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The Government has announced that it has taken a decision to stop all mining activities temporarily in the Chinese Landing area in response to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ precautionary measures that were issued to Guyana on the 21st July. The Ministry of Governance said the decision will allow for a more conducive environment […]
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has processed $2.1 Billion in VAT refunds that were claimed by Oil and Gas Companies at the end of 2019, GRA’s Commissioner General, Godfrey Statia said while noting that refunds are now being paid in a timely manner. At the time, Mr Statia was appearing before the Public Accounts Committee […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, Roysdale Forde is of the view that the “simplistic” approach being taken by the Government to address the shortage of nurses in Guyana will only result in the further migration of nurses and other key medical personnel. Faced with an acute shortage of nurses in the public healthcare sector due to […]
Longtime executive member of the People’s Progressive Party, Dr. Roger Luncheon passed away this morning at the Georgetown Hospital, where he was recovering from an ailment. He was a patient of the hospital for several weeks. Dr. Luncheon served as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Presidential Secretariat for more than 20 years under various […]
Fire and Police investigators are continuing their probe into the devastating early Tuesday morning fire that completely destroyed 13 passenger boats that were parked close to the Vreed-en-hoop stelling on the West Coast Demerara. The Guyana Fire Service in a statement yesterday said a cause of the fire is still to be determined. It was […]
The largest party in the APNU coalition, the People’s National Congress, is calling on all Guyana to recommit to the fight to restore the ongoing loss of freedoms in our society —both politically and economically. In its emancipation day message, the Opposition party noted that at the political level, Guyanese must continue to resist “a […]
With the country’s oil and gas sector booming, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has admitted that it currently lacks the capacity to conduct full audits of the oil companies, even as the same oil companies and their sub-contractors continue to hire away staff from the GRA. On Monday, the Commissioner General of the GRA, Godfrey […]
In an Emancipation Day message to the nation, President Irfaan Ali stated that the government remains committed to the struggle for reparations for the crime of African enslavement. He said the Government demands that those who were complicit in and who profited from the trade in captive Africans and African enslavement “pay just reparations”. According […]
Three men who had their original murder conviction overturned and a new trial ordered, were freed today after the trial Judge ordered the jury to return a not-guilty verdict. The Judge found several discrepancies in the prosecution’s case. The three men Ray Yokum, Steffon Campbel and Faisal Moore, were initially sentenced to 80 years in […]
Five years after Guyana signed onto China’s Belt and Road Initiative, President Irfaan Ali has signaled the country’s willingness to conclude negotiations on the Initiative’s Joint Action Plan as he wrapped up an eight-day visit to the People’s Republic of China. The Joint Action Plan would guide the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative, […]
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