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...
$1.7M salary for Commissioner of Information; no staff, no office & no accountability
As the Consider of Estimates continued in the Committee of Supply of the National Assembly, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has...
New passport office for Linden, New Amsterdam
Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix, who defended the allocation for the citizenship and immigration service programme, under the Ministry of...
Smart City Solutions bashes PSC on “Uninformed” comments on Parking Meters
Smart City Solutions (SCS) in a statement on Tuesday bashed the Private Sector Commission (PSC) for releasing what it terms...
Public servants deserve more than $25,000 bonus-Rohee
The Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) wants more to be done for Public servants this Christmas season. This sentiment was expressed...
Trump formally announces ExxonMobil’s CEO as Secretary of State
(NY Daily News) President-elect Donald Trump formally announced his choice of ExxonMobil’s CEO, Rex Tillerson as his Secretary of State...
Consideration of Estimates: $100M for contract employees at MOTP; Higher quality of birth certificates now being produced
The Consideration of the 2017 National Budget Estimates has begun in the Committee of Supply of the National Assembly beginning...
“This is the best Cabinet possible”; No changes in 2017- President
The Head of State says he is pleased with the performance of his Ministers during the year 2016 and therefore...
Trump is reportedly picking ExxonMobil’s CEO for secretary of state
(Business Insider) ExxonMobil’s CEO, Rex Tillerson, who has helmed the energy giant for the last decade and struck deals around...
President says GPF dedication and commitment will make Guyana safe again
(Ministry of the Presidency) President David Granger, on Friday evening, told the Inspectors, Sergeants and other senior Police officials gathered...
$25,000 bonus for public servants earning below $500,000
Finance Minister, Winston Jordan in his presentation this afternoon which closed off the debate on Budget 2017, announced that Government...
Finance Minister targets private sector over its bombarding of Gov’t for concessions
The Private sector today came in for a “licking” from Finance Minister, Winston Jordan over its numerous requests for concessions...
GuySuCo paid over $80.1M in severance pay- PM Nagamootoo
Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo on Friday disclosed that GY$80, 155, 000 were paid to 93 sacked workers from the Wales...
Opposition’s contributions have not convinced Gov’t to alter Budget 2017- President
While the debate on Budget 2017 is ongoing, President, David Granger on Thursday noted that the administration has not seen...
Drug bond rental cost more than Regions Health and Education budgets- Jagdeo; Gov’t says untrue
The controversial drug bond deal between the government and Linden Holdings Inc. was once again brought to the fore by...
Budget Debate 2017: Opposition Leader accuses Gov’t of renaming old projects & increasing tax burdens on citizens
Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo took a swipe at the Government during his presentation in the National Assembly today when he...
Rohee knocks Gov’t over “lack of vision” in security sector
Opposition Member of Parliament and PPP General Secretary, Clement Rohee has lashed out at the Government for its lack of...
Coast Guard joint training concludes
The United States Embassy’s Security Cooperation Office (SCO) concluded the first in a two-part Military Training Team event involving members...
Not enough being done for Indigenous People says Sukhai; Allicock says no more handouts , more motivation
As the budget debates continued today in the National Assembly Opposition Member of Parliament Pauline Sukhai and Minister of Indigenous...
