Standing at 4 feet, 6 inches, Carrin Carter is affectionally known as “Pocket Rocket”, a nickname given to her by former Guyana Rugby Football President, Keith Nascimento. Carrin’s small size has always caused a little bit of a shockwave when people find out she plays rugby. “I was introduced to rugby back in 2005. At…
Declaring that the 64-year-old People’s National Congress is set to witness serious transition of new leaders after Saturday’s congress, the man who is tasked with overseeing the proceedings as Congress Chief Elections Officer, Vincent Alexander, has pressed the green light for congress this Saturday. Flanked by the three candidates for party leader, Joseph Harmon, Aubrey…
The government can, in the first instance, withdraw all oil revenues accumulated in the Natural Resources Fund (NRF) in the year that the new law comes into force and thereafter a limit will be set for future withdrawals. The proposal is for the funds to be used for “national development priorities including any initiative aimed…
It got heated in this National Assembly this morning as the Government and Opposition clashed after it was revealed that another $2 billion was given out to the Guyana Sugar Corporation from the consolidated fund for what the Government calls ‘out of crop’ support. Of that sum, $1.6 Billion was given to GUYSUCO to pay…
An unvaccinated 84-year-old man is the country’s latest COVID-19 death. The Ministry of Health reported that the man is from Region One (Barima-Waini) and he died on December 15. This means that a total of 1, 026 deaths have been recorded since March 2020 and December’s death toll has now increased to 26. Meanwhile, 44…
Senior Minister responsible for Finance Dr. Ashni Singh tabled the Natural Resources Fund 2021 Bill this morning to address different areas of management of the oil and other natural resources wealth of Guyana. The original Natural Resources Bill was passed in 2019 with the then Opposition PPP absent from the National Assembly since it came…
Two former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ranks and a businessman were on Thursday released on $300,000 bail each on a charge that they stole over $745 million worth in fuel. Ex-GDF ranks Terry Milling, 35, of South Cummings Lodge, Georgetown; Delon Wilson, 34, of Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/ Linden Highway and businessman Gangadeo Sridat, 48, of…
The long-awaited Local Content Bill was tabled today in the National Assembly after the government completed consultations with some stakeholders. Describing the tabling of the bill as historic, the Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharat said the Bill will provide for the implementation of local content obligations on companies engaged in petroleum operations or related…
– Minister Indar encourages Berbice Chambers of Commerce By Nafeeza Yahya MINISTER within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar, has urged the private sector to partner with investors to grow and expand their businesses in light of the booming economy. The minister issued the call on Wednesday during an address at a luncheon hosted by…
A sum of more than $3.8 billion was approved by the National Assembly on Thursday to offset the out-of-crop expenses for the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and to finance the one-off $250,000 cash grant paid to severed sugar workers. The one-off grants have been provided to more than 5,200 severed sugar workers and total $1.3…
