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The 2017 budget debate took a strange turn on Thursday when the Speaker decided to have some fact checking done on a statement made by Opposition Member of Parliament, Anil Nandlall. During his contribution to the budget debate, Nandlall attacked the government for overspending and used the rental of a drug storage bond as example. […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge has declared that the Opposition party’s continued criticism of the proposed 2017 National Budget is nothing more than an attempt at national “deconstruction”. During Thursday’s budget debate, Mr. Greenidge noted that it is especially hard to imagine a Budget debate elsewhere in the world where the Opposition party […]
President David Granger has added his voice to the discussion on the national budget and he has issued a call for Guyanese to critically analyze the entire budget and not just focus on “bits and pieces”. In a video release from the Ministry of the Presidency of this week’s Public Interest television programme, the President […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources is moving to have more mining lands made available to miners on a leveled playing field. Many miners have complained in the past about being given mining lands that were empty. Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes, told the National Assembly on Wednesday that the government intends […]
People’s Progressive Party Member of Parliament and former Government Minister, Dr. Jennifer Westford wants all right thinking Guyanese “to reject this apology of a budget”. She made that declaration during her arguments against Budget 2017. Westford, who is currently facing multi million dollar fraud charges in the courts, told the National Assembly that the coalition […]
Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan rose on the third day of the 2017 Budget Debate and like the rest of his government colleagues, he offered support of the budget. “This budget is the best of the three budgets so far, it is transformative in nature and structure, the progressive tax rate it introduces, puts more […]
The government has declared as false, a report in Tuesday’s Kaieteur News that a major foreign currency crisis is looming in the country. Minister of Finance Winston Jordan and Governor of the Bank of Guyana Dr. Gobind Ganga have both debunked the report. “There is no shortage of foreign exchange in Guyana, the reserves at […]
Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, joined other Government Members in supporting the 2017 national budget, congratulating the Finance Minister and his team for their “comprehensive plans”. According to Harmon “the budget is demonstrative of the strength of the government to take hard decisions to build the nation”. He stated that the complaints by the Opposition Party […]
As the Budget 2017 debate continued on Tuesday, Member after Member on the Opposition side of the house continued their calls for the Coalition government to remove the value added tax that will now be added to electricity bills that go over $10,000 per month and water bills that go over $1500 per month. Chief Whip […]
Following months of consultations all across Guyana, the Ministry of Communities, Department of Housing, has made a decision for the age at which someone could apply for a house lot in Guyana to now be 18 years old. The announcement was made on Tuesday as Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Valerie Patterson offered her […]
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