Govt. proposes to increase debt ceilings to reduce heavily reliance on Consolidated Fund
To support its ambitious programme of development, government has moved to adjust the external and domestic debt ceilings to avert the dependency on the...
National Assembly approves removal of 20% tax on cell phones
Senior Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh successfully piloted a motion on Thursday to remove the 20 percent tax on cell phones, which was endorsed...
Gold declarations decreasing; probe launched into allege smuggling-VP Jagdeo
Amid growing concerns about Guyana’s gold declarations decreasing, Vice President (VP) Bharrat Jagdeo during his press conference on Thursday confirmed that the decrease in...
Minister Singh furnishes House with first Annual Report for Natural Resource Fund
Senior Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh today presented to the National Assembly the inaugural Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Annual Report for the fiscal year...
Govt. will only act on allegations against Mohameds if U.S officially engages it –...
Guyana’s Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo today stated that the Government of Guyana (GoG) will only act on the money laundering allegations made in a...
House approves $4.7B for Amerindian communities
More than $4.7 billion was on Thursday passed in the National Assembly to further develop and empower indigenous communities nationwide.
According to the Department of...
Drunken man jailed 10 years for stabbing mother of 5 to death
Fifty- three-year-old Raymond O’Selmo, called ‘Goadie Man’ formerly of North Sophia, Georgetown, was this morning sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for the fatal stabbing...
Life sentence for trio who murdered Soesdyke Highway vendor
The three men who were found guilty last month of the 2017 murder of the Soesdyke/Linden Highway vendor, Dhanpaul Dookie, called ‘Pauline’ was this...
Govt. tables bill for regulation of electronic communications and transactions
The Electronic Communications and Transactions Bill of 2023 was read for the first time in the National Assembly on Thursday, by Minister of Tourism,...
Sick workers’ claim of “supernatural force” led to Cemetery Rd. project delay – Minister...
Initially scheduled to be completed on Wednesday, the Cemetary Road Widening Project currently stands unfinished. Public Works Minister, Bishop Juan Edghill told the National...
