Day: January 29, 2016

Georgetown:  Minutes after Finance Minister Winston Jordan made his 2016 budget presentation, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo labeled the budget “anti-poor, anti-development and disappointing”. The opposition leader decried the $230 Billion…

Georgetown:  Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission, Rickford Vieira has been dismissed. According to the Ministry of Natural Resources, after careful consideration and advice, the Ministry has decided…

Georgetown: The coalition government Friday presented its second National Budget since it came into office. This budget amounted to GYD$230 Billion. Finance Minister Winston Jordan presented the financial document for…

Measures 6.1       Mr. Speaker, a range of measures are being proposed in this budget. A few are aimed at entrenching in law, concessions which are either discretionary or granted arbitrarily.…

Georgetown : United States Ambassador to Guyana, Mr. Perry Holloway, this morning, met with Minister of Social Cohesion, Ms. Amna Ally, to explore areas for partnership, at her Ministry of…

Georgetown : One of the most important issues that the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) board has to address immediately is that of renewable energy from sources such as hydro, wind, solar,…

Georgetown : Acting on information received, about 10:15pm yesterday, ranks of a Police Anti-Crime Motor Cycle Patrol conducted a search on a man at Hadfield Street, Georgetown, during which an…

Berbice : About 1pm yesterday, acting on information received, police ranks went to a house at Nicolay Street, New Amsterdam, where Delroy Joseph called “Barney”, 26 years, of Angoy’s Avenue,…

Georgetown: Minister of Natural Resources, Mr. Raphael Trotman, Friday inducted a number of new faces to State boards under his remit at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre (ACCC). These include…