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Former Minister of Public Service under the PPP, Jennifer Westford and her former Personnel Officer Margaret Cummings, smiled their way out of the Magistrates Court on Monday afternoon after they were each granted $4.8 Million bail after being slapped with 24 charges of stealing money from the government of Guyana. The two women stood quietly […]
Finance Minister Winston Jordan on Monday defended the government’s decision not to offer a reduction in the current 16% Value Added Tax (VAT) at this time. The tax was introduced by the former People’s Progressive Party government and remains in effect despite public outcry and calls for its reduction and removal, even by the PPP […]
General Secretary of the opposition People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee, has criticized the government’s move to increase the fees for the acquisition of a firearm license. At his Monday morning press conference, Mr. Rohee said the new fees are exorbitant and designed to rob citizens of disposable income in their pockets. On Friday, the decision […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party is livid at the Speaker of the National Assembly for his decision not to allow a motion seeking to debate the current state of the rice industry in Guyana. In a statement the PPP said the Speaker gave his decision by saying that the rice industry is not a Government […]
Former Minister of Public Service, Jennifer Westford and her former personnel officer, Margaret Cummings are both expected in court this morning to face up to 24 charges in relation to a $600 Million fraud that occurred at the Public Service Ministry while Westford served as a Minister. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has confirmed that the […]
Days after Guyana was listed among 24 countries where the Zika Virus exists by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Guyana Government is making a case that there is no outbreak of the virus here. Guyana has also been added to the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) travel advisory watch list, but […]
The umbrella trade union body in Guyana, the Guyana Trades Union Congress has blasted Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection Keith Scott, over reports that he had consulted with a number of trade unions and an agreement was reached that there will be one united Labour Day rally on May 1. The GTUC in […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources has announced that it has terminated the services of Rickford Vieira as the Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission. The move is following up on the advice of the Board of the GGMC. Mr. Vieira had been sent on administrative leave until the Natural Resources Minister would have […]
Minutes after Finance Minister Winston Jordan wrapped up his 2016 budget presentation, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo took to the media, describing the annual fiscal plan as “anti-development, anti-poor and disappointing”. Jagdeo decried the $230 Billion financial plan and trashed the theme, saying the measures were no guarantee for the restoration of confidence or the stimulation […]
The Government of Guyana has announced sweeping changes in the taxes associated with the importation of motor vehicles that it hopes will trigger better care for the environment. Finance Minister Winston Jordan on Friday announced that the government will remove the excise tax on motor vehicles that are under four years old and which would […]
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