Politics
Guyana stands firm on sovereignty as ICJ prepares final judgment in border case – PM
Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips addressed the National Assembly on Friday, emphasising that Guyana stands firm on its sovereignty as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) prepares its final judgment in the border controversy case with Venezuela. Guyana has asked the court to confirm that the boundary defined in the 1899 award and demarcated...
Gov’t moves to repeal ‘flawed’ 2015 Fmr. Presidents’ Benefits law
See below the full release from the Ministry of Finance: Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility...
Minister Singh tables Loan Agreements in National Assembly
See below full release from the Ministry of Finance: The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government continues to manage Guyana’s public...
President Granger extends Christmas greetings to all Guyanese
Message of His Excellency Brigadier David Granger President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana on the celebration of Christmas 2016....
PNC/R reminds of the spirit of goodwill during Christmas
PEOPLE’S NATIONAL CONGRESS REFORM PNCR CHRISTMAS MESSAGE 2016 The miraculous birth of Jesus Christ – celebrated by most Christians...
FLOOD UPDATE; Two city pumps down
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is reporting that the Lamaha Street and River View pumps are down. This was discovered...
Gov’t assures all is being done to ensure floodwaters recede
Minutes after the Hydromet Office released a flood warning which stated that another 12 hours of rainfall is expected with...
President requests CVs for Opposition Leader’s GECOM nominees
President David Granger on Thursday (December 22, 2016) said that he has requested of Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, that he...
Minister Scott apologises for statements about FITUG, GTUC
Two days after implying that the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG), and the Guyana Trades Union Congress...
President attends Desmond Hoyte’s 14th Death Anniversary Commemoration Service
President David Granger, this morning (Thursday December 22,2016) attended the 14th Death Anniversary Commemoration Service of former Executive President of Guyana...
GuySuCo urges organisations to desist from using its employees for political work
The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) is claiming that organisations have been using its employees for overt political acts on...
‘Guyana is prepared to prove its case in Court’ -President Granger on border controversy
President David Granger, on Wednesday, said that Guyana welcomes the decision by United Nations’ (UN) Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon to...
Agreements renewed for concessions for miners
(GINA) Small and medium scale miners will continue to benefit from fuel, and concessions on mining equipment parts, as the...
Christopher Ram, Ramesh Dookhoo among Nominees Jagdeo deems fit to chair GECOM
Former Army Chief, Norman Mc Lean, Attorney and Political Analyst, Christopher Ram and Former Chairman of the Private Sector Commission,...
GDF Ranks treated to annual Christmas lunch served by Brigadier David Granger
Today was the final day of the Guyana Defence Force’s Soldiers’ day activities, where ranks were honoured for their hard...
$24.9B Finance Ministry budget passed; FIU gets $145.1M
The $24.9B Ministry of Finance budget was today (Wednesday December 21, 2016) approved in the Committee of Supply of the...
Parking meters to become fully operational on January 9
Smart City Solutions (SCS) and City Hall on Wednesday officially introduced it Parking Meters which will become fully operational on...
Social Protection Ministry allocated $24M to GNCUL
The Ministry of Social Protection’s Department of Labour has budgeted a total of $24M to be invested in the Guyana...
$64M to be spent for extension of E-Gov network to Timehri; $2.31B approved for Public Telecommunications
All the programmes under the Ministry of Public Telecommunications totaling some $2.31B for current and Capital expenditure was this afternoon...
Over $5B approved for Foreign Affairs Ministry; Opposition questions massive increase in payments
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge defending his budgetary allocations under current and capital expenditures in the Committee of Supply...
Finance Minister introduce bills to cover Budget 2017 provisions
The Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan on Tuesday (December 20, 2016) introduced a number of bills in the National Assembly,...
