest Budget allocation in 2018 totally $3.4 billion, which is $280 million more than 2017. This observation was made by government MP Audwin Rutherford during his contribution to the 2018 Budget Debates which got underway in the National Assembly on Monday. Rutherford […]
As the debates into the 2018 National Budget continued in the National Assembly on Monday, the opposition People’s Progressive Party had cause to ask the government whether the political divide meant that they were living in separate countries. The parliamentary opposition advanced arguments that were in stark contrast to the government’s project for the economy and […]
A new electronic single window system, geared towards ensuring a better flow of information between business and regulatory agencies, is expected to tackle corruption when it is operationalized in 2018. A budgetary allocation of $10 million has been included in the 2018 budget, that once approved during the considering of estimates, will help with preparatory […]
Opposition Parliamentarian Irfaan Ali, opened the debates into the 2018 National Budget and set the tone for the Opposition’s response to the government’s fiscal plan, which the People’s Progressive Party believe is a “slip and slide Budget.” Off to a heated start, while pouring cold water on the government’s promise of a good life for […]
There are new reports today that the Exxon Mobil Oil company intends to assist Guyana financially in its efforts to have a judicial settlement of the border controversy with Venezuela. Senior Government sources have reported that the exxon company has reportedly set aside just under US$20 million to assist Guyana with legal fees and other […]
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