-growth projected at 10.6% -US$2.5b in oil revenue to be spent this year By Milton Grannum Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh yesterday presented a $1.382t budget, 20.6% bigger than last year, and a whopping US$2.5b in oil money will be injected into the Consolidated Fund this year but GDP growth will be around 10.6% compared to the stratospheric 43.6% last year.
A man of apparent unsound mind was on Thursday night shot in his thigh after menacing a policeman with a pair scissors.
A fire of unknown origin completely destroyed a two-storey concrete building at Ruimzigt on the West Coast Demerara yesterday afternoon.
The deaths of two men at Mahaicony on Wednesday have brought into sharp focus two serious matters that successive governments have failed to address.
-as prosecution failed to prove its case Cybercrime charges against Detective Sergeant Dion Bascom of the Guyana Police Force were dismissed on Thursday after the prosecution failed to prove its case.
Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh today announced that the income tax threshold will move to $130,000 per month from the current $100,000.
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…but Rizwan, Shakeel half-centuries leave balance delicately poised in opening Test (SportsMax) Jayden Seales delivered a stellar performance, as he snared three early wickets to give the West Indies a promising start in their opening Test against Pakistan at the Multan Cricket Stadium yesterday.
2025 Terrence Ali National Open Championships By Michaelangelo Jacobus The Guyana Boxing Association’s (GBA) Terrence Ali National Open Championship punched off last evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, and saw two of Guyana’s top pugilists in Travis Inverary (Forgotten Youth Foundation) and Collin ‘Superman’ Lewis (GDF) get off to winning starts.
Guyana Harpy Eagles 2nd Trial Match The third day of the second Guyana Harpy Eagles four-day trial match at the Providence National Stadium was dominated by Nial Smith’s XI, as they extended their formidable lead to 455 runs with an impressive batting display.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court yesterday rejected former President Jair Bolsonaro’s appeal for it to reconsider a previous decision barring him from traveling to the U.S.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian President Gustavo Petro suspended peace talks with the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN), today, after accusing the group of committing a war crime in the Catatumbo region.
(Trinidad Express) An employee of Junior Sammy Contractors Limited died yesterday after he was allegedly crushed by a cement truck on the company’s compound.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian deepened military ties between their countries yesterday by signing a 20-year strategic partnership that is likely to worry the West.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A former Mozambique finance minister was sentenced yesterday to 8-1/2 years in prison after being found guilty of participating in a fraud involving $2 billion in loans to three state-owned companies to develop the southern African country’s marine infrastructure.
JERUSALEM/CAIRO, (Reuters) – The Israeli security cabinet approved a ceasefire deal today, paving the way for the return of the first hostages from Gaza as early as Sunday and bringing a halt to 15 months of conflict that have devastated the Palestinian coastal strip.
