Business

VAT fallout

Earlier this week the Guyana Revenue Authority and sections of the local private sector- specifically the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce- clashed head-on over the implementation of the new Value Added Tax (VAT) with both sides trading accusations about the veracity of each other’s actions.

Banks DIH group profits for 2006 down from $823m to $781m

Chairman of Banks DIH Ltd Clifford Reis says in his report on the performance of the company for the year ended September 30, 2006 that the failure of the Government of Guyana to honour its obligations for the repayment of bonds to Citizens Bank Guyana Inc was the primary reason for the less than anticipated level of after tax profit achieved by the bank in 2006.

Town Week impasse could rob Linden of much-needed economic activity

The controversy between the Interim Management Com-mittee of the Linden Mayor and Town Council and the Kashif and Shanghai Organization over the payment to the Council of fees for the staging of the 2007 Linden Town Week may rob the entire community of the economic benefits that could derive from the successful staging of the event, according to Director of the Kashif and Shanghai Organization Kashif Mohammed.

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Stock market updates

Notes 1 – Interim results 2 – Prospective EPS: earnings per share for 12 months period to the date the latest financials have been prepared.

Reversal of IAMGOLD bauxite sale to Bosai unlikely – source

A former senior official in the local bauxite industry has told Stabroek Business that it is unlikely that the Government of Guyana can do a great deal to reverse the recent sale by IAMGGOLD of its 70 per cent stake in the bauxite operations at Linden to the Chinese mining giant Bosai.

NIS reform programme seeks to use customer service technology

The enhancement of employee capacity and improvement of information technology associated with upgrading the customer care and service delivery capacity of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has been identified as one of its major priorities under a reform project aimed at overhauling critical aspects of its operations.

Commercial Court

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc is continuing its campaign to bring defaulters on electricity payments to justice and recently won judgement in three cases brought before Commercial Court Judge BS Roy.

Stock market updates

Notes 1 – Interim results 2 – Prospective EPS: earnings per share for 12 months period to the date the latest financials have been prepared.

Legal arguments submitted in Guymine bond case in Commercial Court

Lawyers for the plaintiff, Citizens Bank Inc, and the Defendant, the Attorney General representing the State of Guyana, have lodged written submissions with Justice Roy in the Commercial Court in the case that involves US $21.4 million worth of bonds issued by the Government of Guyana to the creditors of Guymine when that state-owned company was restructured in 1992.

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