THURSDAY 16th FEBRUARY, 2023
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No. 106996
$35B for development of Amerindian, hinterland communities - further $4.7B from carbon credit sale to be transferred to villages from next week
AMERINDIAN and hinterland communities will see accelerated development as the government plans to invest $35 billion in 2023, for infrastructural improvements as well as programmes that w i l l i m p ro v e t h e
well-being of Guyana’s Indigenous Peoples. Vi c e P r e s i d e n t , Bharrat Jagdeo made the disclosure while engaging Amerindian leaders on Wednesday at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC).
The massive provision is supplemented by the $4.7 billion (US$22 million) earned from the sale of a percentage of Guyana’s carbon credits to Hess Corporation. “If you look at our budget expenditure
on health, on education, on roads in the hinterland, it’s going to be about $35 billion,” Jagdeo related to over 200 Amerindian leaders who were present at the engagement. FULL STORY ON PAGE 3
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