The Guyana Police Force on Monday issued a wanted bulletin for Junior Heywood called ‘Larry’ of Lot 71 Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara (ECD), who is wanted for questioning in relation to the murder to Otis Andey Haimchand. Dead is Otis Andey Haimchand On January 6, Haimchand, a labourer of…

Weeks after President Dr. Irfaan Ali said a new “state-of-the-art” museum and art gallery will be built locally, Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh announced that the government has allocated funds to build those facilities. The Finance Minister presented the 2024 National Budget on Monday at a sitting of the National…

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)’s plastic surgery and maxillofacial teams successfully and independently performed nine cleft repair surgeries at the weekend. According to a statement from the country’s main referral hospital on Monday, six of the procedures were cleft lip repairs and three were cleft palate repairs. The life-changing…

Slingerz Football Club on Sunday emerged triumphant against Victoria Kings Football Club in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League Promotion Eliminator Match to secure the coveted tenth spot in the highly-anticipated upcoming Elite League Season Six. On January 15, Victoria Kings played fiercely to thwart Slingerz’ return to the…

With the aim of making them more accessible and affordable, the Dr. Irfaan Ali-led government has removed Value Added Tax (VAT) and Duty on sport equipment. Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh made the disclosure during his 2024 Budget presentation on Monday at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Liliendaal. This, Dr….

By Neil Marks neil@newsroom.gy Guyana’s national budget has surpassed a trillion dollars for the first time, buoyed by oil sales from ramped up production offshore, and the country’s president says the measures announced Monday are intended to ease the cost of living, add more money to the pockets of ordinary…

The sum of $10 billion is allocated in the 2024 National Budget to continue the government’s part time job programme. But it comes with an encouragement from Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh for the beneficiaries of this programme to acquire further skills and qualifications, This, Dr. Singh said, will help…

Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh has proposed that the income tax threshold moves to $100,000 thereby allowing thousands of persons to pay fewer or no taxes. Dr. Singh, while presenting the 2024 $1.146 trillion National Budget, said 13,000 people will be removed from paying income taxes as a result of…

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) government has promised to make tertiary education free by 2025 and on Monday Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh announced that the government will this year begin to wipe out loans owed by University of Guyana (UG) graduates. “…we will commence the first phase of…

Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh Monday announced an increase in the old-age pension to $36,000. This will take effect with January payments and will benefit 76,000 persons. Speaking during his presentation of the 2024 budget, Dr. Singh announced that the measure will provide $2.7 billion in additional disposable income to…