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The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has been able to recover some $114 million in smuggled items during the first four months of the year, the revenue collection body announced on Wednesday. Among the items seized were a significant quantity smuggled chicken, mosquito coils that were banned and motor vehicles. The GRA said its Law Enforcement […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party announced on Wednesday that it intends to attend the 50th Anniversary flag raising ceremony to usher in the country’s jubilee celebrations but wants the President to talk about the role the Party’s founder leader and former President, the late Dr. Cheddi Jagan played in the achievement. Opposition Leader Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo confirmed […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has trashed the APNU+AFC government’s achievements over the last year and on Wednesday he claimed that Guyanese are worse off after one year of the coalition in office. The Former President criticized the government on what he said was the absence of a concrete plan for the future that addresses the […]
The Government of Guyana has handed over a copy of the final report by the Commission of Inquiry into the Public Service to the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Leader of the Opposition. Cabinet members received the report on Tuesday. Minister of State, Joe Harmon who handed over the report on behalf of […]
With several events being hosted all across Guyana to celebrate the country’s 50th Independence anniversary, the Government of Guyana has made a decision to allow entertainment events to go on until 4am. The relaxing of the curfew will remain in place until the 1st of June, 2016. News Source understands that when cabinet met on […]
More than one month after the Guyana Revenue Authority seized two luxury vehicles belonging to the Chinese logging company, BaiShanLin, for taxes owed, the company is seeking the release of the vehicles without paying the millions of dollars in owed taxes. In a letter to the Guyana Revenue Authority’s Commissioner General, the Satram and Satram […]
Chaos took over the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court compound this morning (Tuesday) as five teenagers were charged for the brutal murder of retired University Professor, Dr. Perry Mars. The two young women and three young men, arrived with their faces covered, under heavy Police security as more than 100 persons flocked the Court yard to get a […]
“Pan on the Wall” which features concerts simultaneously occurring at two spots, on the seawall is one of the many activities that have been planned to include steel band music into the jubilee celebration, according to Music Development Officer and Administrator of National Music School, Andrew Tyndall. Tyndall said the two locations are the bandstand […]
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has confirmed that five of the six teenagers who were arrested for the murder of retired University Professor, Dr. Perry Mars will be charged on Tuesday. The police received advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions on Monday afternoon, instructing that murder charges be brought against the five teens who were […]
The reduction in free spending across Guyana is partly due to the role that illicit drugs and other illegal activities played in creating a parallel economy, Finance Minister Winston Jordan has said. With the support of the coalition government Guyana’s security agencies, particularly the Customs Anti – Narcotic Unit (CANU), have upped the fight against […]
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