Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo says that the move by the Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to walk out of the Budget debates on the last day is “political cowardice.” Just after Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo concluded his presentation on the Budget, PPP members took to their feet and stormed out of the National Assembly in a repeat of what happened ...

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has fired back at Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman over allegations that “productive forests” were “shared out” under the former PPP administration. This is after Trotman told the House on Thursday that on his ascension to office, an alarming discovery was made relative to forestry in Guyana. “We discovered that 100% or all of our productive ...

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is urging that the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) request a 50% increase in salaries for public servants when it commences it’s negotiations on salary increases. Jagdeo, one of the speakers on the final day of Budget 2016 said that this request should be made because some Ministers of Government have also benefited from a 50% ...

State Minister Joseph Harmon called on the Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to come to the table with workable solutions rather than just coming to point out problems. Harmon made the statement as he presented his take on the 2016 Budget debate on Friday in the National Assembly. He accused the Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo of “pandering” in front of ...

 Newly sworn in Chairman of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Stanley Ming has pledged to see that the mining community grows and enhances as he says he will oversee the unshackling of the sector. Ming made the comment as the new board for the Commission was sworn in with representatives from different stakeholders on Friday morning. Replacing ex-Chairman ...

Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman has revealed that all of Guyana’s productive forest areas was “shared out” under the former People’s Progressive Party/Civic administration. Productive forest has been defined as forestland capable of producing forest products of at least 20 cubic feet per acre per year. Trotman made the revelation while delivering his contribution to the Budget 2016 in the ...

Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman has called out the Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo over his absence at the presentation of Budget 2016. Trotman making speaking in the National Assembly on Thursday declared that the move by Jagdeo to absent himself from the Opposition benches at the time of the presentation of the Budget by Finance Minister Winston Jordan ...

Former Education Minister Priya Manickchand says that she cannot support the 2016 Budget presented to the National Assembly by Finance Minister Winston Jordan since it doesn’t cater for all of Guyana. Dubbing the budget a “stagnation budget” Manickchand delivered a blast of feral proportions to the Government. “From what is said in the budget I think we can garner what ...

Amna Ally, Minister of Social Cohesion has defended her Ministry saying that it is necessary. This is against the backdrop of several statements made during the 2016 debate that the Ministry is being used for ‘social bribery.” However, Ally during her budget presentation stated that anyone who would see to change the name of the Ministry in such a manner ...

Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Minister and Vice President Carl Greenidge Thursday accused the Nicolas Maduro led government of Venezuela of attempting to derail a process that would lead to the resolution of a current border controversy. Greenidge announced plans to lodge complaints with United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon and the Security Council  about a speech by Venezuela’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Delcy ...