Guyana News

Government’s tax reform committee has proposed sweeping changes that include a lower VAT rate and an intermediate rate, an income tax threshold of $750,000 with progressive rates of taxation from 20% to 35%, reintroduction of estate duties and levies on tobacco and alcohol.

New Aanlegt is the longest of the villages in Canal Number Two with a population of approximately 2,500 people.

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has asked government for massive pay raises over the next five years, which union president Mark Lyte argues is needed to ensure that teachers are paid a “living wage.”

A 15-year-old girl is now dead after the boat she was traveling in collided with another along the Moruca River yesterday afternoon.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday called for an immediate investigation to be launched into the conduct of a senior police detective, while claiming that there are audio and video recordings of him engaged in unprofessional conduct.

Agricola resident Rudival Azore, who was struck down by a vehicle a little over two weeks ago, succumbed at a city hospital on Friday morning and his family is seeking answers as to why the driver was never apprehended although there are doubts as to who exactly hit him.

The Ogle, East Coast Demerara headquarters of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is among the possible sites for the establishment of the Public Service Staff College.

The opposition Friday evening gave the thumbs down to the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill saying that the threshold increase and the granting of tax waivers to international artistes were not properly thought out.

Government, using its parliamentary majority, on Friday evening passed the Miscellaneous Licences (Amendment) Bill and the Hucksters Licencing and Control (Amendment) Bill but not before the opposition expressed outrage over the “astronomical increases” and called for a 50% reduction in the new fees.

Government used its majority on Friday night to pass a Bill that it says is part of a move towards ensuring transparency in the granting of all concessions although some opposition members expressed bewilderment at what was being presented to the House.

The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) on Thursday presented Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence with its recently published fact sheet on social protection, while engaging her in a discussion on the human rights approach.

The Women’s Association for Sustainable Development (WASD) officially launched its Linden Chapter on February 19, at the residence of Francine Major in Amelia’s Ward.

The Splashmins Resort is now seeking investors as the company undergoes rebranding that it hopes to complete by the end of this year.

Mike McCormack and Joy Persaud of the Guyana Policy Forum and Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman were Guyana’s representatives at the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) 7th World Summit in Lima, Peru from February 24 to 25.

President David Granger will be the Co-Host when the Caricom Heads of Governments Summit is held here in July.

A concerned citizen is calling on city authorities to look into the continued dumping of garbage in front of her premises along Brickdam.

A voluntary group in Bartica is looking to make its mark on the development of the town once successful at the upcoming local government elections.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Guyana Jaguars, replying to Windward Islands Volcanoes’ 216, reached 310 for seven at the close on day two of their eighth round game in the Regional Four-Day Championship at the Beausejour Cricket Stadium here today.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – A Dwayne Bravo half-century was enough to lift West Indies to an 18-run victory over Zimbabwe, in their first unofficial Twenty20 warm-up in preparation for the T20 World Cup here today.

The main sugar Union, GAWU today defended industrial action on Tuesday in the face of charges by GuySuCo on Wednesday that it had coerced Uitvlugt sugar estate workers to strike in the ongoing protest action over the planned closure of the Wales estate.