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Declaring that all is not well in Region 10, the district’s leaders, including the Regional Chairman Deron Adams, railed into the Government this morning over the exclusion of a number of major regional projects from the National Budget including the proposed construction of the $660M Regional Administration Office and the new Wismar-Mackenzie Bridge across the […]
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand has announced that 33% of the $94.4 billion budgeted for the education sector will be used to construct new schools, upgrade others and provide other necessary infrastructure to facilitate learning. She used part of her budget debate presentation to rubbish criticism from the Opposition, that there continues to be inequitable […]
Spending a small portion of his allotted time dealing with issues within his portfolio, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hugh Todd, focused much of his budget presentation to point out the shortcomings of the former government with respect to the economy and the treatment of citizens. The Foreign Minister read a number of testimonials he said […]
With a total of $84.9 billion set to be injected into the country’s public healthcare sector, Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony has announced the government’s intention to start the training of 1,000 new nurses, as it moves to construct a new hospital at Bartica, and improve healthcare services across the country. Guyana has been […]
Leading one of the largest Ministerial Trade Missions to ever visit Guyana from Jamaica, the islands’s Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Aubyn Hill said the more than 45 businesses that form part of his delegation stand ready to build partnerships with local companies as they seek to cash-in as Guyana experiences unprecedented economic growth. […]
Leader of the Alliance For Change and Opposition Member of Parliament, Khemraj Ramjattan told the National Assembly this morning that there are several clever schemes emerging in Guyana, where only a select few are the beneficiaries of large government contracts, especially in the construction sector. He described the sector as the epicenter of corruption in […]
Sounding a strong warning to the more than 500 co-op societies in Guyana, Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton has indicated that those co-op societies that have unused lands in their possession will be relieved of those lands, if they keep them unused. During his budget debate presentation on Monday, Minister Hamilton said there are tens […]
One month after it offered salary adjustments to several categories of healthcare workers and some members of the Joint Services, the Government is moving to adjust the salaries of its Foreign Service officers as part of its commitment to resolve the disparities in the public sector salary scale. Addressing the National Assembly on Monday during […]
Opposition Chief Whip Christopher Jones has called for a better working relationship between the government and Opposition, noting that the current situation has resulted in the non-appointment of several key officials. In addressing issues related to governance, MP Jones said the Opposition has always been ready to work with the government on important issues, but […]
In her efforts to fight back at Opposition claims of discrimination by the Government of Guyana, Minister of Public Service, Sonia Parag revealed during her Budget debate presentation that of the over 7,000 GOAL scholarships given out by the Government in 2022, 46.3% of the scholarships were provided to Afro-Guyanese. “The total number of GOAL […]
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