-US-funded tax review finds
Import duty was only paid on 4% of cars imported in 2007, according to a recent US-funded study which has found that there was an estimated $1.9 billion in exemptions that year with no clear explanation.
-Persaud tells Parliament
Facing intense scrutiny over the location of the proposed $3 billion Hope canal, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud on Wednesday said the government would move ahead with inputs from the best experts.
When Shellon ‘Shelly G’ Garraway won this year’s Carib Soca Monarch, she capped off an acclaimed comeback and put any doubt about her claims to the crown to rest.
Saucy temptress Shellon ‘Shelly G’ Garraway captured this year’s Carib Soca Monarch crown, proving to be too hot to handle for the watered-down competition.
Dr. Joshua Ramsammy, the distinguished academic and political activist who survived an assassination attempt during the resistance to the Forbes Burnham regime, died yesterday.
New laws that ban the use of mobile phones while driving and playing music on vehicles used for public transport have come quietly into force, leaving motorists divided as authorities prepare for enforcement.
-after intense Parliament debate
The National Assembly yesterday passed a constitutional amendment to set up the long-awaited security sector oversight committee, with responsibility for the policies and administration of the disciplined forces.
Opposition boycotts debate
The government yesterday moved ahead with a controversial amendment to the trade union laws, which was passed in the House despite concerns about its legality.
– to see improved telecom services in 2010
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) and the Telecommuni-catiebedrijf Suriname (Tele-sur) yesterday inked a US$60 million deal for a Suriname-Guyana Submarine Cable System (SG-SCS) that promises to deliver improved telecom services and to foster growth opportunities in both countries starting in 2010.
Urge new political culture
Former PNCR Vice-Chair-man Vincent Alexander and supporters of his unsuccessful campaign for leadership have withdrawn from the party, while making renewed calls for it to embrace a new political culture.
The government last evening defeated an opposition motion calling for wider television access in Linden, but indicated its willingness to grant new broadcast licences and re-examine long-delayed legislation.
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Stabroek News, David de Caires was yesterday remembered as a man who transcended his place in society to touch many lives.
The National Assembly yesterday approved $2.8B in supplementary appropriations, covering expenditure for special security operations, subsidised fertiliser for farmers and the rehabilitation of the Demerara Harbour Bridge.
-community dialogue told
Using education to bridge cultural and religious divides was among the strategies identified when East Coast community leaders met yesterday to agree on policies to foster integration.
The government plans to roll out a public education programme before implementing new road traffic laws which cater for breathalyzer tests and a ban on the use of mobile phones while driving among other things.
Nandlall: `It is a desperate measure and in the eyes of the government crime in Guyana has reached
desperate proportions’
The government’s controversial wiretapping bill had a bumpy passage in the National Assembly on Friday, where great doubt, scepticism and fear dominated the scrutiny of its sweeping provisions.
A contentious law that will sanction wiretapping as a tool in the fight against crime was passed in the National Assembly last night after a fiery debate weighing the need for increased protection against the potential trampling of the rights of citizens.
Video testimony bill also passed
Three bills, green-lighting the use of audio-visual links to take evidence, plea bargaining and paper committals to strengthen the criminal justice system were passed by the National Assembly yesterday,
The government passed the Evidence (Amendment) Bill 2008 without the support of the opposition, which tried unsuccessfully to attach an amendment; the Criminal Law Procedure (Amendment) Bill 2008 was amended and passed with opposition support; while the Criminal Procedure (Plea Bargaining and Plea Agreement) Bill 2008 was passed with the full support of all the parties.