By News Source Guyana on January 26, 2024
News, Politics
by Svetlana Marshall As the curtains came down on the National Budget Debates today, Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton, hammered the Government over its “failure to prioritize Defence and Security”, in the context of the ongoing threats to the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Opposition Leader questioned the rationale behind what he considers […]
By News Source Guyana on January 26, 2024
News, Politics
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall has announced that a number of Judicial appointments will be made soon, in an effort to increase the number of Magistrates and Judges in the country to better dispense of cases. He made the anouncement during his defence of the Government’s national budget. The Attorney General […]
By News Source Guyana on January 26, 2024
News, Politics
The former Chief Executive Officer of the Linden Hospital Complex, Rudy Small, has been ordered to pay nurses at the hospital a total of $20 Million in damages and to issue a public apology in two daily newspapers and on social media, over defamatory statements against the nurses. Back in 2021, protests erupted at the […]
By News Source Guyana on January 26, 2024
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Leader of The New Movement Party and Joinder List Representative in the National Assembly, Dr. Asha Kissoon today decried the state of the health sector in Guyana, declaring that it is contributing to the exodus of nurses and doctors from the system, even as she acknowledged that some progress has been made. Contributing to the […]
By News Source Guyana on January 26, 2024
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By Svetlana Marshall The Government, through the Central Housing and Planning Authority, plans to distribute 10,000 house-lots this year, according to Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues. “For this year, 2024, 10,000 house-lots will be delivered to Guyanese of every income category,” she said, while making her contribution to the Budget […]
By News Source Guyana on January 26, 2024
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Commercial Airline pilot turned local politician, Lenox Shuman has announced his decision to resign as Government Advisor on Aviation, as he moves ahead with plans to start a new local airline, El Dorado Air. Shuman, who is a former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and is the Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party […]
By News Source Guyana on January 26, 2024
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Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd has made it clear that Guyana remains committed to good neighborliness with Venezuela, even as it maintains the border controversy case before the International Court of Justice. Minister Todd and a high-level Foreign Affairs team met in Brazil on Thursday with the Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs and […]
By News Source Guyana on January 25, 2024
Health, News, Politics
Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony, today disclosed that the Government will be launching a special eye care programme to provide enhanced treatment to thousands of children and elderly people suffering from impaired vision, even as it ramps up the national screening and vaccination programmes to tackle a range of cancers, including cervical cancer. Minister Anthony […]
By News Source Guyana on January 25, 2024
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Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has justified the Government’s move to increase the country’s debt ceiling and for borrowing large sums from multi-lateral agencies to fund government projects. Addressing a press conference this afternoon, Mr. Jagdeo said the government’s borrowing strategy is one which will be focusing heavily on investment for the country. “So, you borrow […]
By News Source Guyana on January 25, 2024
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Region 10 Members of Parliament, Jermaine Figueira and Devin Sears, on Wednesday, put forward a strong case to the National Assembly for greater investments to be made in Region 10, particularly in the areas of health, education, infrastructure, agriculture, housing and water and business and finance. MP Figueira said even as the National Assembly met […]
