By News Source Guyana on January 25, 2024
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Minister of Local Government and former Public Service Minister, Sonia Parag believes that the PPP government has making moves to professionalize and develop the public service, while improving the lives of public servants since 2020. In defending the recent 6.5% salary increases for public servants, Minister Parag said the salary increases have been consistent across […]
By News Source Guyana on January 25, 2024
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Opposition Member of Parliament, PNC General Secretary Dawn Hastings-Williams has issued a call on the Government to pay more attention to the developmental needs of the citizens of the hinterland communities. Hastings-Williams is from Region 7. During her Budget Debate contribution, MP Hasting- Williams said access to online education for persons in her Region is […]
By News Source Guyana on January 24, 2024
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Opposition Member of Parliment, Geeta Chandan-Edmond was rushed to the hospital this afternoon from the National Assembly after she started to experience physical tremors and her speech started to slur during her presentation on the national budget. In a statement, the Opposition said when MP Geeta Chandan-Edmond approached the podium to make her contribution, there […]
By News Source Guyana on January 24, 2024
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Opposition Chief Whip Christoper Jones, has condemned the Government for not taking the various Parliamentary Committees seriously. In presenting his arguments in the 2024 Budget Debate on Monday, MP Jones said the Government appears to be running from scrutiny and accountability by not facilitating regular Sittings of the National Assembly. He said at the Parliamentary […]
By News Source Guyana on January 24, 2024
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President Irfaan Ali left Guyana today for an official visit to Ghana. In a statement today, the Office of the President said that while in Ghana, the President will receive the Global Africa Leadership Award for his “strong and transformational leadership”. The President’s Office said the honour also recognises President Ali’s commitment to building ‘One […]
By News Source Guyana on January 24, 2024
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With much of the ongoing Budget Debate centered around the rise in the cost of living and whether the Government is putting sufficient measures in place to assist citizens, the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr. has indicated that citizens are much better off under the current government than they were under […]
By News Source Guyana on January 24, 2024
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Opposition Member of Parliament Vinceroy Jordan and Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha today went head-to-head in the National Assembly over Government’s handling of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco). MP Jordan, during his budget debate presentation, said despite the many investments and increased spending by the PPP government towards GuySuCo, the sugar company is still not performing […]
By News Source Guyana on January 24, 2024
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Warning the National Assembly against naysayers who cast doubt over the developments in Guyana, Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, has defended the Government’s track record in managing the resources of country, including oil and gas. Early on in his presentation, he took a swipe at Opposition Member of Parliament, Roysdale Forde, who in kick […]
By News Source Guyana on January 24, 2024
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Two persons lost their lives on Tuesday night along the recently opened Heroes Highway on the East Bank of Demerara in the vicinity of the Diamond Access Road. The accident took place at around 6:10pm. The dead persons have been identified as Emily Persaud and Bagot Singh. A police report of the incident revealed that […]
By News Source Guyana on January 24, 2024
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
The Foreign Ministers of Guyana and Venezuela will meet in Brasilia, Brazil on Thursday as a follow up to the meeting that took place back in December between President Irfaan Ali and Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro. The meeting is in keeping with the Argyle Declaration that was reached at the St. Vincent and the Grenadines […]