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The Ministry of Natural Resources is moving to have more mining lands made available to miners on a leveled playing field. Many miners have complained in the past about being given mining lands that were empty. Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes, told the National Assembly on Wednesday that the government intends […]
People’s Progressive Party Member of Parliament and former Government Minister, Dr. Jennifer Westford wants all right thinking Guyanese “to reject this apology of a budget”. She made that declaration during her arguments against Budget 2017. Westford, who is currently facing multi million dollar fraud charges in the courts, told the National Assembly that the coalition […]
Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan rose on the third day of the 2017 Budget Debate and like the rest of his government colleagues, he offered support of the budget. “This budget is the best of the three budgets so far, it is transformative in nature and structure, the progressive tax rate it introduces, puts more […]
A suspected robber dashed for cover and managed to escape lawmen after losing his gun during a gunfight with police officers. According to the Guyana Police Force, officers on a foot patrol in the Werk-en-Rust area were confronted by an identifiable man who discharged his unlicense firearm at them, but managed to escape after he […]
The government has declared as false, a report in Tuesday’s Kaieteur News that a major foreign currency crisis is looming in the country. Minister of Finance Winston Jordan and Governor of the Bank of Guyana Dr. Gobind Ganga have both debunked the report. “There is no shortage of foreign exchange in Guyana, the reserves at […]
US Government agents on Tuesday accompanied 20 deportees on a special chartered flight to Guyana. The aircraft with the 20 Guyanese nationals touched down at the Cheddi Jagan Airport just after 3:30pm and some of the men appeared in grey and white prison outfits as they disembarked the aircraft. They were deported from the United […]
Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, joined other Government Members in supporting the 2017 national budget, congratulating the Finance Minister and his team for their “comprehensive plans”. According to Harmon “the budget is demonstrative of the strength of the government to take hard decisions to build the nation”. He stated that the complaints by the Opposition Party […]
A 29-year-old man who attempted to fight off two armed bandits after they grabbed his bag with $3 million cash, is now nursing a gunshot wound to his right thigh. The man was walking along Urquart Street close to the Ministry of Finance when he realised he was being followed. According to a police report, […]
As the Budget 2017 debate continued on Tuesday, Member after Member on the Opposition side of the house continued their calls for the Coalition government to remove the value added tax that will now be added to electricity bills that go over $10,000 per month and water bills that go over $1500 per month. Chief Whip […]
Following months of consultations all across Guyana, the Ministry of Communities, Department of Housing, has made a decision for the age at which someone could apply for a house lot in Guyana to now be 18 years old. The announcement was made on Tuesday as Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Valerie Patterson offered her […]
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