Guyana News

Dear Editor, It is rather interesting that we have not heard from either the government or the Ethnic Relations Commission on an important issue contained in the CWC 2007 Brochure.

Dear Editor, In response to the comments/explanation offered by the clerks of the markets and reported in SN 28/01/07, regarding the “removal time” for vendors at the Stabroek Market, I would like to say that the explanation given is both contradictory and inconsistent.

Dear Editor, The organizations listed below have developed this statement on VAT over the past three weeks.

Dear Editor, Then Prime Minister of Guyana, Mr LFS Burnham, appointed Pt.

Holders of the Guymine bonds have accepted the government’s payment offer of 90% on the US$21M and four million euros bonds and an agreement to this effect will be signed within two weeks.

Instead of falling asleep during long-winded debates parliamentarians can now surf the internet as wireless internet connectivity (WiFi) has been installed in the Parliamentary Chamber and in the MPs’ Lounge.

Bandits, posing as customers, robbed an East Bank Demerara laboratory of some $700,000 yesterday morning.

Gunmen robbed a Bryden and Fernandes Company delivery van yesterday of over $1 million, during which time they ordered the workers to hand over the money or face death.

While some businesses are on track with filing their Value Added Tax (VAT) returns, which the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will begin accepting from today, others are still unsure about what needs to be done and will have to hire staff to complete this task.

Corrective work being done on sections of the East Bank Demerara four-lane highway is causing residents some discomfort as the dust keeps blowing into homes there.

The Government of Guyana and the Inter-American Deve-lopment Bank (IDB) yesterday signed an agreement for the US$22M Citizens’ Security Programme which aims to build capacity in the Guyana Police Force and the Ministry of Home Affairs and to enhance community policing in Regions Four and Six.

Dear Editor, “Be Simple, Be a Sample, Be an Example”. Those are the words of Shri Prakash Gossai Ji, a personality of wisdom and understanding, a champion of selfless service.

Dear Editor, The media reported that the combined religious groups comprising of 97% of the Guyana population are unanimous and unequivocal in their opposition to the Casino Bill.

Dear Editor, I am aware that a lot of improvement works are taking place especially in region four for the upcoming World Cup Series.

Dear Editor, In my letter on GINA’s attack on Rickey Singh, I stated that Rickey is the only person to receive an honorary doctorate from UWI for contributions to journalism.

Because of the misreading of the handwriting the letter in yesterday’s paper captioned “Two papers sell well at Moruka” was stated as written by Dennis Lord.

Issues such as the Value Added Tax (VAT) and the Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 are deliberately being used by the current administration to overshadow the “issue of a parliamentary seat for the JFAP (Justice For All Party),” the party has said.

Over 90 patients were attended to during the medical outreach the Rotary Club of Demerara conducted on Sunday at Hubu Village, East Bank Essequibo.

Sixteen-year-old Earnest Nelson of Vigilance, East Coast Demerara has won this year’s Junior calypso crown.

The Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest) has declared Guyana open for business after President Bharrat Jagdeo briefed a group of Russian businessmen on the country’s business prospects.