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The Government Analyst – Food and Drug Department is once again advising food importers to ensure that when importing milk for release for sale on our local market, the product must be in compliance with the prescribe standards of the Food and Drug Regulation or that of the International Food Standard Codex Alimentarius. The Department […]
Twenty-six-year old Kwame Cumberbatch, who described himself as a local cyclist, was on Tuesday sentenced to three years in jail and fined $873,000 on a conviction of Trafficking Narcotics. The Cummings Street, Georgetown resident made an appearance before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The man was busted with cocaine amounting to 194 […]
(BBC) Cuba has announced it will launch residential broadband internet services in two areas of its capital, Havana. The government has also said it will allow cafes, bars and restaurants to order broadband service. Currently, broadband home connection is legal only for diplomats and employees of foreign companies, a report said. The Caribbean nation is […]
(BBC) There is no chance that the Rio Olympics will be cancelled because of a Zika virus outbreak, Brazil has said. The authorities said there was no risk to athletes and spectators – except pregnant women – at the August event. Earlier, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned a disease linked to Zika posed a […]
As government embarks on an aggressive drive to ensure that revenue losses are addressed, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is being urged to step up to the plate. On Monday, Finance Minister Winston Jordan expressed an abundance of confidence in the revenue collection agency’s capacity to get the job done. Jordan said the GRA is […]
President David Granger called for greater collaboration among all religious and civil society groups to foster social cohesion, in his keynote address on Monday, at the official launch of United Nations (UN) designated World Interfaith Harmony Week 2016, at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre (ACCC), Liliendaal. “Guyana is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious State. Guyana is […]
Almost two years after the commencement of hearings, the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry’s (COI) report is expected to be handed over to President David Granger in the new week. The three Commissioners, Chairman Sir Richard Cheltenham from Barbados, Queens Counsel Jacqueline Samuels – Brown, from Jamaica and Senior Counsel Seerath Jairam, from Trinidad are […]
Former Minister of Public Service under the PPP, Jennifer Westford and her former Personnel Officer Margaret Cummings, smiled their way out of the Magistrates Court on Monday afternoon after they were each granted $4.8 Million bail after being slapped with 24 charges of stealing money from the government of Guyana. The two women stood quietly […]
Finance Minister Winston Jordan on Monday defended the government’s decision not to offer a reduction in the current 16% Value Added Tax (VAT) at this time. The tax was introduced by the former People’s Progressive Party government and remains in effect despite public outcry and calls for its reduction and removal, even by the PPP […]
General Secretary of the opposition People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee, has criticized the government’s move to increase the fees for the acquisition of a firearm license. At his Monday morning press conference, Mr. Rohee said the new fees are exorbitant and designed to rob citizens of disposable income in their pockets. On Friday, the decision […]
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