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Offering an insight into the upcoming 2024 National Budget, Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo has assured that no new taxes would be imposed on Guyanese, as the Government advances economic growth programme. “It has been a trend of the PPP governments. This is something we promised in our Local Government campaign – no new taxes. But […]
The Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton, today defended his decision to shake-up the Opposition’s Shadow Cabinet in the National Assembly. Opposition MP Jermaine Figueira has protested the move, which will see him no longer shadowing the Culture, Youth and Sport Ministry. In a lengthy missive to the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the People’s […]
Police investigators in the mining town of Linden were called to the Linden Hospital today after a 5-year-old child was taken there with a bullet lodged in her throat. The child was reportedly shot by a stray bullet while asleep last evening at her Half Mile, Wismar home. According to a Police report, the girl’s […]
The governing People’s Progressive Party, will be hosting its long-overdue congress to elect a new leadership after almost eight years. The Congress which was schedule to be held in 2019, is now slated for early May, according party General Secretary, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo. During a press conference today, Mr. Jagdeo said the party’s Central […]
The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is hoping that the Irfaan Ali Administration will act on its menu of recommendations that were submitted for the national budget, which will be presented on Monday. The GTUC has recommended tax reform, cash transfer and the immediate implementation of free tertiary education, among other measures. In an interview […]
Dodging questions about the party’s overdue Biennial Delegates Congress, Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Aubrey Norton today said the APNU alliance is focused on the upcoming General and Regional Elections, which he estimates will be before 2025. The party promised last year that its General Council will meet and deliberate on a date […]
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira has defended the work of the Public Accounts Committee, despite concerns that it has not been meeting enough to get work done. At a press conference on Wednesday, Teixeira said the current Public Accounts Committee has met more than the PACs of the last three Parliaments. She […]
The Guyana Revenue Authority announced today that its Customs agents seized a large quantity of smuggled foreign chicken, cigarettes, and un-customed alcoholic beverages. The GRA said its Law Enforcement Investigations Division agents in a joint operation with the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) made the seizure at number 66. Village in Corentyne, Berbice. The seized items […]
Leader of the Opposition Aubrey Norton has shaken up the parliamentary shadow responsibilities for some members of the APNU+AFC Opposition in the National Assembly. According to reports, AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan, who previously overlooked the Agriculture portfolio, will now take aim at the security sector as he will shadow the Minister of Home Affairs. Ramjattan […]
By Svetlana Marshall Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira announced today that the Government has written to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) seeking a withdrawal of the precautionary measures granted in favour of Chinese Landing, the Indigenous Carib Community in Region One that has long complained about a series of human […]
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