Economist Tarron Khemraj is in favour of enforcing a Common External Tariff (CET) on refined sugar imported into the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and has rubbished arguments against the tax by local manufacturers.
With customs and duty exemptions in effect for the importation of electric vehicles, an increasing number of such automobiles can be seen on the streets of Guyana.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday published the names of 11 companies that have submitted applications for environmental authorisation, which include firms seeking to establish wharf and bond services and oil field completions sale and services.
As Guyana enters a pivotal period with substantial revenues expected from the oil industry, the populace should push for a reemergence of the village movement to enable them to influence decision-making as it is unlikely that there would be a quick change to the current winner-takes- all system, attorney Nigel Hughes says.
An American Airlines flight that departed Guyana on Saturday morning, was forced to return and make an emergency landing after experiencing mechanical problems shortly after takeoff.
Over seven months after his yes vote on a no-confidence motion led to the defeat of the government, former parliamentarian Charrandass Persaud says that the APNU+AFC administration is stalling on holding general elections because it knows it will lose power.
Residents of Tiger Bay in the western part of the city were yesterday told that the government is attempting to ensure that house lot applications are addressed.
Weeks after being hospitalised in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital, Presidential Guard Winston Cooper has been discharged.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Conservative Alejandro Giammattei was poised for a decisive victory in Guatemala’s presidential election yesterday, taking a commanding lead over his centre-left rival, former first lady Sandra Torres, preliminary results showed.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentine voters soundly rejected President Mauricio Macri’s austere economic policies in primary elections yesterday, raising serious questions about his chances of re-election in October, early official results showed.
The administration of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has pledged support and assistance for Acting Commander of ‘G’ Division (Essequibo Coast and Islands) Superintendent Crystal Robinson, as her family looks to regroup following a fire that gutted the officer’s Stewartville, West Coast Demerara home.
HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Metro stations in Hong Kong resumed regular service yesterday and streets were being cleaned of debris as the city recovered from another night of violent clashes between anti-government protesters and police, with more protests planned this week.
(Reuters) – New York City’s chief medical examiner is confident Jeffrey Epstein died by hanging himself in the jail cell where he was being held without bail on sex-trafficking charges, but is awaiting more information before releasing her determination, the New York Times reported yesterday, citing a city official.
(Trinidad Guardian) In a brazen “machine gun” attack in Curepe on a busy Saturday night where a doubles vendor was shot, scores of limers and late night snackers were left shaken, in shock and thanking God for saving their lives.
Graduates from the Caribbean Science Foundation’s (CSF) science and engineering programme now number 152 since 2012 and 10 will begin studies at the Massa-chusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) this fall.
DHAKA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As countries around the world try to cut down on throw-away plastic shopping bags, Bangladesh is hoping to cash in on an alternative: plastic-like bags made from jute, the plant fibre used to produce burlap bags.
President David Granger yesterday hailed the role of Congregationalists as he attended the Bicentenary Anniversary celebration of the Mission Chapel Congregational Church, New Amsterdam.