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The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is blaming poor storage for its inability to produce several tax exemption files which were specifically requested by Auditor General, Deodat Sharma, during a routine audit of the Authority back in 2016. However, the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee is not satisfied with the explanation provided by GRA’s Deputy Commissioner General, […]
Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, is awaiting word from President David Granger on the latest list of nominees for the post of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. Mr. Jagdeo submitted a second list of nominees two weeks ago, after the first list was rejected back in January. The President has since indicated that […]
President David Granger has confirmed that he has received the curriculum vitae for the six persons nominated for the GECOM Chairmanship position and he is currently studying the documents. Speaking briefly with News Source over the weekend, the President did not offer any commitment to a timeline by which he would make a decision about […]
With the sun shining brightly, the Ansa McAl company commissioned a new Independence arch at Cummings Lodge on the East Coast of Demerara on Saturday. The arch marks the eastern boundary of the City of Georgetown and is an independence gift to Guyana from the company which has been operating in Guyana for the past […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is using the second anniversary of the APNU+AFC coalition coming to government to point out alleged acts of corruption. At a press conference on Thursday, several PPP Parliamentarians came together to blast the government, particularly over its management of the health sector and under procurement of medical drugs. During the […]
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) On Tuesday rejected the Government’s State Paper on the future of the sugar industry which proposes the closure of the Enmore and Rose Hall Estates by the End of 2017. The State Paper was presented to the National Assembly by Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder during a sitting […]
Former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall is considering moves to the High Court to quash the recent charge instituted against him in relation to his alleged larceny of over $2 million worth of law books from the Ministry of Legal Affairs. Mr. Nandlall was charged with Larceny in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court last month, but during […]
Just one week after Patrick Yarde defied predictions and was re-elected President of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), a new challenge is being put forward to his recent appointment as Acting Chairman of the Public Service Commission. The veteran trade unionist was sworn in as the acting Chair of the PSC by President David Granger […]
As the debate rages on about possible ways to salvage the sugar industry, Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder, told the National Assembly today that the government intends to close at least two more sugar estates by the end of 2017 as it pushes ahead with plans for diversification. Holder identified those estates to be the Enmore […]
Justice Franklyn Holder this morning indicated that he has decided to recuse himself from further hearing the case involving the government and suspended Chairman of the Public Service Commission, Carvil Duncan. The Judge’s decision, came days after Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo made a request for him to recuse himself. The Prime Minister is a respondent […]
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