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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hugh Todd has told the National Assembly that the Government is actively advancing Guyana’s position on the world stage through the “prudent management” of the economy, infrastructural development, and most importantly investment in the people of the country. As he stood in defence of the $1.1 trillion Budget proposed by the […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, Amanza Walton-Desir today put forward a five-point proposal to address the deficiencies within the country’s Foreign Policy, telling the National Assembly that it is unacceptable that Guyana to date has not appointed an Ambassador to Brazil, and is still without high level representation in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Russia, Switzerland, Belgium, […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, Khemraj Ramjattan today said that this year will be a difficult year for Guyanese due to the continuous rise in the cost of living, with little intervention by the government in the 2024 National budget. Opening Day 2, of the 2024 Budget Debate, the AFC Leader said ordinary Guyanese are finding […]
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand and Opposition Member of Parliament, Coretta McDonald who is the General Secretary of the Guyana Teachers Union, clashed on Monday evening over the state of the country’s education sector during the Budget Debate. Taking the podium just seconds after McDonald’s presentation, the Minister of Education told the Assembly that 13% […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, Coretta McDonald, on Monday, castigated the Government over its failure to appoint an International Independent Commission to investigate the circumstances surrounding the deadly dorm fire that killed 20 children in Mahdia last May, telling the National Assembly that the report submitted by the local Commission Of Inquiry was tailored to suit […]
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