Former Education Minister Nicolette Henry delivered what was her last presentation to the National Assembly on Wednesday as she has resigned to make way for Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) Aubrey Norton. Fighting to hold back tears, Henry closed her presentation during the ongoing budget debates by confirming that it was her…

The pathway to a seat in Parliament and the position of Leader of the Opposition has now been cleared for PNC Reform Leader Aubrey Norton as Opposition Member of Parliament Dr Nicolette Henry will be moving on from the House. Dr Henry who served as Education Minister under the APNU+AFC government announced this afternoon in…

— for public servants in 2022 Salary increases for public servants for the year 2022 is not off the cards, and could materialise by the end of the year. This indication was given by Minister of Public Service, Sonia Parag, as she stood in the National Assembly in full defence of a proposed allocation of…

A 21-year-old boy and his 16-year-old girlfriend were tragically killed on Wednesday while attempting to escape from the police. Dead are Christopher Bhagwandat and Sheereda Persaud; the News Room understands that the young man was driving motorcar PNN 8852 when he was stopped by traffic ranks along the Perseverance Public Road, Mahaicony, Region Five. Reports…

The Guyana Revenue Authority has announced that it has exhausted the PAB series for registration of private vehicles and the new PAC series will begin soon. The PAB registration series started in June last year and now seven months later, the GRA has registered 9,999 vehicles in that series. The GRA said the current trends…

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…

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…

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 of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr, defended the $3.2B allocation for sports development in the 2022 Budget, pointing to the numerous achievements under his tenure at the ministry. During the ongoing Budget debate in Parliament, Ramson highlighted the resounding support from the country’s various sports associations and federations for his handling of…

Significant investments stemming from Guyana’s oil and gas industry have been centered in Region Four (Demerara- Mahaica) but with the long-awaited oil find offshore Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne), the government now anticipates significant investments there too. CGX Energy, which has been searching for oil offshore Guyana for more than two decades, alongside its joint…