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With the debate into the 2022 national budget winding down, the Opposition is against a planned move by the Government to get the Assembly to cut back the number of days and the time that is usually set aside for the examination of the budget estimates and the questioning of the estimates in the Committee […]
The Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has announced that the Government will be moving to provide free extra lessons to students at all levels this year. During her budget debate contribution this afternoon, Minister Manickchand said the move is in response to the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on students, who were away […]
The Guyana Revenue Authority has announced that it has exhausted the PAB series for registration of private vehicles and the new PAC series will begin soon. The PAB registration series started in June last year and now seven months later, the GRA has registered 9,999 vehicles in that series. The GRA said the current trends […]
The pathway to a seat in Parliament and the position of Leader of the Opposition has now been cleared for PNC Reform Leader Aubrey Norton as Opposition Member of Parliament Dr Nicolette Henry will be moving on from the House. Dr Henry who served as Education Minister under the APNU+AFC government announced this afternoon in […]
With the Opposition accusing the Government of not making provisions in Budget 2022 for salary increases for public servants, the Minister of Public Service, Sonia Parag, has fired back and has indicated that money will always be included in the annual budget to cater for salary increases for public servants. During her budget debate presentation, […]
Agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit arrested a Surinamese national this morning with two shotguns and a quantity of ammunition. The bust took place in Springlands, Berbice while CANU and the Joint Support Team were conducting an operation close to one of the backtrack crossings that is used for persons traveling between Guyana and […]
The state-owned National Communications Network (NCN) is coming under fire from the People’s National Congress for only airing the contributions of Government Members in its broadcast of the National Budget Debate. The People’s National Congress is the largest party in the APNU+AFC Opposition Coalition. In its broadcast of the National Budget Debates on its television […]
The government has increased the allocation to the Small Business Development Fund (SBDF) to $300 million. A total of 746 small businesses benefited from the programme in 2021. Speaking as part of the 2022 budget debates on Monday, the Minister of Tourism, Industry, and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond touted the fund as an example of her […]
After searching for more than two decades, the Canadian company CGX Energy and its partner Frontera Energy Corporation have struck oil in Guyana. In a statement last evening, the CGX company announced that they have discovered an oil and gas reservoir off the coast of Guyana, and drilling on a second well could begin later […]
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has once again raised concerns about the way Guyanese employed in the oil and gas sector are being treated. In a statement, GAWU said it is disturbed to learn again of the alleged treatment experienced by Guyanese nationals undertaking various tasks on the Floating Production and Storage […]
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