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After failing to meet a revised growth rate in 2017 and only achieving a minimal growth of 2.9%, Guyana’s economy is targeted to grow by 3.8%, exactly the same as the initially projected 3.8% in 2017 which was not achieved. With the non-sugar growth rate anticipated to be 4.6 percent, Finance Minister Winston Jordan told […]
Minutes after Finance Minister Winston Jordan wrapped up his 2018 budget presentation, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, wasted no time to describe the budget as “unimaginative and torturous.” Jagdeo and the Opposition People’s Progressive Party had refused to participate in the budget consultations, but instead released a list of measures they wanted to see. At the […]
-by Kurt Campbell- With a promise to build on the Coalition government’s “impressive achievements” over the last two years, Finance Minister Winston Jordan on Monday unveiled the $267.1 Billion 2018 National Budget during an almost four-hour presentation in the National Assembly. The budget includes measures to improve quality of life with the removal of the […]
The major sectors that have supported Guyana’s economy over the years have recorded both positive and negative growth during 2016 with rice production up and sugar production on a declining slope. There is expected to be an increase in rice production but a decline in sugar production as Guyana is yet again to revise its […]
Over four hundred and fifty students are now beneficiaries of full scholarships to attend the University of Guyana and the Guyana School of Agriculture to further their education. The scholarships, which were awarded by the Ministry of the Presidency’s Department of Public Service, are an investment in Guyana’s future, according to the Government. The scholarships […]
The National Trust of Guyana has written to the Government over what appears to be a move by the Ministry of the Presidency to repaint the State House in new colours. The State House, which is the official residence of the President and a national monument, has historically remained in its original colour of white […]
President David Granger believes that Desmond Trotman of the Working People’s Alliance is fit and proper for his new role as a Commissioner of the Guyana Elections Commission. Mr. Trotman, who is a former Member of Parliament, took the oath of office this afternoon at State House. The President explained that he consulted with the […]
Multiple sources close to the parties in the Coalition government have confirmed to News Source that longtime Working People’s Alliance member and former Member of Parliament, Desmond Trotman will be the new Commissioner at the Guyana Elections Commission. Mr. Trotman will be sworn in on Friday to take up the seat left vacated following the […]
The Government of Guyana and the United States are stepping up the fight against human trafficking in Guyana. Guyana has been named repeatedly in the US State Department’s report on human trafficking as a country where the problem exists. However, Guyana has been improving its efforts to fighting human trafficking. On Wednesday a special workshop […]
The Chief Justice, Roxanne George-Wiltshire, has ruled that the directive given by the Minister of State earlier this year to the Police Service Commission to put a hold on the planned promotions of senior Police Officers was unlawful and unconstitutional. The Police Service Commission was preparing to put together its list of promotions when it […]
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