After years of waiting… La Parfaite Harmonie to get $53M Police Station
Residents of La Parfaite Harmonie, on the West Bank of Demerara, will soon be able to breathe a sigh of relief as government moves...
Central Bank registers 59% increase in use of Mobile Money accounts
Bank of Guyana in one of its latest reports, said there was a 59.2 percent increase in the number of Mobile Money accounts at...
Slashed budgets hinder SARA’s anticorruption efforts –Director
The State Asset Recovery Agency (SARA) is unable to carry out many of its anti-corruption initiatives due to the slashing of its 2018 budget...
Government, opposition engaged in blame-game over Berbice Bridge toll issue
The proposal made by the Berbice Bridge Company Incorporated (BBCI) to increase tolls, has resulted in the current and former regimes blaming each other...
Money for security sector must target intelligence gathering, expanding emergency response-FITUG
Even though the security sector may be receiving a large chunk of the total budgetary allocation, the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana...
Govt. makes fifth withdrawal this year from oil account
Senior Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh announced on Friday that government has made its fifth drawdown this year from the Natural Resource Fund.
The minister...
Finance Minister urges NIS to issue annual statements to employees, contributors
Notwithstanding the progress that has been made in improving its services, Senior Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh has called on the National Insurance Scheme...
“WE’LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER” – PNCR on alleged $6.1B debt to City Hall
“Cash-strapped”, “starved of resources” and “wallowing in financial shambles” are just some of the terms used by even those in the Mayor and City...
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...
A review of the probable cost for an oil spill offshore shows Guyana has...
Dear Editor,
I am encouraged by a few persons to conduct an estimation of a probable cost of an oil spill offshore Guyana with a...
