Ministerial consultations have already begun in preparation for the 2023 National Budget. Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh revealed during an interview. “That work has started. As you know, the budget cycle is an ongoing one. We issued the budget circular some months ago, we have already started internal work in government across ministries, ministries have […]
– Finance Minister The government took a number of factors into consideration when finalising the eight per cent salary increase for public sector workers. Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, defended the decision during a recent interview. He said that among the factors considered were […]
Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips has chastised the APNU+AFC and its affiliated groups for the desperate attempts at race-baiting, which they hope will incite civil unrest and disrupt the immense benefits being experienced by all Guyanese. Prime Minister Phillips was responding to a letter issued by a group called the Institute for Action Against […]
Amerindian, remote, and riverine communities are set to benefit from various developmental projects that will be driven by the government through the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs (MOAA) in 2023. Amerindian Affairs Minister Pauline Sukhai while engaging with residents of Kaburi, Region Seven and Aliki in Region Three outlined some of the projects that will come […]
The Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Natural Resources wishes to state that the services of Mr. Carlos Barberán Diez, an individual consultant was terminated by the current government on September 13, 2020, in connection with a corrupt practice as part of the Petroleum Governance and Management Project in Guyana. The Guyana Petroleum Resources […]
Close to 250 residents of Burma, Region Five were allocated residential house lots earlier today, at the ‘Dream Realised’ Housing Drive hosted by the Ministry of Housing and Water – Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA). The exercise was held at the MARDS, Complex, Burma Road. The activity was led by Minister of Housing and […]
– Assures that Govt will develop enabling environment to encourage use of ICT Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d), the Honourable Mark Phillips said that the Government recognises that digital resilience is pivotal to sustained economic and social development in the rapid expansion of information technology and the digital network transformation era. The Senior Government Official made […]
International News agency, headquartered in New York, Bloomberg News, has joined the scores of organisations praising the government’s unconventional approach to handling the large quantities of oil estimated to be located offshore Guyana. Bloomberg was established with the intention of delivering business and finance-related news to its subscribers. In a recent episode of its podcast, […]
– Min Mustapha leads inspection Following approximately four inches of rainfall recorded today and the anticipated high-intensity rainfall in the coming days, a team from the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), led by Hon. Zulfikar Mustapha inspected drainage pumps and sluices in the city with the view of making any necessary interventions to avoid […]
– Closing arguments presented On Tuesday, Guyana presented its closing arguments to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), on the preliminary objections raised by Venezuela on the validity of the October 3, 1899 Arbitral Award. In his closing remarks at the Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Guyana’s agent in the case Carl Greenidge said that […]