The PPP/C Government continues to demonstrate its commitment to ensuring transparency and accountability at all levels of government. The revision and subsequent amendment of the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Act was a clear indicator of this stance. Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, made this statement as he defended the 2023 National Budget on Thursday. […]
The fiscal policies of the PPP/C Government are sound and translate into sustainable development for Guyanese across the country. This was on Wednesday reaffirmed in the National Assembly by Government Member of Parliament, Dr Jennifer Westford, during day three of the budget debate. Guyanese, the MP noted, will continue to see meaningful investments in infrastructure, […]
– Reiterates Guyana’s commitment to CELAC resolutions Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d), the Honourable Mark Phillips reiterated Guyana’s support for CELAC Member States while addressing issues of inequality and marginalisation. During his address at the 7th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Buenos Aires, […]
– Dr Ramsaran credits massive training programme Government Member of Parliament (MP) and a former health minister, Dr Bheri Ramsaran has credited visionary thinking and major investments for the transformation being witnessed in the health sector. In his contribution to the 2023 National Budget debate in the National Assembly, Dr Ramsaran, like his colleague MPs […]
Budget 2023 has been described as balanced, people centred and reflective of the PPP/C Government’s visionary plan for the further advancement of Guyana to the benefit of all. This endorsement came from Member of Parliament, Lee Williams as he participated in the ongoing budget debate in the National Assembly on Wednesday. MP Williams, who hails […]
Minister within the Housing and Water Ministry, Susan Rodrigues, while defending the 2023 budget, said this administration is the most consultative and will lead Guyana into the future with clearly defined strategies to ensure the prosperity of all Guyanese. Speaking on Wednesday in the National Assembly, Minister Rodrigues noted that, to date, no sound arguments […]
– Kamarang residents benefitting from $45M water system The government has invested over $100 million in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) for 2022, Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai has disclosed. Minister Sukhai during the 2023 budget debate on Wednesday, informed the National Assembly that over 700 residents of Kamarang, a community nestled in Upper Mazaruni, are […]
– work on National Gender Policy to be completed this year The work that will follow the approval of the 2023 National Budget will make a positive impact on the lives of the most vulnerable citizens. This sentiment was passionately expressed and validated by Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud as […]
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand has extended an open invitation to the APNU+AFC Opposition to collaborate with the government to continue providing the best possible education for the nation’s children. The minister was defending the 2023 budget in the National Assembly on Tuesday. Minister Manickchand stressed that education is non-partisan and should be above political […]
The People’s Progressive Party/Civic Government has set the record straight on the previous APNU+AFC Coalition’s mismanagement of the agriculture sector, revealing the discovery of some 16,000 bags of spoilt fertilisers, when this government took office in 2020. “Mr. Speaker, they talked about spoilt fertilisers, but let me say something, when we took government in 2020, […]