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The Board of the Guyana Revenue Authority on Friday defended its decision to fire Commissioner General Khurshid Sattaur who had been sent on 200 days leave. At a press conference at GRA headquarters in Georgetown, GRA Board Chairman, Rawle Lucas said there were several breaches by Mr. Sattaur that resulted in the decision to terminate […]
Sacked Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Khurshid Sattaur has issued a response claiming surprise at his dismissal amid assurances of continuity from at least two serving government Ministers. Hours after the board of the GRA announced that it had terminated Mr. Sattaur’s service, Sattaur said he was relieved that the Board has […]
The Ministry of the Presidency has reported that at 8:10 this morning, the body of Private W. Zamora, an enlisted rank of the Venezuelan Armed Forces (VAF), was found in the Cuyuni River, Cuyuni –Mazaruni Region. According to the release, the partly decomposed body was discovered approximately 250 metres down river from the Guyana Defence […]
A debate on the closure of the Wales Sugar Estate was disallowed in the National Assembly on Thursday by House Speaker, Dr. Barton Scotland. The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) took a motion before the Assembly, seeking to suspend the business of the House and engage the government in a debate on the matter. However, […]
A number of Members of Parliament for the opposition, Peoples Progressive Party joined scores of sugar workers from the Wales Estate outside Parliament Buildings on Thursday as they launched a protest action against government’s decision to close the 100-year-old sugar factory. The sugar workers engaged in a silent protest and held placards that demanded a rethink of […]
The Board of Governors of the Guyana Revenue Authority has announced that it has decided to cut all ties with Commissioner General of the GRA, Khurshid Sattaur. Mr. Sattaur was sent on 200 days leave two weeks ago as the GRA prepared for an audit of its operations. In a statement on Thursday, the GRA […]
Investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident which occurred moments before sunrise on Thursday on the Goedverwagting Railway Embankment Road. Dead is 38-year-old beautician, Laurel Forde of Prince William Street, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara. Police said investigations have revealed that Forde was driving a motor vehicle allegedly at a fast rate when she lost […]
Former Miss Trinidad and Tobago Nicole Dyer-Griffith has teamed up with one of the foremost names in fashion in Guyana, Sonia Noel, to introduce her motivational women empowerment series, Oxygen (O2N) with Nicole, to Guyanese women. Already, the Ministry of Social Protection, Social Cohesion and private sector stakeholders are on board to fund and support […]
Following complaints about police ranks in their private vehicles carrying out police duties, the Guyana Police Force is reminding members of the public that police ranks in plain clothes and in unmarked vehicles, are not authorized to stop motorists except when they are performing their duties on the roadway in front of a police station. […]
Former President Bharrat Jagdeo who leads the People’s Progressive Party in parliament as the Opposition Leader has shot down reports that there is a rift between himself and the current General Secretary of the party, Clement Rohee. Reports have surfaced that moves may be afoot by some in the PPP to have Mr. Rohee replaced […]
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