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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 […]
The Guyana Police Force on Monday announced that some of its Ranks “are making stringent efforts to apprehend a male suspect, who indiscriminately discharged several rounds from a handgun, in the vicinity of a popular gas station, located on the East Coast of Demerara.” The Police statement said a group of persons were in the […]
Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge has issued a call for the Public Service Commission (PSC) to be “considerably revamped” since he believes that its idea of what is needed at the Foreign Ministry is “largely irrelevant.” The Minister expressed this view on Saturday, while confirming that there is indeed human resource […]
An East Ruimveldt man who fired a shot at a licensed gun owner after the man objected to him placing beer bootles on his car, is now nursing three gunshot wounds to his chest and abdomen after the man he shot at returned fire. The incident happened just around 2:00am at the popular Wings and […]
With three days left before November comes to an end, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General ( Ban ki-Moon is yet to fulfill his commitment of assessing the existing Guyana-Venezuela border controversy and choosing a resolution method. He had promised to make his assessment known before the end of November. But Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl […]
Guyana’s High Commissioner to India, Dr. David Pollard, is back in India after he was summoned to a Georgetown Meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The meeting reportedly took place just over a week ago, according to well placed sources. Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Greenidge confirmed the meeting, but has refused to divulge details […]
The Guyana Defence Force has increased its monitoring of Guyana’s exclusive economic zone with aerial surveillance and has increased border patrols during the past year. Recently appointed Chief of Staff of the GDF, Brigadier George Lewis, made the announcements on Saturday as the GDF wrapped up its 51st Anniversary observances with a route march around sections […]
With news of the passing of former Cuban President, Fidel Castro, tributes and praise are pouring in even as Cuban exiles celebrate the death of the 90-year-old. For Guyana, President David Granger believes that Fidel Castro will be remembered as the best known Latin American and for the relations he forged with Guyana throughout his […]
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