Daily Features

It is almost impossible to find a woman who has not been subjected to some form of sexual harassment.

Kudos, Cabinet Notwithstanding its extreme reluctance to release the contract signed by Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman with Esso Exploration and Production (Guyana) Limited and two Joint Partners some eighteen months ago, Cabinet deserves credit for its decision to make the contract public in December.

-His Excellency as Comrade-Leader There are occasions when you are quite aggressively upset with a generosity, a gift, even advice offered when you should accept “philosophically” (as in “calmness of temper and judgement”).

Focus on Guyana’s National Budget 2018 represents the twenty-eighth edition of this Ram & McRae annual publication which highlights, reviews and comments on the major issues surrounding and raised in the National Budget.

Focus 2018 begins with a correction of a statement in Focus 2017 that Budget 2017 was the earliest national budget ever been presented in post-independence Guyana.

2017 FactsGrowth in Real GDP of 2.9% compared with initial and revised targets of 3.8% and 3.1% respectively.

Financial Review Current Revenue for 2017 is projected at $192,673 million, exceeding budget by $6,651 million or 4%.

Introduction The Minister of Finance, Mr. Winston Jordan, presented the fourth budget of the APNU/AFC Coalition – with “The Journey to the Good Life Continues” as its theme.

The current balance projects a surplus of $6,741 million, a decrease of $3,537 million or 34% over revised 2017.

The United States Embassy is happy to answer some common questions that non-immigrant visa holders and applicants may have.

Current Non-Interest Expenditure Expenditure in the National Budget is incurred under a number of categories.

In this section we consider the measures announced by the Minister, analyse them, evaluate their impact and discuss the extent to which they provide useful economic benefits to stakeholders.

The existing floating Demerara Bridge built forty years ago has outlived its technical and economic life.

It is now just over the halfway stage of the life of the current Parliament.

Introduction Taxation without representation was one of the causes of the American Revolution and has ever since been an emotive appeal for those who consider themselves aggrieved by injustice.

“Oh, naughty, naughty Clara, how could you serve me so? I’ll go to Demerara, if you tell me to go.

Once again, Finance Minister Winston Jordan has delivered an early Budget which should be passed before the beginning of the new year.

The Christmas season is as good as any to indulge in ‘lite’ nostalgic ruminations and what follows in two parts tells the story of a minor event leading up to the political ascendency of Robert Mugabe.

This is adapted from a longer interview carried on The Real News Network on November 18, 2017: http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20494:Turmoil-in-Zimbabwe-May-Present-New-Opportunities.

Last week, we began a discussion of the report of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) on the procurement of pharmaceuticals for the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).