Month: January 2022

Georgetown: Taxpayers in the public and private sector will now be paying less tax, as the income tax threshold is budgeted to be increased from $65,000 to $75,000 monthly. Senior…

Georgetown: The Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) 20,000 scholarship initiative has been allocated $1.3 billion to continue the development of Guyana’s human resources in 2022. Senior Minister in the…

Georgetown: Reducing the cost of electricity by 50 per cent remains a front burner target for government. With that, the sum of $29.4 billion has been budgeted in Budget 2022…

Georgetown: Over $6.8 billion of the Ministry of Health’s $73.2 Billion budget has been earmarked to boost the Government’s immunisation programme this year. This sum will also facilitate the procurement…

Georgetown: A whopping $76.7 billion has been budgeted in the 2022 National Budget to improve roads and bridges countrywide. Senior Minister in the Office of the President Dr. Ashni Singh…

Georgetown: His Excellency Dr. Irfaan Ali has assured that Budget 2022 will in no way introduce new burdens or taxes on Guyanese people but rather will support the country’s transformative…

Georgetown: Opposition Leader Joesph Harmon has tendered his resignation on Wednesday following massive pressure from the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R). His resignation sets…

Georgetown: Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips has reassured the nation that all the mega projects of the PPP/C Government  will be completed during its first five years in office.…

Georgetown: Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat has reaffirmed that the US$900 million gas-to-energy project that will cut energy costs by 50 per cent, will be Guyana’s most transformational project.…