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Local telecommunications company, GTT, today announced a major restructuring plan that will see 120 positions within the company being made redundant over the next 12 months. The company currently has more than 700 persons in its employ. In a statement, the company said the move is aimed at aligning the company with the new environment in […]
The Transparency Institute of Guyana Incorporated is once again adding its voice of concern about the implementation of parking meters in Georgetown. As it has done previously, the watchdog group is calling out the City Council over the lack of transparency in its contract and the lead up to the contract with the Smart City […]
Persons who are found to have been sharing pornographic materials of students will be dealt with by the Education Ministry, following ongoing investigations. This was according to Minister within Education Ministry, Nicolette Henry, who made the announcement during a visit to several schools across Georgetown to engage students on the matter. The schools visited are […]
A recent amendment to the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act to restrict business owners from leaving the shores of Guyana if they owe payments of the Value Added Tax to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), is being challenged legally by PPP Member of Parliament and former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall. According to court documents, the […]
Sixty-two year old Queenstown resident, Harry Baptiste was placed on $200,000 bail on Tuesday after being charged in a $2 million fraud case. Baptiste appeared before the Chief Magistrate and the charge was read to him. The Prosecution’s case is that he collected $2 million in cash from Audrey Mootoosammy, as payment for the purchase […]
As a result of 10 accidents, 13 persons have lost their lives on Guyana’s roadways so far for 2017. The figure is worrying since for the same period last year, there were 13 accidents that resulted in the death of 13 persons. The Guyana National Road Safety Council, in partnership with the Guyana Police Force […]
The Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GAF-DD) continues to see attempts to have sub-standard and counterfeit products on the local market. According to Director of the Department, Marlon Cole, imported Milk and milk-based products, Oil and oil-based products, Flour and cereals continue to top that list. Zooming in on Milk, the Director explained that […]
The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), crime and security and correspondent banking are among the issues to be discussed at CARICOM’s 28th Intercessional Heads of Government meeting. The two-day meeting will be hosted in Guyana at the CARICOM Secretariat, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara on February 16 and 17. At a press briefing on Monday, CARICOM […]
(CBS News) WASHINGTON — The U.S. sanctioned Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami on Monday, calling him a “prominent Venezuelan drug trafficker.” In a statement, the U.S. Treasury Department said its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated El Aissami as “a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act) […]
He may have been able to walk away from Guyanese Law Enforcement without being noticed, but a Guyanese national is now facing drug trafficking charges in the United States after he was busted on February 9, 2017 with four pounds of cocaine stashed in the false bottoms of his shoes. According to the U.S Customs […]
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