After hours of deliberations, the National Assembly late Monday evening approved over $2 billion in extra budgetary funds to meet a variety of needs including sums for a University of Guyana Medical School re-accreditation site visit, an out-of-court settlement for works done at the Haags Bosch Sanitary Landfill and salaries for the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU).
Minister of Finance Winston Jordan had tabled Financial