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The Government has announced that Trevor Thomas has been relieved of his duties as Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Public Health, effective March 1, 2017. The move was revealed by Minister of State Joseph Harmon at a post-Cabinet press briefing earlier today. Last month a Board of Inquiry (BOI) into allegations of mismanagement […]
A White Paper outlining the direction the government will be moving in relation to the future of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) will be laid in the National Assembly soon, Minister of State Joseph Harmon has said. The Minister made this announcement today during a post-Cabinet press briefing held at the Ministry of the Presidency. […]
The Guyana Revenue Authority has started efforts to go after those private schools that have been dodging the tax system. According to the revenue collection agency, only 57% of the private schools in Guyana are registered with the GRA and many of them have not been paying their taxes. With the Commissioner General of the […]
The absence of a sitting Judge in the Court of Appeal has prompted Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo to call on President David Granger to appoint same, based on recommendations made by the Judicial Service Commission in 2016. This was according to a statement from the Office of the Leader of the Opposition, which stated that […]
A recent Audit Report into the operations of the Guyana Office for Investment (GO – Invest) has revealed that Bai Shan Lin was granted more than $1.8B in concessions by the Peoples’ Progressive Party (PPP) government between 2012 and 2015. These concessions, according to the report, were granted to the company without it honouring its […]
President David Granger, this evening, met with Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo, as is Constitutionally required, to consult on the appointment of an Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary and Acting Chief Justice. Following that meeting, Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon announced that effective today, March 1, 2017, that Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards, who […]
President David Granger this evening announced that the 14% Value Added Tax will remain on private school fees. The President’s about turn on the issue comes in wake of Tuesday’s Ministerial Conference and a presentation from Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan. On Monday, multiple senior government sources indicated that the President was getting ready to […]
President David Granger has welcomed the recent announcement by the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Guterres of the appointment of Mr. Dag Halvor Nylander, a Norwegian diplomat as his Personal Representative on the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela. “We welcome the appointment. We feel it’s a positive move. We are confident that the […]
With his first list of nominees for the post of Elections Commission Chairman rejected by the President, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has now decided that he will submit a new list. Mr. Jagdeo was asked by the President back in January to submit a new list, but he instead sought clarification from the President about […]
With the government still to make an official announcement over the removal of the 14% value added tax from private school fees, a small group of concerned persons picketed outside the Guyana Revenue Authority over the imposition of the tax on private school fees in the first place. While they said citizens should not be subjected […]
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