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For weeks residents of ‘A’ Field Sophia have been without water.

Plagued by prolonged delays, missed deadlines, shoddy work and pricey revisions, Guyana’s Chinese-funded and contracted international airport expansion project is proving another expensive embarrassment, long dogged by controversy from its shady start.

When it was recognized that COVID-19 was not going anywhere for now, one of the first things I thought about was how it would impact our unnecessarily overpopulated prison system.

– Some positives from the Pandemic This working-class, man-in-the street column has survived virtually twenty-seven (27) years.

Over the last few weeks the major political parties have been speaking again of the need for constitutional reform, and generally the pace of change is so rapid that the only way to keep abreast is to consistently collaborate and change.

Despite the understandable desire by some in tourism to talk up a ‘return to normal’, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that the industry’s recovery from the pandemic will be slow and uncertain, largely because infection rates in the region’s principal overseas markets continue to rise.

More than 100 wildfires continue to rage in the states of California, Oregon and Portland, causing deaths to at least 35 people, massive destruction to property and displacement of thousands of residents.

By Stephen Kinzer Stephen Kinzer is an award-winning author and foreign correspondent who has covered more than 50 countries on five continents.

Sunday, September 13th, 2020 Parade Ground George-town was the first scene of another display of weeping and mourning that would continue along the East Coast of Demerara and culminate in Berbice.

We have long taken ethnic unease into our homes and swaddled it under blankets of mutual loathing.

Welcome Secretary Pompeo, Welcome Mike! Besides the now annual National Budget Review by Ram and McRae, I found myself looking out for some form of critique from the immediate past Finance Minister.

Yesterday’s historic visit to Guyana by the United States (US) Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo has prompted a public frenzy of conspiracy theories, ranging from an impending invasion of neighbouring Venezuela to pressing the new Government on its hold-up of the Payara permit for American oil giant ExxonMobil.

Today’s historic visit to Guyana by the United States (US) Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo has prompted a public frenzy of conspiracy theories, ranging from an impending invasion of neighbouring Venezuela to pressing the new Government on its hold-up of the Payara permit for American oil giant ExxonMobil.

The U.S. Embassy welcomes information from concerned citizens who are aware of visa fraud.

Not for the first time the various requests for information about the reasoning underlying many  decision in the 2020 budget suggest that if there is one aspect of government business that needs to be reformed it is the manner in which budgets are conceived, constructed, examined, passed and monitored by the general public, stakeholders and parliament.

Over the last twelve months the Caribbean has been able to demonstrate through the ballot box that its democracies remain strong.

The four hour long Budget Speech 2020 presented by Bishop Juan Edghill was one of many firsts: the latest Budget in the history of this country, the first budget of the Irfaan Ali Administration, the first presented outside of the Public Buildings and significantly the first presented by an Administration of which no substantive the Minister of Finance has been appointed.

 2019 ■             Growth in Real GDP of 5.4% compared with an initial target of 4.9%. 

Introduction The rather extensive sub-theme of the 2020 Budget was “Protecting our People in a COVID-19 Environment, Strengthening Democracy and the Rule of Law, Incentivising Growth and Job Creation, Enhancing Welfare”.

The main elements of the 2020 Plan are: Total current revenues are projected to decrease by $14,109 million to $226,476 million or by 5.9%.