SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – More defendants are negotiating and signing plea bargain deals in a massive bribery case focused on Brazil’s state-run oil firm Petrobras as federal prosecutors prepare charges against higher-profile suspects, including politicians.
Focus on Guyana’s National Budget 2015 represents the twenty-fifth edition of this Ram & McRae annual publication which highlights, reviews and comments on the major issues surrounding and raised in the National Budget.
This is the first Budget of the Granger Administration, the first for the Eleventh Parliament and the first for Mr.
2014 Facts Growth in Real GDP of 3.8% compared with a revised target of 4.5% and an initial target of 5.6%.
Overall real growth is projected at 3.4% in 2015 with the non-sugar economy and the sugar economy projected to grow by 3.8% and 1.7% respectively.
The Government’s projected Financial Plan for 2015 is summarised and tabled on page 27 of this Publication.
Current Non-Interest Expenditure In this section we consider how the budgeted expenditure is allocated among the principal Ministries, Departments, Regions and Programmes.
Section 6 of the 2015 Budget Speech contains twenty-nine paragraphs covering 15Budget measures.
The purpose of this section is to draw to the attention of policy makers the challenging issues faced by the country, whether arising out of the Budget presentation or otherwise.
President Granger in one of his first moves made one of the most sweeping restructuring of the Ministries and Departments of the Government.
It is what we have waited to hear for decades – the announcement of a significant oil find in Guyana!
Following the election on November 28, 2011, Focus 2012 in Commentary and Analysis did a piece called President Ramotar’s One Hundred Days.
Article 38G of the Constitution guaranteeing the freedom of the public service from political influence, one of the changes from the Herdmanston Constitutional reform process, did not matter to the PPP/C.
The task of preparing Budget 2015 nearly eight months into the year was made even more difficult by the wholesale revamp of Ministries and Departments.
At about 1245h. today, the police said that during efforts to arrest a suspect who is wanted for questioning pending enquiries into a matter of an armed robbery and murder, the police had cause to discharge rounds which accidentally damaged the window of a building at Meadow Brook Gardens, Georgetown.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry declared a new era in relations as he celebrated restored diplomatic ties in Havana today, but he also urged political change in Cuba, telling Cubans they should be free to choose their own leaders.
A high-voltage clash between GPL Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bharat Dindyal and his deputy which also drew in Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson has led to the ending of the CEO’s stewardship as of today.
Government’s Director of Public Information, Imran Khan today issued a statement announcing that Chief Executive Officer Bharat Dindyal’s tenure with GPL will end today.
With 20 Grade One passes, Victoria Najab, of the privately-run Saraswati Vidya Niketan (SVN) in Region Three, is the unofficial top performer at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.
Two cousins are now dead following an accident on the Lima Public Road, Essequibo Coast at around 01:15am yesterday.
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