–reaffirms its unwavering support of the island GUYANA and Cuba have enjoyed close collaboration on health, education, culture and sports since the establishment of diplomatic ties in December 1972,

– dubbed “an adventure of a lifetime” THE 12th Pakaraima Mountain Safari was launched last Friday by Minister of Tourism (ag), Mr Irfaan Ali and the 2014 Safari from

THE Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development Tuesday signed a US$1.5M agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the Guyana Solid Waste Management Project. The three-component

-makes $6B provision in Budget 2014 GOVERNMENT’S commitment to the sugar industry has never been in doubt; and while there have been those who believe that the industry is

THE submission of a paper to government entitled ‘Concept paper for the improvement of the Georgetown Harbour through public/private sector partnership’ has seen results as an allocation for Port Georgetown

GUYANA’S economy in 2013 performed well, recording 5.2 % growth, despite a year underlined by parliamentary difficulties surrounding cuts to the national budget, and a global economy that had

-financial feasibility study to be completed for bypass road from Ogle to Eccles SEVERAL key roads and bridges projects, all aimed at alleviating much of the current traffic bottlenecks

-critical infrastructural works to be done HIGH on Government’s agenda, through its Justice Sector budgetary allocation, will be to further consolidate the advances already made within the sector. Finance

* $32.2B for education, 2013 allocation was $28.5B * US$10M Universal Secondary Education initiative * $450M for UG student loan programme * $1.4B for UG campuses THE Education sector