Tag: Ministry of Finance
More persons to be employed in Region Ten as US BPO...
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The Government continues in its aggressive efforts to ensure that employment is increased throughout the country with its support to...
160 buildings in Capital city up for revaluation says City Treasurer
Officials at City Hall are working closely with the Valuation Department of the Finance Ministry to have some 160 properties around the capital city...
Partial privatization in sugar industry and other standards are steps to...
The Government, Finance Minister Winston Jordan recently disclosed has been doing some work in the ailing sugar sector. He revealed too that the Berbice...
Suspend and Review VAT on Private Education- Concerned Parent
A group calling itself, Guyana’s Private Schools United today (Thursday, March 23, 2017) organized and hosted its first protest against Valued Added Tax (VAT)...
Jagdeo maintains that there is a shortage in foreign currency
By Stacy Carmichael-James
Finance Minister Winston Jordan’s recent assurance that there is no shortage of foreign currency has been rejected by General Secretary of...
National housing strategy to be realised as $1.7M US technical agreements...
The Finance Minister earlier today signed three Technical Assistance Agreements with the Inter- American Development Bank (IDB) totaling US1, 762,250.00 to promote aviation safety,...
$24.9B Finance Ministry budget passed; FIU gets $145.1M
The $24.9B Ministry of Finance budget was today (Wednesday December 21, 2016) approved in the Committee of Supply of the National Assembly.
Justifying this allocation...
UNDP sponsoring conference aimed at improving Guyana’s Livelihoods Programmes
The Ministry of Finance's “Using Evidence and Evaluation to Improve Guyana’s Livelihoods Programmes” three-day conference commenced this morning at the Cara Lodge, Georgetown.
The event...
Bartica Chamber of Commerce & Industry bemoans 2017 “monster” Budget
In light of the recent 2017 budget announcement by the Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, of a possible attraction of 14% Value Added Tax on...
Finance Minister targets private sector over its bombarding of Gov’t for...
The Private sector today came in for a “licking” from Finance Minister, Winston Jordan over its numerous requests for concessions without any plan of...