Monday, June 8, 2026
Monday, June 8, 2026
Politics
Allocation for Linden Electricity Company increased; Patterson comes under fire for spate of blackoutsThe increase in allocation for the Linden Electricity Company for 2017 has aroused concerns by the Parliamentary Opposition This resulted…
Opposition raises concern over $109M allocated for legal fees; Budget for Legal Affairs approvedHavoc broke loose in the National Assembly this afternoon as the Opposition and Government sides clashed over the allocation of…
Committee of Supply approves $2.46B Indigenous Peoples Affairs budgetMinister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs, Valerie Garrido-Lowe in response to a question raised by Opposition MP, Nigel…
Over $990M current expenditure approved for Ministry of Indigenous People’s AffairsMinister within the Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Valerie Garrido- Lowe in the Committee of Supply of the National Assembly,…
$1.7M salary for Commissioner of Information; no staff, no office & no accountabilityAs the Consider of Estimates continued in the Committee of Supply of the National Assembly, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has…
New passport office for Linden, New AmsterdamMinister of Citizenship, Winston Felix, who defended the allocation for the citizenship and immigration service programme, under the Ministry of…
Smart City Solutions bashes PSC on “Uninformed” comments on Parking MetersSmart City Solutions (SCS) in a statement on Tuesday bashed the Private Sector Commission (PSC) for releasing what it terms…
Public servants deserve more than $25,000 bonus-RoheeThe Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) wants more to be done for Public servants this Christmas season. This sentiment was expressed…
Trump formally announces ExxonMobil’s CEO as Secretary of State(NY Daily News) President-elect Donald Trump formally announced his choice of ExxonMobil’s CEO, Rex Tillerson as his Secretary of State…
Consideration of Estimates: $100M for contract employees at MOTP; Higher quality of birth certificates now being producedThe Consideration of the 2017 National Budget Estimates has begun in the Committee of Supply of the National Assembly beginning…
“This is the best Cabinet possible”; No changes in 2017- PresidentThe Head of State says he is pleased with the performance of his Ministers during the year 2016 and therefore…
Trump is reportedly picking ExxonMobil’s CEO for secretary of state(Business Insider) ExxonMobil's CEO, Rex Tillerson, who has helmed the energy giant for the last decade and struck deals around…
President says GPF dedication and commitment will make Guyana safe again(Ministry of the Presidency) President David Granger, on Friday evening, told the Inspectors, Sergeants and other senior Police officials gathered…
$25,000 bonus for public servants earning below $500,000Finance Minister, Winston Jordan in his presentation this afternoon which closed off the debate on Budget 2017, announced that Government…
Finance Minister targets private sector over its bombarding of Gov’t for concessionsThe Private sector today came in for a “licking” from Finance Minister, Winston Jordan over its numerous requests for concessions…
GuySuCo paid over $80.1M in severance pay- PM NagamootooPrime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo on Friday disclosed that GY$80, 155, 000 were paid to 93 sacked workers from the Wales…
Opposition’s contributions have not convinced Gov’t to alter Budget 2017- PresidentWhile the debate on Budget 2017 is ongoing, President, David Granger on Thursday noted that the administration has not seen…
