Guyana News

Owing to a number of external and internal factors, including intense rainfall and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Guyana saw food prices rising by some 11.6% in 2021 according to Senior Minister with  responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of January 25th, 2022, six more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

A 1.6-megawatt Caterpillar generator caught on fire yesterday morning at the Guyana Power and Light Inc.

Amid questions over cost, feasibility and the projected demand for power, the PPP/C government on Tuesday morning brushed aside an APNU+AFC motion for a pause in the planned gas to energy project with Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat arguing that the scheme will end blackouts and cut the electricity cost by half.

In an effort to restore and preserve law and order at all levels of society, the Government has allocated $47.9 billion towards public safety and security in the 2022 budget.

Ryan Alberts who in a drunken rage back in 2016 stabbed and killed one of his friends and injured another who intervened as a peacemaker, was yesterday sentenced to four years in prison by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow.

Government has budgeted some $887 million for infrastructure needed to support the largescale cultivation of corn and soya bean by private investors in order to safeguard the country’s livestock feed supply.

An East Bank Berbice boat captain is now at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after he was shot on Tuesday evening during a robbery at his home in Glasgow New Housing Scheme.

The government has earmarked a total of $74.4 billion for the education sector in the 2022 national budget and Minister with responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh yesterday detailed plans for improving school buildings, expanding the national feeding programme, better integration of ICT, and increased training for both teachers and young people. 

Some $21.1B has been allocated for the construction of the new, fixed four-lane high span Demerara River Bridge in this year’s budget, Minister of Finance Dr Ashini Singh said during his presentation yesterday.

Two bandits armed with a gun and cutlass pounced on an Edinburgh Village, East Bank Berbice Imam on Sunday evening robbing him of his late wife’s jewellery and cash.

A state-of-the art paediatric and maternal hospital is listed among the capital projects to be funded under the Ministry of Health’s budget this year, Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh announced yesterday.

The Speaker of the National Assembly, on Monday, acknowledged a motion of no-confidence brought against him by members of the Opposition explaining that it would go through the “regular procedure.”

This year, $743.7m will be spent to develop the fisheries sector which has been plagued by low catches and other challenges, Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh said yesterday during the presentation of the 2022 budget.

Tavita Natasha Lall continued yesterday to battle for her life at the Georgetown Public Hospital after she was allegedly set alight by her common-law husband on January, 14, at their house in Number 64 Village, Corentyne, and her mother is in desperate need of assistance as she cannot afford to travel every day to the city to look after her daughter Lall, 42, a cleaner at the Tagore Memorial Secondary School, sustained burn injuries from her nose all the way to her legs.

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh this afternoon announced income tax relief.

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh today announced an increase in the old age pension and public assistance payment.

The 2022 budget today announced $180m in support for dialysis patients.

The 2022 budget speech delivered by Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh today announced that the excise tax rate on gasoline and diesel will be cut immediately from 20 to 10 percent.

Tax relief was this afternoon announced in the 2022 budget on the import of new motor trucks, haulers, pickups and other equipment.