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Despite the Coalition Government’s continuous presentation of early budgets, the rate of Government spending remains woefully short, so much so that Finance Minister Winston Jordan has admitted that Government is more than 30 per cent behind in its Public Sector investment. The Minister made this admission during the opening of the Finance Ministry’s Budget 2018 preparation and sensitisation training workshop on Monday. According to the Minister, at the end of June 2017, less than 30 per cent of the Public Sector Investment Programme (PSIP) had been expended. Jordan cautioned the…

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…focuses on reducing prison population, youth detention With the aim of reducing the population within the local prison system, Trinidadian expert Peter Pursglove, SC, has returned for a second round of consultations this week in an effort to garner the relevant information and data to complete a study on alternatives to pre-trial detention. Pursglove was contracted under the Government of Guyana and the Inter-American Development Bank’s Citizen Security Strengthening Programme (CSSP). The consultant is currently meeting with a number of senior Government functionaries, members of the Judiciary and magistracy, technical…

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Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman, said that the forestry sector brought in an estimated US$19M in the first half of 2017 adding that it is significantly less owing to the fact that one of the major exporters no longer operates in the industry. Trotman explained that the sector is going relatively well and that they are on target to bring in good earnings from foreign exchange. He added emphasis is now “on sustainable development, sustainable use of our forest so Guyanese can expect less logs being shipped out.” The minister…

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The teenager who is the key witness against murder accused Marcus Bisram in the Faiyaz Narinedatt murder trial and who was poisoned turned up at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, but before he could take the stand, he had to leave for medical reasons. As the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) was about to commence, an attorney was also arrested by the Police for trying to interfere with the course of justice in what could be described as a day of high drama. Attorney-at-Law Chandra Sohan was taken into custody after…

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The decision taken by Dr Rupert Roopnaraine to rescind his resignation on Wednesday last was not guided by the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Executive Member Dr David Hinds has said. Dr Roopnaraine’s rescindment occurred three days after he submitted his resignation to President David Granger. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday at Rodney House in Queenstown, Georgetown, Hinds told media operatives that Dr Roopnaraine did not need to consult with the WPA and the decision of whether or not the former Education Minister chose to remain in his position was…

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Twenty-five newly-appointed District Education Officers (DEOs) have been appointed to service the 10 Administrative Regions. They benefited from a two-day workshop, which ended Tuesday at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD), Kingston. The initiation workshop was held under the theme “Education Officers – Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Excellence”. Acting Education Minister Nicolette Henry said the workshop was important to realising the quality changes the sector needs. She also committed the Government’s support to the DEOs so that they would make a difference in their assigned districts.…

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The University of Guyana has launched its School of Entrepreneur and Business Innovation (SEBI) which seeks to educate and develop entrepreneurial, innovative leaders and managers with the needed skill. SEBI will contribute to the development of an entrepreneurial and innovative culture in Guyana, through its training, lecture series, research and outreach efforts. The school’s programmes will facilitate significant cross-discipline collaboration, allowing students in other areas to participate in studies and projects on agro-processing, healthcare management, creative arts management, and environmental management, just to name a few. SEBI’s student philosophy is…

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– Major General (ret’d) Joe Singh and Dr. Carl Niamatali to provide expertise Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, on Wednesday, announced during the quarterly meeting of the Disaster Risk Reduction Coordinating Committee, held at the headquarters of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), that Major General (ret’d) Joe Singh, at the request of President David Granger will join that body, given his wealth of knowledge and experience in disaster risk management, according to a government release. Dr. Carl Niamatali was also introduced as a new member, who has offered his…

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Government has come under severe criticism from the Opposition for requesting G$130 million to be used as a subsidy for the establishment of a Special Purpose Unit at the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) — to assist with the divestment of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo). Former Junior Finance Minister Juan Edghill has opined that the purpose of establishing this unit is to create employment for special people who are already earmarked for these jobs, and it is only a matter of time before the Government names those…

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