Govt. appropriates $300.7B for 2019
Finance Minister, Winston Jordan presented the fifth and penultimate budget of the APNU+AFC Administration’s first term in office to Members...
Health Ministry On Mission To Improve Epidemiology Reportage
The influx of Venezuelans to Guyana’s shores has not only been a challenge to law enforcement but the health sector...
Infrastructure receives $38.5B in 2019 Budget
The Ministry of Infrastructure continues to be a major recipient of government funds, this time, receiving an allocation of $38.5B...
Growth recorded for agri, fishing sectors
Despite the severe contraction of sugar production by 25.2 percent in 2018, the agriculture, fishing and forestry sector on a...
Imran Khan further remanded as court hears “Short Boss” suffering seizures in hospital
The matter involving businessman, Imran Khan, who is accused of attempting to kill a disabled man, continued this morning in...
$480M set aside in 2019 Budget for Social Cohesion Dept.
Social Cohesion initiatives will benefit from an injection of $480M that has been set aside in the 2019 National Budget....
Forestry growth constrained by poor transport networks, delayed maintenance – Finance Minister
Despite recorded growth until September 2018 of the forestry sector, continued growth has been constrained by poor transport networks and...
Confessed wife killer sent to jail again as appeal concludes
The Court of Appeal this afternoon upheld a 20-year jail sentence imposed on Haydock Baxter.
In 2014, Baxter had pleaded guilty...
Opposition objects to limited time given for Budget 2019 deliberations
The People's Progressive Party/ Civic’s (PPP/C) Parliamentary opposition has objected to the limited days forced upon the Committee of Supply...
“Skip the long, long reading and sentence me”- casino robber tells Magistrate
“Your honour just skip the long, long reading and just sentence me because you ain’t making no sense. You watch...
