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The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) is pushing back against the Guyana Government’s move to implement import taxes and review of the list of raw materials which are not eligible for tax exemptions under the revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. The Manufacturing Association is proposing to to work closely with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) […]
Police investigators are probing the death of the 19-year-old University of Guyana student whose body was found Friday night at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara, two days after he went missing. The body washed up on the foreshore at Land of Canaan. The young man, Harris Anthony Persaud, was last seen on Wednesday afternoon leaving the East […]
The two boys who perished in an early morning fire at the Hadfield Street Children Drop in Centre, at were taken away from their mother two days prior to the tragic incident. The Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA) and the Ministry of Social Protection have assumed collective responsibility for the loss of lives and […]
Judges and Magistrates from across the country along with other stakeholders gathered on Friday to discuss ways to improve the administration of justice in Guyana and address the many ills affecting the courts. The two day workshop is part of the Canadian funded, Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) Project which aims to strengthen the […]
Two young boys died tragically early Friday morning as fire ripped through the Children’s Drop-in Centre on Hadfield Street. The two boys believed to be ages 4 and 2, reportedly got trapped in the blaze as caretakers were rushing to get them out. They are believed to have been brothers. According to a security guard […]
An exchange of gunfire between police and armed men on Thursday afternoon has left one man dead. A number of other men have been arrested. The dead man has been identified as Nigel Joseph. There are no other available details about him. The shootout started at a hotel in Ogle on the East Coast of […]
Almost a year after seizing a large quantity of “deceptive” milk from a local distributor, the Food and Drug Analyst Department on Thursday had its case dismissed in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court. Back in October 2015, the Department had seized more than 17,000 cans of Milko brand evaporated filled milk with deceptive labels from Ganga […]
(GINA) The Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have taken a strong position in support of a juridical settlement for the peaceful resolution of the long standing claim on Guyana’s territory by Venezuela. President Granger, during the closing Press Conference of the 37th Regular Meeting of the Conference of the Heads of Government of CARICOM […]
The Ministry of Social Protection has started to sanitize the old age pension register after discovering that there are over 8,000 Guyanese livi ng outside of Guyana who are benefitting from the monthly old age pension payments. The laws governing the old age pension disqualifies persons who are not resident in Guyana from benefiting from […]
CARICOM Leaders have wrapped up their Regular Meeting in Georgetown and have agreed to work much closer to tackle the crime problem facing many member states. Member states are now expected to work much closer in the area of security. As part of that effort, CARICOM will be looking to introduce a regional arrest treaty. […]
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