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Impassioned expressions of support and criticism of the 2016 National Budget will commence in the National Assembly from Monday between government and opposition Members of Parliament (MP). Ahead of those heated debates, which will roll on for the entire week, Finance Minister Winston Jordan is appealing for MPs to keep the interest of citizens at […]
The US Embassy will officially open the local office of the Drug Enforcement Agency in Guyana on Wednesday. The office will be based in the US Embassy. The opening comes at a time when Guyana and the US have been stepping up co-operation in drug fighting. A request for the local office was made and […]
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) announced on Friday that it will not be printing ballots for four Local Authority Areas in the upcoming Local Government Elections and consequently eligible voters will not be required to cast their votes. Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield explained that in these areas only a single individual has indicated […]
Two persons, suspected of money laundering, have been arrested following an early morning operation by the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU). According to a police release, ranks of the Special Organised Crime Unit conducted operations at four locations on Friday. During the operation a significant sum of foreign and local currencies was found at two […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is seeking an explanation from its counterparts in Suriname after nine Guyanese men were arrested by Surinamese soldiers and taken to the neighbouring country because they were fishing in the Corentyne river. The incident reportedly took place on January 22 while the men from Orealla were fishing close to their […]
The Guyana Water Incorporated continues to take precautions and be concerned about the falling water level in the East Demerara conservancy as the dry weather pattern continues. Today, Chief Executive Officer of GWI, Dr. Richard Van West Charles and other company officials met with various stakeholders including representatives of hotels in Georgetown, the Georgetown Public Hospital […]
Essequibo rice farmers are bracing themselves for the worse as the countrywide drought persists but they believe more could be done by the regional administration and the government to offer relief. Concerns in this regard were raised during the second ‘Meet the Public Day’ on Thursday at Perth on the Essequibo Coast. The large government […]
by Kurt Campbell in Essequibo Scores of Essequibo residents gathered early on Thursday morning at the newly developed Unity Park on the Essequibo Coast to meet Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and Minister of State Joseph Harmon at the second ‘Public Day’ which is being held by the coalition government. Prime Minister Nagamotoo and Minister Harmon […]
The Government of Guyana is pushing back against the Ram and McRae Budget review and its criticism of the number of contract employees at the Ministry of the Presidency. The review, which was released on Tuesday, said the number of contract employees at the Ministry of the Presidency had jumped from 298 to 505. However, […]
The 26th edition of Ram & McRae’s annual budget review has been published and it welcomes the early presentation of the 2016 budget while also offering some criticism In what appeared to be its greatest worry, the tax consulting body, expressed disappointment on the issue of Contract Employees. The number of contract employees has been increasing […]
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