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Import duty paid on only 4% of cars in 2007

-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.

Robert Persaud

Hope relief canal will have best technical advice

-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.

Josh Ramsammy passes away

Dr. Joshua Ramsammy, the distinguished academic and political activist who survived an assassination attempt during the resistance to the Forbes Burnham regime, died yesterday.

Law banning mobiles while driving in force

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.

Winston Murray

Security oversight body approved

-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.

Gillian Burton

Controversial trade union bill passed

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.

The route of the new US$60 million submarine cable.

Guyana, Suriname ink deal for US$60M submarine cable

– 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.

James McAllister

Alexander and backers withdraw from PNCR

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culture Former PNCR Vice-Chair-man Vincent Alexander and supporters of his unsuccessful campaign for leadership have withdrawn from the party, while making renewed calls for it to embrace a new political culture.

Basil Williams

Scepticism, fear dominated wiretapping debate

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.

Robert Corbin

Wiretapping approved – Corbin sees ‘spy offices’

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.

Khemraj Ramjattan

Way clear for plea bargaining

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.

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