House passes $552.9B budget
The National Assembly this afternoon passed the $552.9B 2022 budget after four days of considering estimates of expenditure at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre...
COVID-19 Update: 160 new cases, 17 in ICU
Guyana has confirmed 160 new cases of the COVID-19 virus, taking the number of confirmed infections since March 2020 to 62,061 from 522,229 tests.
Seventeen...
Boats, engines and ATVs used by CPGs went missing after “disbandment” – House hears
Some of the transportation implements once used by the Community Policing Groups (CPGs) before its alleged disbandment by the former APNU+AFC government, went missing.
This...
$863M earmarked to help Guyanese who require specific local, foreign medical intervention
The Government of Guyana has set aside $863M in Budget 2022 to ensure Guyanese who require specific health interventions, locally or abroad, receive assistance.
Minister...
Guyana cannot compete with UK salaries, incentives as mass exodus of nurses continues –...
The retention of Guyanese nurses is proving to be a challenge as droves continue to depart to greener pastures abroad, Health Minister, Dr Frank...
Cops destroy over $30M in narcotics; seize firearms found at Fort Nassau Savannah
Today, ranks of Regional Division Six, led by an Assistant Superintendent of Police, conducted an eradication exercise at Fort Nassau Savannah, Upper Berbice River,...
One dead, another injured as ATV collides with lorry at Eyelash Access Road
Cops in Regional Division One are probing an accident that occurred last night at around 11:00hrs on the Eyelash Main Access Road, North West...
Minister apologizes for “dildo” comment in House
Please see full statement from the Local Government and Regional Development Minister, Nigel Dharamlall:
The APNUAFC MPs are no angels. My dildo comment was in...
“Unacceptable” that Speaker failed to reprimand Minister for “dildo”, other comments directed to female...
Continuous derogatory remarks directed to APNU+AFC female parliamentarians by Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall are what prompted Coalition Opposition Members...
Motion moved for Sherod Duncan’s suspension following in-house uproar
A motion has been moved to have Opposition Parliamentarian, Sherod Duncan suspended from the next four sittings of the National Assembly, after a furore...
