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Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Barton Scotland commenced Friday’s sitting of the House by upbraiding a People’s Progressive Party Member of Parliament and two media houses closely aligned with the PPP for the misinformation disseminated by them in relation to funding for the inauguration of Guyana’s 8th Executive President, David Granger. The Speaker replayed […]
The government of Guyana has expressed solidarity with the government and people of Dominica and Guyana intends to render whatever assistance that may be necessary as the sister CARICOM state recovers from a devastating tropical storm that has left destruction and death behind. More than 12 persons on the island lost their lives as a […]
Despite widespread public outcry, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan on Friday maintained that the government will continue to enforce the 2:00am “party done” closure time for bars and nightspots. Responding to questions from News Source, the Minister indicated that any change on his part would be to close the clubs and nightspots at 12:00 midnight […]
The government on Friday expressed worry with the delay of the Berbice River Bridge company to agree to the reduction in the toll for crossing the bridge as proposed by the government, with effect from next Tuesday. According to Finance Minister Winston Jordan, the company’s Directors recently took a decision to have the matter decided […]
The Public Servants Staff College which was promised by President David Granger days after being elected, will become operational next month. The President has been lamenting the need for public sector reform to build what he envisions to be a neutral and professional public sector. In an invited comment on Wednesday, President Granger announced that the […]
The Guyana Government has been called upon yet again to put its money where its mouth is, as it convened a historic national conference to chart the way forward for a new gender and development policy. United Nations Resident Representative in Guyana, Ms. Khadija Musa gave the government a tap on the back for calling […]
While most of the country was fast asleep this morning, just after 3 o’ clock, the National Assembly passed the Budget following a marathon consideration of the budget estimates. Some amendments were made to ensure a number of agencies that have been removed from under government ministries, now have their own funding. On August 10, […]
A visiting staff team delegation of the United States Congress is in Guyana and has been meeting with the political leaders. On Wednesday evening, the visiting delegation along with the Chargé d’ Affaires at the US Embassy Bryan Hunt and other embassy officials met with Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo and a PPP parliamentary team. The […]
The government is to move ahead with its election promise to upgrade and expand the existing maternity ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) with the approval of budgetary allocations in the National Assembly on Wednesday. A total of $59.3 million was approved on the capital side of expenditure for the GPHC through which […]
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo is upset with the front page of today’s edition of the Guyana Chronicle and believes the state-owned newspaper was not objective in its reporting of yesterday’s consideration of the budget estimates. The front page of the Tuesday August 25th edition of the Chronicle screamed “Govt. blunders on budget estimates…violates laws assented […]
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