GUYANA-With security concerns rivaling economic considerations for the government’s priority, Finance Minister Winston Jordan has announced that a whopping $21B has been allocated to the security sector to tackle the “most pressing and most depressing problem facing our nation today.” Presenting the National Budget for the protracted financial year, Jordan outlined a number of proposals that should be the catalyst for an improved Police Force, and is expected to arrest worrying crime trends that have threatened to undermine the security of the nation. This year’s figure is $1.5B more than that which was allocated for the security sector last year under the People’s Progressive Party/Civic government.( kaieteurnews)…[+]