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See below the full statement issued by the Ministry of Finance Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service Dr. Ashni Singh successfully piloted Financial Papers Numbers 3 and 4 for 2024 through the National Assembly when the House this morning approved $84.5 billion in Supplementary Funding
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In an ongoing effort to sensitize consumers about price trends in markets across Guyana, the Ministry of Agriculture through the New Guyana Marketing Corporation (New GMC) will be intensifying its monitoring and reporting of the prices in fresh and agro-processed commodities. This was recently disclosed by Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha. Minister Mustapha noted that a
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A massive blaze on Tuesday afternoon destroyed a storage bond at Industrial Site, Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD). A release from the Guyana Fire Service noted that the call reporting the fire was received at 16:43 hrs. Firefighting teams reportedly arrived at the location by 16:56 hrs. At the time of arrival, the one-story wooden
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Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh confirmed that Guyana experienced significant population growth, as discovered in the 2022 Census conducted by the Bureau of Statistics. Speaking about the progress of the census on Tuesday, Dr. Singh assured the public that preliminary results will be available before the end of the year. “The population has grown, that
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The world is coming to Guyana. So says the marketing slogan of the inaugural Global Super League (GSL), an invitation-only, five-team T20 competition which started Tuesday night. Only lasting 11 days, the tournament is unusually brief, with a ten-match group stage followed by a floodlit, Friday-night final at Providence Stadium in Georgetown. It will be the first
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Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Wednesday announced that restorative justice will become a permanent feature of the justice system as part of efforts to implement a more effective and humane approach to addressing crime. “Restorative justice is here and will become part of our legal systems permanently,” Nandlall said during a training on Wednesday. The
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See full statement from the Ministry of Health: On Tuesday, the Ministry of Health’s Georgetown School of Nursing hosted its Biennial Graduation Ceremony, celebrating the institution’s largest cohort of graduates since its establishment in 1945. A total of 434 healthcare professionals, including Registered Nurses, Nursing Assistants, and Midwives, completed their training. Graduating were 201 Registered
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The Guyana Amazon Warriors kicked off the inaugural Global Super League with an emphatic six-wicket victory over the Lahore Qalandars on Tuesday, thrilling their home fans with a clinical all-round performance in Providence. The win, sealed with 12 balls to spare, showcased the Warriors’ depth and intent to make a strong statement in this groundbreaking
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Since the return of the PPP/C government in 2020, Region One has seen significant growth in various sectors with over $52 billion invested in the region over the last four years. This is according to President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali on Tuesday at the sod turning ceremony for a new hospital in the Moruca Subdistrict.
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Mashramani 2025, which was officially launched on Tuesday, is expected to be the largest and most electrifying Mash in Guyana’s history, highlighting Guyana’s diverse cultural heritage. This was emphasised by Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr. during a press conference at the ministry’s head office on Main Street, Georgetown. Some of the
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