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$500M increase in budget 2017 for Guyana contributions to int’l organisations
Guyana's contribution to international organisations has increased by some $500M in the 2017 budgeted estimates for the Foreign Ministry. The...
Read moreDetailsOpposition Chief Whip urges Foreign Minister to justify $200M hike in foreign contract employees
Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira has asked Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge to justify a $200M increase in the amount allocated...
Read moreDetailsMinister Greenidge confident in UN chief’s recommendation for Venezuela border controversy
While the Guyana Government hoped for a resolution to the border controversy with Venezuela before UN Secretary General Ban Ki...
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Finance Minister says low oil price$$ benefited ‘troublemaker’ GPL; Jagdeo says customers never felt it
Finance Minister Winston Jordan surrounded by his team at today's press conference The Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) continues to be,...
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Indigenous communities call for independent land commission amidst alleged ‘threats, harassment’ from gov’t officials
Stemming from a three-year research from 2012 into land claims and conflicts of 42 indigenous settlements in Guyana's regions 1...
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Stranded Dynamic Airways Guyanese passengers at JFK on their way home- Captain Gouveia
Relief has come for 280 Dynamic Airways passengers stranded at JFK International Airport in New York over the weekend, according...
Read moreDetails$298M still owed on D’Urban Park, contractors can sue building company- Minister Jordan
Finance Minister Winston Jordan surrounded by his team at today's press conference The $500M allocated for Homestretch Development Inc in...
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PPP seeks image makeover ; rules out bringing back “hypocrites”
A section of the attendees at the PPP's 31st Congress at Cotton Field Secondary School. Still reeling from accusations of...
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Local Government Commission by end of 2017 says Communities Minister Bulkan
Although $30M has been allocated for the Local Government Commission in 2017, the constitutional body is yet to be established...
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BORDER CONTROVERSY: Guyana, Venezuela welcome UN Secretary General’s decision
President David Granger and United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon. Guyana and Venezuela Friday night welcomed the decision by...
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