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The umbrella trade union body, the Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC), has issued a call for the Income Tax – Pay As You Earn (PAYE) – to be abolished. At a press conference today, General Secretary of the GTUC, Lincoln Lewis said in an oil rich country such as Guyana, the Government must explore legitimate […]
United States, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere, Brian Nichols has confirmed that Guyana has received initial approval for a US$500M loan from the US Export-Import Bank for its Gas-to-Energy project. Guyana had approached the bank seeking US$646M to assist with the construction of the project. At a media briefing yesterday, the US State […]
Accusing Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo of violating the Racial Hostility Act and the Cybercrime Act, well-known businessman and Opposition nominated member of the Investment Committee of the Natural Resource Fund, Terrence Campbell has filed an official complaint with the Ethnic Relations Commission against Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo. In his complaint, Mr. Campbell indicated that on […]
Scotiabank has been recognised as Guyana’s Bank of the Year 2024 by The Banker Magazine, which is a Financial Times publication that is regarded as the industry standard for banking excellence. The Bank of the Year Award recognises banking institutions that have grown, while retaining a solid balance sheet, improved the quality of their service, […]
Describing the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) administration as the “most corrupt Government” in the history of Guyana, the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has accused the Irfaan Ali led administration of doing little to uphold human rights and fight corruption. Leader of the PNCR, Aubrey Norton, during a press conference on Friday, accused Prime […]
Controversy erupted on Monday evening between the Government and the opposition Alliance For Change over assistance that should be offered to a group of migrants found stranded outside a city supermarket. On Monday afternoon and into the evening, the group of over 40 adults and children were observed on the pavement outside the Real Value […]
Police investigators probing the murder of Toshao Ridley Joseph in a room of the Signature Inn Hotel are trying to confirm the identity of the suspect, who was captured on surveillance cameras from the hotel and other nearby buildings in the Queenstown and Alberttown areas. In a statement this afternoon, the Police said the suspect […]
A 54-year-old Alberttown man collapsed and died this afternoon just outside his home after coughing up blood moments after he started to consume a meal. The dead man, Kenny Reece, lived alone at the Fifth Street, Alberttown home. Family members and the Police rushed across to the house after receiving reports that Reece had collapsed […]
Three former staffers of the Balwant Singh Hospital were marched before the Court today facing embezzlement charges related to the theft of millions of dollars from the private hospital. 23-year-old West Bank Demerara resident, Shivannie Guyadeen, during her Court appearance was slapped with the charge of Larceny by a Clerk or Servant. She is accused […]
Hours after arriving in Georgetown and checking into the Signature Inn Hotel in Queenstown, Toshao of Tassarene village in Middle Mazaruni, Ridley Joseph, was found murdered in his room at the hotel. The 37-year-old Toshao, who was elected to the National Toshao’s Council earlier this year, was in Georgetown for an Executive Meeting of the […]
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