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Local telecommunications company GTT is urging all of its customers to be cautious of scammers. The company said that it appears as though some persons may be devising ways in which to cash in with the festive season approaching. Public Relations Manager, Jasmin Harris explained that the company has received a number of fraud reports […]
Some staff members of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) have written the agency’s head, Commissioner-General Godfrey Statia about their displeasure with what they describe an “unfair allocation of salary increases” at the agency earlier this week. The GRA has put together its own salary increases for its workers outside of the recently announced increases […]
by Samuel Sukhnandan As Guyana’s largest oil and gas summit, GIPEX 2019, opened at the Georgetown Marriott Hotel with hundreds of overseas delegates in attendance, US-based oil giant ExxonMobil declared its intention to work towards expanding the local workforce in this sector. Senior Vice President for ExxonMobil, Hunter Farris, who delivered the keynote address said […]
The Guyana Office for Investment wants to see new ventures in the oil and gas sector paying more attention to local content. Speaking at the opening of the 2nd Guyana International Petroleum Business Summit & Exhibition, the Chief Executive Officer of Go-Invest, Owen Verwey said Go-Invest remains open to support new business ventures and will […]
President David Granger this morning brushed aside the deadlines being set by the Alliance For Change for the completion of the renegotiation of the Cummingsburg Accord. The Cummingsburg Accord is the agreement that created the APNU+AFC coalition. The President is the Chairman of the APNU while the AFC is led by Public Security Minister, Khemraj […]
The four men, including a Police Officer, who were arrested following a gold heist at the Matthew’s Ridge airstrip appeared in Court today and were charged with the multi-million dollar robbery. All four accused were remanded to prison after not being required to enter a plea to the indictable charge. 37-year-old businessman Basdeo Francis, 45-year-old […]
The move by Troy Resources to lay off over 300 workers has been described by the Government as “precipitous”. Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman said he has briefed the Cabinet on the situation and the Minister responsible for Labour has also done the same. In a statement issued through the Department of Public Information, Minister […]
An officer attached to the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit was shot to the shoulder during a late-night multi-agency operation in the Mahaica area targeting the smuggling of goods. CANU and the Police were out in support of the operation which was being headed by the Guyana Revenue Authority. As the agents closed in on a […]
32-year-old taxi driver Neville Thomas will have to face a High Court Judge and Jury after Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus ruled that a strong enough case had been made out against him in a rape charge. Thomas is accused of raping a 12-year-old girl. The offense was allegedly committed on the child back in April of […]
The Inter-American Development Bank has suspended the disbursement of funds for the Sheriff-Mandela road expansion project and according to Public Infrastructure Minister, David Patterson, the decision is a result of several infractions by the contractor, SINOHYDRO Corporation Limited. In a post on his Facebook page, Minister Patterson said the halt in funding was due to, […]
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