Taxes represent more than 90 percent of Govt.’s revenue for first half of 2018
Finance Minister, Winston Jordan proudly told the National Assembly on Thursday that the agriculture, fishing and forestry sectors showed great improvements this year. In...
Green State Development Strategy to be presented to Cabinet next month
The Department of the Environment (DoE) is in the advanced stages of finalising the Green State Development Strategy (GSDS) which will be presented to...
CH&PA begins review of housing application backlog to determine those more in need
The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA), has begun the sanitisation of the government housing programme’s application backlog. The exercise will help the CHPA...
Taxi driver caught dropping unlicensed gun remanded
Following a high speed chase on Thursday, during which a 38-year-old taxi driver was caught by police ranks dropping a gun as soon as...
Gold declarations fell 19.4% below original projection – Mid-year Report
In the first half of 2018, declared gold production fell to 288,114 ounces, which translates to 19.4 percent below the original projection and 9.1...
US$460M pre-contract cost not audited due to lack of capacity-Jordan
The controversial US$460M pre-contract costs that ExxonMobil has charged Guyana is yet to be audited. And while Finance Minister, Winston Jordan is aware of...
Jagdeo says Finance Minister will have overall control of National Resources Fund
Government’s Green Paper which outlines the procedures for the management of proceeds from the oil and gas industry, places the Ministry of Finance and...
CARICOM to address migration of Nurses, midwives from the Caribbean
The call for urgent action to address the migration of nurses and midwives from the Region was made during the opening of the Forty-Fifth...
‘Green’ initiatives to be included in ministries’ 2019 National Budget proposals
Several government ministries are expected to include green energy programmes within their 2019 National Budget proposal to further boost the government’s plan to implement...
GDF acquires two planes to be used in search and rescue, tactical observations
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has acquired two Britten-Norman Islanders. The planes arrived in Guyana on Wednesday. According to the Commanding Officer of the...
