GECOM, Judiciary get highest allocations in $11.7B budget for Constitutional Agencies
The Guyana Elections Commission and the Supreme Court of Judicature have received the highest allocations for 2022 in the $11.7B budget for Constitutional Agencies.
Both...
$2B approved for construction of call centres, other co-investment projects
The People’s Progressive Party Civic Administration has made significant strides in honouring its commitment to provide 50,000 jobs to Guyanese, with an allocation of...
Oil increases export earnings by 68 percent to US$4.3B
At the end of 2021, Guyana’s total export earnings amounted to US$4.3B, 68 percent higher than the US$2.6B earned in 2020. This was disclosed...
Ministry completes design, layout of new housing areas to be opened on 2,000 acres...
The government has completed the acquisition of some 2,000 acres of land east of the Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) Housing Scheme, which will...
Guyana could earn over US$950 from oil sector this year- Finance Minister
Senior Minister with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh disclosed, via his 2022 budget, that Guyana is expected to earn over US$950M from its...
Gov’t budgets $12.4B for construction of six new modern regional hospitals
In 2022, a total of $16.1B has been budgeted to launch a major expansion in public health care facilities, Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh...
Govt. to spend over $500M to take CPCE’s teachers’ training programme fully online –...
The education sector budget has an allocation of over $500 million earmarked for the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) to go fully online...
Govt. resists wild borrowings against oil; secures lowest gross debt-to-GDP ratio in the region
Despite having two more sanctioned oil projects—Liza Phase One and Payara—coming into operation in 2022 and 2023 respectively, thereby taking production volumes to 560,000...
We support disclosure of SOPs but gov’t must also publish names of all cash...
The main Parliamentary Opposition agrees that Statements of Poll (SOPs) must be published after ballots are cast at an election, but the government must...
Money approved for final payment of offshore patrol vessel
Money has been approved in budget 2022 for the final payment of the Offshore Patrol Vessel. The first payment of $618 million was made...
