December 2024

See below full statement from the Ministry of Finance:  The Ministry of Finance has taken note of specious and baseless claims by some people in the public domain that dead people were registered for the 100,000 Government of Guyana cash grant that is currently being implemented in regions of the country. The Ministry would like
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Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service, Dr. Ashni Singh confirmed Tuesday that a large number of public sector employees under the purview of various Government Ministries across the country, including teachers and health workers have started to receive their $100,000 cash grants as part of
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A major milestone has been reached in Guyana’s ambitious Gas-to-Energy project, with the arrival of two cutting-edge steam turbines and two advanced oil tanks, LNDCH4, the joint-venture company building out the project has announced. Delivered on December 21, 2024, these components are key to the project which will play a pivotal role in transforming the
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In a significant boost to his budding athletic career, multi-talented national athlete Zion Hickerson has signed a one-year sponsorship agreement with ENet, a leading digital service provider in Guyana. This partnership aims to support the young prodigy as he seeks to excel in multiple sports locally and internationally. ENet, recognised as Guyana’s foremost provider of
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By Monday afternoon, the second power ship was fully connected to the Guyana and Power Light (GPL) grid, producing and adding 60MW of power. The addition of this new power source bolsters GPL’s generation capacity, bringing it to 265MW, well above the holiday season’s peak demand of 195MW. Minister within the Ministry of Public Works,
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The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has uncovered a tax evasion scheme involving false declarations on the importation of luxury motor vehicles, resulting in an estimated loss of hundreds of millions in revenue. According to the GRA, some importers, including auto dealers, have deliberately underreported the engine capacities (cc) of luxury vehicles to evade paying the
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The game witnessed two majestic hundreds, from Harleen Deol and Hayley Matthews. Where Deol had support of three other half-centurions in the Indian innings, Matthews had none. And that in a monumental chase of 359 was simply not good enough. The end result was another one-sided affair that gave India the ODI series with one match remaining, but
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Since the Government of Guyana launched its special prosecutors programme, 60 or more of those persons are operating as prosecutors in the magistrates’ courts to ensure that the State’s interests are better represented. Prior to this, the State had to rely, almost exclusively on police prosecutors. Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall,
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