By News Source Guyana on November 16, 2016
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The Government has announced that the 2017 National Budget will now be presented on November 28, 2016. The previous date of December 5 was recently changed. But as the government prepares to unveil its budget for 2017, the Guyana Public Service Union is expressing frustration that the government is still not returning to negotiate the […]
By News Source Guyana on November 14, 2016
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The Georgetown Mayor and City Council, on Monday, passed a motion by Councillor Junior Garrett to send a delegation from the M&CC to the Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan seeking an intervention from Central Government in the form of $600M. The motion was seconded by Councillor Lyndon Hilliman and was unanimously carried by the M&CC. […]
By News Source Guyana on November 10, 2016
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A delegation from the British Parliament is in Guyana working with local Parliamentarians in several areas, including anti-corruption. Through a Parliament on Anti-Corruption Forum, efforts are being made to explore the role and responsibilities of Parliamentarians in identifying and understanding corruption, and building the legislative capacity of Guyana in tackling corruption through the evolution of […]
By News Source Guyana on November 10, 2016
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The National Security Committee has asked Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan, to look into the rift between Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud and Assistant Police Commissioner, David Ramnarine. Mr. Ramnarine acted as Police Commissioner during the Top Cop’s 100 days vacation leave. But upon his return, the Police Commissioner started to revoke a number of decisions […]
By News Source Guyana on November 10, 2016
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With more than half of the students who wrote the Common Entrance mathematics exam this year, failing the subject, the Education Ministry has launched an aggressive drive to get those grades up while addressing critical needs to improve learning at all levels. Minister of State, Joe Harmon, announced today that the Cabinet has given the […]
By News Source Guyana on November 9, 2016
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President David Granger said that Guyana looks forward cooperating with the Republic of South Africa in the area of climate change and environmental management as part of this country’s continued push toward the development of a ‘Green State’. The President made these comments today following an Accreditation Ceremony at State House, where the new non-resident […]
By News Source Guyana on November 9, 2016
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The Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, this morning met with the Resident Representative of the Exim Bank of India, Sailesh Prasad and the two signed a $US10 Million Credit Agreement for the acquisition of an ocean going ferry for the Georgetown- North West route. Also present at the signing were the Minister of Public Infrastructure, […]
By News Source Guyana on November 9, 2016
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Hours after Donald Trump was declared the winner of the Tuesday’s U.S elections, Guyana’s President David Granger offered congratulations and indicated that he is looking forward to working with the Trump administration. In a brief interview with reporters at State House, President Granger said the U.S elections were conducted in a transparent manner and it […]
By News Source Guyana on November 7, 2016
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Opposition Member of Parliament Anil Nandall on Monday challenged House Speaker, Dr. Barton Scotland’s decision to prevent him from participating in last Friday’s debate for failure to withdraw a statement he had made. Nandlall believes the Speaker’s refusal to allow him to continue in the debate on President David Granger’s recent address to the Parliament […]
By News Source Guyana on November 4, 2016
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Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan told the National Assembly on Friday that the controversial water purifier – Antinfek – was not being used by the Guyana Water Inc. as a chemical to decontaminate water before it is used by citizens. But moments after providing that information to the House, Bulkan admitted that the chemical was […]