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The Opposition has accused the Government of targeting those regions that have an APNU+AFC majority council in place. Opposition Member Ganesh Mahipaul told the Budget debate on Monday that there has been a reduction in the allocations for regional development works for the three Regional Democratic Councils controlled by the APNU+AFC. He noted that there […]
President Irfaan Ali this morning called on Caribbean countries that have the potential in natural gas development to quickly explore exploiting it to avert a possible catastrophic situation in the region. Addressing the opening of the Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference in Port-of-Spain this morning, the President said the region is already facing an energy […]
Three GDF Officer Cadets on a training programme in Tacama, Upper Demerara-Berbice have been reported missing. The Guyana Defence Force has launched a massive search operation for them. A senior GDF Official confirmed to News Source that the three cadets were part of a navigational training exercise and it is suspected that they might have […]
Opposition Member of Parliament Amanza Walton- Desir, who overlooks foreign affairs matter, took the government to task over its handling of the country’s foreign policy. Though she criticized the budget as being anti-poor and anti-working class, she said the country also cannot ignore the clear and present danger that it is faced with regarding the […]
Some 7,000 persons will be trained under the Board of Industrial Training Programme (BIT) for 2023, Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton told the National Assembly today. “Mr Speaker, Budget 2023 provides for us to train about 7,000 persons,” Minister Hamilton said while noting that the country has moved from a place where it had no […]
Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton today disclosed today that 21 persons were killed at their place of work in 2022. Minister Hamilton made the disclosure while defending the Government’s 2023 National Budget. Focusing on his labour portfolio, MP Hamilton said the figure represents a 20% reduction in work place deaths when compared to the number […]
Kickstarting the 2023 budget debate in the National Assembly with a rendition of ‘the Song of Guyana’s Children,’ Opposition Member of Parliament , Nima Flue-Bless railed into the Government for presenting, what she described as a very “uninspiring, hopeless, misleading, and troubling” Budget. The APNU+AFC Member of Parliament told the House, that since the return […]
The debate of the 2023 National Budget opens this morning and is expected to wrap up by Friday night. The start of the debates comes one week after the presentation of the $781.9 billion budget which focuses heavily on infrastructural works and development. The Government has been on a media blitz in its defence of […]
Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo has confirmed that monies have been set aside in the budget for salary increases for public servants this year, although he has not provided a figure. He said that the announcement will be made later this year. The Government last month increased the salaries of public servants by 8% across the […]
The $70 million libel suit filed by Assistant Commissioner of Police, Calvin Brutus against former Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Paul Slowe was dismissed today by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall. Last April, Mr Brutus filed a Statement of Claim in the High Court for damages in excess of $60M, in addition to $10M for aggravated […]
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