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(BBC) The football world has rallied around a Brazilian club which lost most of its players in a plane crash in Colombia. Only six of the 77 people on the plane, carrying members of the Chapecoense team, survived Monday’s crash. The team were flying to what was billed as the biggest match in their history […]
(BVI News) While confirming that two men were killed in a motor vehicle accident on the island of Virgin Gorda last night, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) indicated that the bodies were found in the vehicle that seemingly plunged some 150 feet downhill. As was reported by BVI News Online last night, the […]
A Diamond resident died at around 4:55am this morning after the car he was driving smashed into a parked truck along the Soesdyke Roadway, East Bank Demerara, close to the junction. The 33-year-old man, Herman David, of 1538 Section B, Diamond, East Bank Demerara and formerly of 67 John Street, Campbellville, died on the spot. […]
In light of an escalation in some types of crime, the Government has proposed $29.1B for the security sector in the 2017 Budget and this will complement efforts to increase recruitment of police officers by some 20% as it seeks to strengthen its crime prevention and reduction strategy. This announcement was made by Finance Minister, […]
Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, has described the 2017 National Budget as “ominous” and believes it has done nothing to add growth to the economy. At a press conference just after the Finance Minister unveiled the government’s $250 Billion 2017 budget, Mr. Jagdeo said the budget “is the worst I have ever seen”. Jagdeo […]
Officials from the Civil Aviation Authority have started to probe an incident which occurred at the Cheddi Jagan Airport this morning resulting in two planes being grounded. A parked Fly Jamaica 767 aircraft was badly damaged when part of the wing of a Caribbean Airlines plane that was taxiing connected with the exhaust area of […]
The Government is still looking to see if it could afford a year end bonus for public servants, but Finance Minister, Winston Jordan might not want them to hold their breaths for that bonus. In an interview with News Source just after he unveiled government’s $250 Billion budget for 2017, the Minister explained that there […]
The Value Added Tax will be reduced from 16% to 14% and marks a move by the coalition government to begin honouring one of its campaign promises. Finance Minister Winston Jordan made the announcement on Monday during his budget presentation. The Minister also announced that several other items will be added to the VAT exemption […]
With the sugar industry recording yet another year of financial losses, the Government of Guyana will be injecting $9 Billion into the sugar industry and the operations of the Guyana Sugar Corporation. The announcement was made by Finance Minister Winston Jordan during his budget presentation on Monday afternoon. Minister Jordan told the National Assembly that […]
Guyana recorded a 2.6% growth rate in 2016, which is far below the projected 4% growth that the government was hoping would have taken place. Finance Minister, Winston Jordan, made the disclosure on Monday afternoon during his budget presentation in the National Assembly. Jordan told the Assembly that the loss of the rice market in […]
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