 |      | |  |
Former Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan said it would be better to give each Guyanese living in Guyana a $100,000 cash grant, as he poked holes in President Irfaan Ali’s announcement that his administration will be giving every Guyanese household a one-off cash grant of $200,000. Jordan’s proposal targets adult Guyanese living in the country, […]
Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud is accusing the Auditor General’s Office of providing a report riddled with flawed conclusions, inaccuracies and omissions on the performance of the Women’s Innovation and Investment Network (WIIN) Programme, which is managed by her Ministry. The report, which was laid in the National Assembly last […]
Restating a commitment to abolish income taxes for low-wage workers, the opposition Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR) has also proposed a $400,000 a month tax-free threshold that it plans to introduce once it gets into power. The party said the tax threshold increase alone would benefit more than 210,000 workers. Over the weekend, the party […]
Reminding Guyanese that it was well respected Economist and Working Peoples’ Alliance (WPA) Executive, Dr. Clive Thomas, who first lobbied for direct cash transfers for citizens more than six years ago, Leader for the Alliance For Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes on Friday said now that Government has acted on the recommendations, it must put in […]
Seven men, including two who were previously charged, appeared in Court today and were jointly charged with the abduction of 34-year-old Joshua David, who was snatched from outside a Main Street restaurant two weeks ago. The man has not been seen since. Appearing in Court this morning to face the abduction charge were Wayne Barker, […]
Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton, today urged Guyanese to cash-in on the one-off $200,000 cash grant, noting that it is their money. However, he warned the Government that such a piecemeal approach, will not reduce the cost of living nor will it take people out of poverty. At his weekly press conference today, Mr. […]
Two retired High Court Judges – Justice Franklin Holder and Justice Brassington Reynolds – have returned to the Court but not to serve on the bench. Instead, they are both seeking a judicial review against a decision by the Government not to pay them a retroactive salary increase of 8% on their salaries dating back […]
The Audit Office of Guyana has flagged several instances of breaches in the Procurement Act as well as delays in projects in its report for the fiscal year ending December 2023. According to the report, which was laid in the National Assembly on Thursday, the breaches of the Procurement Act were noted for contracts undertaken […]
The announced $200,000 per household one-off cash grant will only go to Guyanese households, and non-nationals will not benefit, according to Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo. At a press conference on Thursday afternoon moments after the President’s announcement of the grant, Mr. Jagdeo clarified that when the President said every household will benefit, he was referring […]
Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton, today flagged the Guyana Police Force as a highly corrupt institution, as he called for an independent investigation to be launched into allegations that senior officers within the Force are linked to the criminal underworld. In responding to a series of questions posed by reporters, Norton said he not […]
 |
