OPINION: Budget 2026 – the rich gets more, the poor get sores
by GHK Lall If I were a rich man… I’d build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen… ...
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OPINION: Basic food prices: real stats, real-life truths, real pain
By GHK Lall The caption screamed the pain of poor Guyanese: “Basic food items up 75% in the last four ...
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WPA calls on coalition to include direct oil money transfers to poor people in election promises
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Carl Greenidge, WPA executive members clash on direct cash transfers from oil money
Professor David Hinds (left) and former Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge. Former Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge has confirmed that the Guyana ...
Scrap taxes instead of giving ‘oil money’ handouts – Investment Fund Manager
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New Public Service Minister intends to take WPA positions to Cabinet; getting oil cash transfers to poor a priority
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