Opposition Member of Parliament, Amanza Walton-Desir kicked off the 2022 National Budget in the National Assembly this morning in a fiery address where she dealt with a number of issues in the budget as well as the government’s day-to-day operations. She chided the administration for not offering anything in the budget for the poor and…
– Minister Anand Persaud tells LDOs MINISTER within the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, Anand Persaud, has put all Local Democratic Organs (LDOs) on notice that there needs to be more accountability to ensure that there is value for money. He was at the time announcing an increased $714 million subvention for the…
Months after the government embarked on the distribution of a flood relief cash grant to framers across Guyana who were devastated by the 2021 May/June rain, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on Tuesday disregarded claims of discrimination against non-supporters of the government. It was Shadow Agriculture Minister Khemraj Ramjattan, who during the ongoing budget debates, took…
Opposition Member of Parliament, Amanza Walton-Desir kicked off the 2022 National Budget in the National Assembly this morning in a fiery address where she dealt with a number of issues in the budget as well as the government’s day-to-day operations. She chided the administration for not offering anything in the budget for the poor and…
THE Ministry of Labour (MoL) is currently in the process of finalising a virtual “National Job Bank”, which is expected to be launched in the first quarter of 2022, to connect job seekers and employers. The platform, which will be available online, will be a place where job-seekers can post their credentials and employers can…
Four Venezuelan nationals who are sisters were remanded to prison on Tuesday by City Magistrate Clive Nurse for the attempted murder of a 16-year-old girl. Evelyn Alfonso, 22, and Roxanna Alfonso, 20, along with their two younger siblings, 14 and 16, were not required to plea to the charge which alleged that on January 28,…
Opposition Member of Parliament, Amanza Walton-Desir kicked off the 2022 National Budget in the National Assembly this morning in a fiery address where she dealt with a number of issues in the budget as well as the government’s day-to-day operations. She chided the administration for not offering anything in the budget for the poor and…
— Prime Minister PRIME Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips has said that several transformative energy projects will commence this year. Speaking during a recent NCN programme titled, “Budget in Focus,” the Prime Minister said among the major projects to get started are the Amaila Falls Hydro project and the gas-to-energy project. “Amaila Falls is likely to…
After another solid year, local gold mining and trading company El Dorado Trading has once again emerged as the country’s number one gold dealer with the highest declaration for 2021. This is in midst of the many challenges the industry faced during the last 12 months, including the floods in the first half of the…
Opposition Member of Parliament, Amanza Walton-Desir kicked off the 2022 National Budget in the National Assembly this morning in a fiery address where she dealt with a number of issues in the budget as well as the government’s day-to-day operations. She chided the administration for not offering anything in the budget for the poor and…
