Gov’t plans to spend $88.9M to train, reform 1,400 prisoners in 2022
The Government of Guyana has earmarked a sum of $88.9M to train prison inmates in areas such as anger management, literacy and numeracy, tailoring,...
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...
Oppos. MP casts doubt on govt., private sector’s ability to execute over $200B in...
Opposition Parliamentarian, Amanza Walton-Desir has expressed doubt in the Government of Guyana (GoG) and the local private sector’s ability to execute a mammoth $218B...
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...
Coalition gave salary increases to public servants but took it back with taxes- Parag
Public Service Minister, Sonia Parag says that while the former APNU+AFC administration provided salary increases to public servants during its tenure in office, it...
Taxes accounts for 96 percent of govt. revenues last year
Over the years, tax collections have accounted for a large part government’s revenue collection and 2021 was no different. According to Finance Minister, Dr....
6,000 persons to be trained through Guyana-Barbados joint tourism initiative -Minister Walrond
Some 6,000 persons will be trained through a Guyana- Barbados joint tourism initiative, as four internationally-branded hotels break ground in Guyana. Minister of Tourism,...
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...
Guyana to export pre-fab houses to Ghana this year
In the area of expanding the local value chain for wood products, the Government of Guyana has been exploring market opportunities for export of...
Energy Chamber praises low carbon vision of 2022 budget; mulls reduced subsidies for solar...
While it has expressed great satisfaction with many of the transformational proiects in the PPP/C’s $553B budget, the Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber...
