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$300M for 50th anniversary celebrations Nationwide coverage from the best news team in Guyana guyanatimesgy.com

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Issue No. 2752

P11

THE BEACON OF TRUTH

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Govt presents $230B Budget

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WHAT'S INSIDE:

US Embassy, Social Cohesion Ministry to embark on P16 collective developmental projects

... income tax reduction; Agri station for Region 9 … $1200 more for pensions; $5B for Sherriff Street upgrade ... $4B for Hinterland development; fuel price slashed

Budget 2016: antipoor, repackaged – Opposition Leader

Norwegian Ambassador pays courtesy call on Opposition Leader P11

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Girl, 14, P10 disappears without trace

… no salary increases; nothing for rice … no clear poverty reduction, economic plan ... Budget anti development; anti poor; and visionless

Association of Chinese Enterprises launches annual magazine

– after being allegedly raped by police officer

– President Granger delivers keynote address

President David Granger and First Lady Sandra Granger, along with Chinese Ambassador Zhang Limin and his wife at the Association of Chinese Enterprises in Guyana (ACEG) Annual Dinner and Magazine Launch on Friday at the Marriott Hotel. Also in photo are ACEG Chairman Huibao Jin and another representative (Marceano Narine photo)

Zika virus not a pandemic in Guyana – Dr Norton Page 7

Gatekeepers’ Programme must be reinstated – former Health Minister Page 2

– could cost measly $5M annually to save countless lives

Police issue wanted bulletins for 2 others in P14 Bank of Baroda robbery

Rickford P8 Vieira fired from GGMC


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