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Analysis of expenditureIntroduction Under normal circumstances, the caption of this section would be by and large accurate.

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.

Pro-Poor Policies The word “poor” was used two times and the word “poverty” once in the 2020 Budget while in the last (2019) Budget Speech of the Coalition Government the word “poverty” was used five times.

Paragraph 4.130 of the Budget Speech states emphatically that the PPP/C will “immediately engage the oil and gas companies in better contract administration/renegotiation”.

By Alissa Trotz Alissa Trotz is Editor of the In the Diaspora Column On Friday September 11th (birth anniversary of Andaiye, social justice warrior and co-founder of Red Thread), Red Thread invited all Guyanese to a virtual speakout streamed live on Facebook (you can view it on Red Thread Women: Crossroads Women’s Centre).

As Minister Edghill proudly declared “this administration is decidedly pro-Guyana, pro-private sector”.

On 30 September 2019, the Auditor General presented to the Speaker of the National Assembly his report on the audit of the public accounts for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2018.

Murdered children lying in bushes expose Guyana’s shame. Our secrets are known.

Wearing a brown New York Yankees cap and the now customary mask, a composed Gladson Henry looked straight ahead last Wednesday, and spoke simply and plainly from his great, big heart.

-Seriously! Any hope for Vendor-City Georgetown? What do I mean by “17-month mindset”?

One of the advantages of the parliamentary aspect of Guyana’s semi-presidential political system is that it could foster consensus in ethnically divided and conflict-ridden situations (Lijphart, Arend (1984) ‘Democracies: Patterns of Majoritarian and Consensus Government in Twenty- One Countries,’ Yale University Press).

How well prepared is the Caribbean to respond to the politically led emergence of ‘vaccine nationalism’, an approach likely to see countries with advanced bio-pharma facilities initially restrict the availability of a COVID-19 vaccine?

After 15 months, the National Assembly met last Tuesday for the first time under the new Administration.

By Immaculata Casimero, Varshnie Herman, Timothy Williams and Medino Abraham Immaculata Casimero is Wapichan from South Rupununi.

This Op-Ed has been authored by: David Singh, PhD. Natural Resource Management Practitioner, Adjunct Faculty, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University; Rory Fraser, PhD.

Many Guyanese choose silence when the politicians they support are in power.

The promise of inclusion: Persons and projects With all the happenings “of national significance” which now abound around us – battling with the COVID-19 plague for attention – I am often tempted to throw in the towel.

Despite the progressive steps made in the workplace, it still remains filled with barriers that make it difficult for women to navigate professional environments.

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread, a private liability entity based in Guyana, and virtually unknown outside, hurriedly paid a negligible fee in pounds sterling and was newly incorporated with Companies House, the United Kingdom’s (UK) registrar, in Cardiff, Wales.

Not for the first time, a week ago a senior Alliance for Change (AFC) member left the party, claiming that ‘over the years I have been at loggerheads with the executive.