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Georgetown Council presents $3.6B ‘Make Georgetown Green’ deficit budget
After months of deliberation among city officials, Council's Finance Committee chair, Oscar Clarke, read out what was a deficit budget...
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Jagdeo criticises President Granger for not holding Press Conference in almost one year
It has been almost 321 days since President David Granger's last press conference in early March 19, 2016, and Opposition Leader...
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AFC hopes oil revenue will help improve relations with APNU
The Alliance For Change (AFC) hopes that the generation of oil revenues and improved economic performance will help ease tensions...
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APNU, AFC leaders settled disagreements directly; no need for “cumbersome” dispute settlement body
Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan and Minister of State, Joseph Harmon. The Alliance For Change (AFC)...
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AFC Leader says won’t compromise party although Granger handpicked him as minister
AFC Leader, Raphael Trotman (centre) flanked by (left to right) party Treasurer, Dominic Gaskin; party Chairman, Khemraj Ramjattan; General Secretary,...
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State Assets Recovery Bill to give Asset Recovery officials same power as Police, Immigration, Customs officers
Government is prepared to institutionalise its state asset recovery machinery with the introduction of the State Assets Recovery Bill tabled...
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Govt, Opposition wage parliamentary battle about VAT on “poor people food”
Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira "Is VAT and VAT and VAT everywhere" decried Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira today in...
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Finance Minister rebukes Smart City Solutions for VAT on Parking Meter Cards
Finance Minister Winston Jordan this evening in the National Assembly took up a concern raised by Opposition Chief Whip Gail...
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Fit and Proper: An Unnecessary Fight
by Attorney-at-Law, Vivian Williams, Esq; LLM When a moment in time presents an opportunity for a historian to leave foot...
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New York Congresswoman concerned Trump’s immigration restrictions may turn to Caribbean
New York (D) Congresswoman Yvette Clarke representing the 9th District representing much of Central Brooklyn. United States Congresswoman, Yvette Clarke,...
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