In a bid to stimulate the growth of small businesses and budding entrepreneurs, the National Assembly has approved government’s proposed $300 million for the Small Business Bureau’s (SBB) Development Fund. Speaking on the floor of the Assembly’s Committee of Supply, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Oneidge Walrond, M.P, assured the body that the budgetary […]
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has re-employed close to 500 persons at the Rose Hall Sugar Estate, to strengthen the factory’s workforce, to begin operation. During the consideration of Estimates and Expenditures of Budget 2022 on Tuesday, Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, M.P, announced that some 41 per cent of works in the factory has been completed. […]
-HR needs assessment to begin shortly Government continues to invest heavily in building the capacity of its human resource with $2.8 billion earmarked for the granting of scholarships. The sum was approved in the Committee of Supply following the consideration of the estimates for the Ministry of Public Service on Monday. Minister, Sonia Parag, said […]
Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo said the PPP/C Government intends for Guyana to be an oil producer in a net zero carbon world. He made the comment in an interview with the New York based publication, Vice News, aired on Monday. The International Energy Agency had launched a report called Net Zero by 2050, which […]
Vital constitutional bodies have been allocated substantial financial amounts for their further development and function on the first day of the consideration of Estimates and Expenditures of Budget 2022. The Committee of Supply gave the nod for $50 million for specific improvements to be made to the parliament office’s infrastructure and to upgrade its equipment. […]
Some $278 million was approved for the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance on Monday, during the first day of consideration of the estimates for Budget 2022. Subject Minister, Gail Teixeira said the ministry intends to raise its profile and promote Guyana as a leader on issues that are at the top of the PPP/C […]The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has begun preparations for the hosting of Local Government Elections (LGE) this year. Some $4.1 billion has been allocated in this year’s budget for GECOM. From that amount $783 million will go towards the hosting of the elections, from which sums will cover security, equipment maintenance, procurement of containers, […]
Money has been approved in budget 2022 for the final payment of the Offshore Patrol Vessel. The first payment of $618 million was made through the 2021 budget for the $2.3 billion patrol vessel. This was disclosed by Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira on Monday in the Committee of Supply. The minister […]
The President’s Youth Advisory Council will be established in the first quarter of 2022 with a sum of $60 million budgeted and approved for that purpose. This was disclosed by Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira on Monday, as the Committee of Supply examined the estimates of the 2022 national budget at the […]
Government Member of Parliament (M.P) Lee Williams said the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government is for all Guyanese regardless of gender, religion, ethnicity or political affiliation. He was at the time sharing the developmental works seen in Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region Seven) under the PPP/C Administration, during his contribution to the budget debate last week. The MP […]