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Just days remaining before the 2016 National Budget is put to a vote in the National Assembly, the government continues to face calls for a review of its proposed tax structure. On Monday, the same day the 2016 budget debates commenced in the House, the Auto Dealers Association of Guyana issued a statement offering an […]
Small and large businesses are being urged to take their tax obligations more seriously if the government is to be able to fulfill its promise of delivering a good life for all Guyanese. Business Minister Dominic Gaskin opened the debates for the government on Monday and promised greater support for businesses, particularly small business to […]
Staff members of the Social Welfare Department of Region 5 on Monday rescued two women from insanitary living conditions in two different areas in Berbice. According to officials in the region, a 39-year-old woman from Weldaad village was found living in a small room with animal feed and waste material. The woman who is disabled […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, Irfaan Ali once again opened the debates into the National Budget and lashed out at the government for putting forward a budget that offers nothing to the poor in Guyana but rather is geared towards making government officials and contract workers richer. Speaking on Monday afternoon in the National Assembly, Mr. […]
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has once again come under attack from the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) over the ethnic makeup of its electoral staff. PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee raised the issued during his Monday morning press conference and claimed that 95% of GECOM’s staff members belonged to one race. This matter was […]
At least three people were killed and two injured in a shooting as hundreds gathered for an opposition party political rally in Monetego Bay, Jamaica, Sunday night, the Jamaica Labour Party said. The gunfire rang out as former Jamaican prime minister and current JLP leader Andrew Holness was finishing a nearly hour long speech in […]
Impassioned expressions of support and criticism of the 2016 National Budget will commence in the National Assembly from Monday between government and opposition Members of Parliament (MP). Ahead of those heated debates, which will roll on for the entire week, Finance Minister Winston Jordan is appealing for MPs to keep the interest of citizens at […]
The US Embassy will officially open the local office of the Drug Enforcement Agency in Guyana on Wednesday. The office will be based in the US Embassy. The opening comes at a time when Guyana and the US have been stepping up co-operation in drug fighting. A request for the local office was made and […]
Assistant Police Commissioner Balram Persaud remains hospitalised with serious injuries after being involved in an accident on Friday night. He was rushed to a city hospital after losing control of his Police Force issued, Nissan Fuga motor car, and slamming in to an electricity pole close to the Demerara Harbour Bridge. The accident occurred close […]
(BBC) Protesters in Haiti have beaten a man to death in a clash with ex-soldiers, as political uncertainty continues. Witnesses say the crowd in the capital Port-au-Prince attacked the man, thinking that he was from the country’s disbanded military. About 100 former soldiers, some armed, had been parading through the capital in pick-up trucks and […]
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