National Budget

A strong call was this evening made in the National Assembly for Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan to be sent to the Privileges Committee for misleading the House with regards to the establishment of the Local Government Commission.…

The controversial D’Urban Park Project once again has drawn the attention of the National Assembly with the Opposition expressing outrage that some $500M has been budgeted and will be transferred to the Homestretch Development Incorporated…

The increase in allocation for the Linden Electricity Company for 2017 has aroused concerns by the Parliamentary Opposition This resulted in the Opposition MP, Juan Edghill grilling Public Infrastructure Minister, David Patterson, given…

Havoc broke loose in the National Assembly this afternoon as the Opposition and Government sides clashed over the allocation of monies for the Ministry of Legal Affairs,under several headings, which exceeded the sum catered for in the…

Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs, Valerie Garrido-Lowe in response to a question raised by Opposition MP, Nigel Dharamlall clarified that in the execution of the Amerindian Land Titling Project, staff of the…

Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Valerie Garrido- Lowe in the Committee of Supply of the National Assembly, today announced that in early 2017 it is expected that consultations will begin in an effort to commence…

As the Consider of Estimates continued in the Committee of Supply of the National Assembly, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has clarified that a total of $80M has been allocated under his office for the Office of the Commissioner of…

The Consideration of the 2017 National Budget Estimates has begun in the Committee of Supply of the National Assembly beginning with the line items which fall under the Ministry of the Presidency (MOTP). Under Policy Development and…

In light of the recent 2017 budget announcement by the Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, of a possible attraction of 14% Value Added Tax on two basic human needs, water and electricity, the Bartica Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI)…

The Private sector today came in for a “licking” from Finance Minister, Winston Jordan over its numerous requests for concessions without any plan of how this will trickle down to the ordinary consumers. According to Jordan concessions…