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House passes education, justice and agri allocations uncut
The National Assembly has unanimously passed the budget allocations for the education, justice and agriculture sectors without amendments. Consideration of...
Read moreDetailsFirst Lady’s Office budget could be cut
President Donald Ramotar and First Lady, Deolatchmie Ramotar. The opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) proposes to cut the...
Read moreDetailsGov’t to consult on reviving ailing sugar industry
Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy responding to opposition questions during consideration of the estimates of Guyana's 2013 National Budget....
Read moreDetailsBird smuggler gets six months in US jail
Marlon Harriram (New York Daily News) A birdbrained smuggler nabbed at Kennedy Airport with nine singing finches from Guyana hidden...
Read moreDetailsGov’t says budget cuts ruling leaves it in precarious position
(L-R) Attorney General Anil Nandlall; Junior Finance Minister Juan Edghill; Prime Minister Samuel Hinds; Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh; and...
Read moreDetailsEast Bank Berbice residents threaten to block Indian Arrival Day motorcade if they don’t get new road
Residents of East Bank Berbice on Tuesday picketed outside Parliament Building, threatening to prevent an Indian Arrival Day motorcade from...
Read moreDetailsSpeaker rules in favour of budget cuts
Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman on Tuesday ruled that the opposition could amend the budget. Handing down his...
Read moreDetailsMahaicony businessman, passerby shot by bandit
A businessman was shot and robbed outside the High Court shortly after leaving a city commercial bank, reports say. A...
Read moreDetailsSpeaker to rule on budget cuts admissibility
Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman is to rule on Tuesday whether some GUY$35.5B in budget cuts proposed by...
Read moreDetailsCARILED appoints successor to Guyanese Naresh Singh
Alix Yule Two months after Guyanese Dr. Naresh Singh resigned as Programme Director of the Caribbean Local Economic Development Project...
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