Govt. cannot sacrifice macroeconomic stability to pander to a few businesses – Jagdeo
Recent calls by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) for Bank of Guyana to address the apparent shortage of foreign currency in...
Govt. makes first $41.6B withdrawal this year from oil account
Senior Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh announced on Thursday evening that government made its first drawdown this year from the Natural Resource Fund (NRF)...
Guyana’s oil account soars to $311B
Bank of Guyana recently disclosed that the closing balance for the nation’s National Resource Fund (NRF) at the end of January 2023 was a...
House passes $781.9B National Budget
Guyana’s $781.9B national budget was on Thursday passed in the National Assembly at the conclusion of its 62nd Sitting following approval of the Appropriation...
Restoration of City Hall Building for year-end completion despite discovery of further structural problems
The nation is being assured that restorative works being carried out at the iconic City Hall Building in Georgetown will be completed by the...
“$Millions pilfered”: Forensic Audit into APNU+AFC’s management of SLED programme ongoing – Dharamlall
A forensic audit is ongoing into the former government’s handling of the Sustainable Livelihood and Entrepreneurial Development (SLED) programme, says Local Government and Regional...
Not a dime from $2.1B collected annually by M&CC goes toward fixing roads, clearing...
The managers of Georgetown collect more than $2.1B in revenues annually, but “not a dime” goes toward fixing roads and clearing drains, says Local...
Accreditation of creative arts institute, hosting of literary arts festival on the cards
The Culture, Youth and Sports Ministry’s budgetary allocation of some $4.3 billion was on Tuesday approved by the Parliamentary Committee of Supply and will...
“Towers” to be constructed at Houston to house “scattered” ministries, agencies – Min. Edghill
The PPP/C administration is moving to construct office towers at Houston, East Bank Demerara (EBD) to house 'scattered" governmental ministries and agencies. Making the...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Chris Ram, Volda Lawrence misunderstood critical aspects of 2023 budget
Dear Editor,
I wish to address a few macroeconomic fundamental errors both in interpretation and calculation made by Volda Lawrence, a Member of Parliament (M.P),...
