A review of the Guyana Revenue Authority’s strategic plan is being conducted to clearly identify factors which are causing the underreporting of taxation so that measures to improve collection can be implemented, according to GRA Board Chairman Rawle Lucas.
The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has announced a campaign to remove derelict vehicles and debris from city roadsides, sidewalks and parapets.
A Lusignan storeowner is now in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was struck yesterday while riding his motorbike at the corner of Cummings and Lamaha streets, in Georgetown.
Two Guyanese women are now in police custody after they were found with cocaine at the Ogle International Airport, where they were outgoing passengers.
A week after his discharge from hospital, accident victim Christopher Naipaul’s relatives discovered pieces of broken glass in his wounds, which had been stitched and bandaged.
“Jhal,” Uncle Raghu shouts, as he beats a huge drum down the East Coast Highway.
LILLE, France/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A day ago he was just another tourist on a train.
SEOUL (Reuters) – Aides to the leaders of North and South Korea held talks at the Panmunjom truce village straddling their border yesterday and into the early hours of today, raising hopes for an end to a standoff that put the rivals on the brink of armed conflict.
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – The last remaining ministers of Guatemalan President Otto Perez’s original cabinet said yesterday they could no longer work in his government after prosecutors sought to impeach him for corruption, piling pressure on the head of state to resign.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on Friday declared a state of emergency along parts of the border with Colombia to restore order after a clash between smugglers and troops left three soldiers wounded.
At about 2030h. last night, ranks of the Police Narcotics Branch arrested two female Guyanese passengers who were on an outgoing flight at the Ogle International Airport after 1 kilogram 372 grams and 976 grams of cocaine, respectively, were found in their possession.
Opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo last night dismissed the proposed national budget as flawed and after promising a “fresh approach” in the way the opposition would conduct itself he led a walkout by opposition parliamentarians to virtually end the budget debate.
Rejecting former president Bharrat Jagdeo’s criticisms of the proposed 2015 budget as nonsensical, Finance Minister Winston Jordan early this morning told the National Assembly that the public’s reaction has been positive and encouraging.
Fired GPL CEO Bharat Dindyal was scathingly criticised in an evaluation done last year by the board of the utility, which said that he was blameworthy for poor project and asset management which among other things had seen 10 generating sets written off in the past few years.
After being renovated at the cost of millions, the historic Red House was leased by the former government to a private company for 99 years at a rate of $1,000 per month, according to State Minister Joseph Harmon, who said state funds were still used to pay the staff afterward.
Corentyne residents yesterday staged a demonstration along the Number 45 Village Public Road to protest a recent upsurge in criminal attacks, including the murder of farmer Pamela Kendall, who was killed during a home invasion.
President David Granger yesterday said it is impossible to reverse the deterioration in national security after just three months in office.
While defending its decision to limit the consideration of the budget estimates to three days, the government yesterday passed a motion to extend the hours for the sittings on each day.
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday voiced concern over the “many” recent dismissals in the public sector, while State Minister Joseph Harmon maintained that those let go were doing party work but were being paid by government.
Following multiple power outages that affected hundreds of thousands served by its Demerara and Berbice grids on Thursday, the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) yesterday said “unknown faults” from its West Bank distribution system were to blame.
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