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Despite ongoing questions surrounding the management of the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation, the National Assembly last evening approved and allocated another $1.5 Billion to aid in the government’s restructuring plan for the company. The additional funding comes just three months after $2 Billion was allocated to the company in the 2021 budget. Agriculture Minister Zulficar […]
The Bar Association of Guyana has expressed its unease over the Government’s move to amend the Police Act to allow the Police to take the DNA of any person taken into lawful custody. The Bar Association said the proposed amendment is “troubling”, adding that it only became aware of the proposed amendment from a media […]
A supplementary budget of $21.3 Billion has been approved by the National Assembly with $10 Billion of that money going towards the efforts to deal with the ongoing floods across the country. Prime Mark Phillips told the National Assembly that the country is facing a national disaster because of the floods and every region has […]
With some citizens still hesitant about getting vaccinated against COVID-19, the Minister of Health told the National Assembly that there has been no case in Guyana of a fully vaccinated person dying from the virus. Facing questions from the Opposition about the COVID-19 vaccines, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony said while there is the case […]
The Government and the APNU+AFC Opposition went head-to-head this afternoon in the Committee of Supply as the government sought to justify spending $1.3B to purchase vaccines. The Government recently spent approximately $957 million for the purchase of 200,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine and $326 million for the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine. During the grilling […]
Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Monday accused the Government of mismanaging the public coffers and the country’s economy. In a statement the Opposition Leader said a mere 3 and 1/2 months after the $383Billion 2021 Budget was approved in the National Assembly the government has returned with two financial papers seeking an additional $23 Billion […]
Guyana’s second floating, production storage and offloading vessel, the Liza Unity, has been officially dedicated by First Lady of Guyana Arya Ali. The First Lady will also serve as the ship’s Godmother. The Liza Unity is being prepared to set sail from Singapore for Guyanese waters. On Saturday, the official dedication was done. According to […]
The Vice Chairman for Region 10, Douglas Gittens passed away at the Upper Demerara Regional Hospital this morning after losing his fight against COVID-19. Gittens was admitted to the hospital on Friday after complaining of feeling unwell and testing positive for COVID-19. In the past three weeks, he was busy in the Kwakwani area assisting […]
The Regional Health Office in Linden has launched a house-to-house campaign to get more residents of the community vaccinated against Coronavirus. While the Region 10 community continues to lag behind the rest of Guyana with the number of persons vaccinated, the spread of the virus has been increasing steadily in the region, especially in Linden. […]
As floodwaters remain constant in several communities across Guyana, the Civil Defence Commission, which has been leading the flood response and relief efforts, believes that the country will need regional and international support to adequately respond to the needs of the flood-hit areas and assist them in their recovery. In a statement, the CDC noted […]
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