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(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 […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party is livid at the Speaker of the National Assembly for his decision not to allow a motion seeking to debate the current state of the rice industry in Guyana. In a statement the PPP said the Speaker gave his decision by saying that the rice industry is not a Government […]
Former Minister of Public Service, Jennifer Westford and her former personnel officer, Margaret Cummings are both expected in court this morning to face up to 24 charges in relation to a $600 Million fraud that occurred at the Public Service Ministry while Westford served as a Minister. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has confirmed that the […]
The Guyana Police Force continues to step up its fight against illegal narcotics. On Saturday police ranks conducted a drug eradication operation in the Onderneeming Backdam on the Essequibo Coast and discovered a two-acre size field of marijuana plants. The plants were under cultivation and they were all destroyed. Over 4,200 plants were found with […]
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