Guyana News

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is reporting an $8 billion increase in revenue collection for the first quarter of 2018, which has been attributed to improvements in the collection of arrears.

Three ranks implicated in the plot to corrupt the most recent sitting of the learner driver theoretical exam have been removed from their posts.

Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman yesterday reported that gold declarations for the first quarter of the year stood at 145,000 ounces.

A change of culture rather than a change in policy may be what is first needed to tackle plastic pollution.

Every morning, a pregnant Shondell King leaves her home and treks for about half of a mile to work which entails fetching pieces of wallaba wood and packing them into sandpits and even as she does this she may have a pit burning simultaneously to produce charcoal.

David Kunath, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) technician who sustained burns about his body more than two months ago after an accident in which he was electrocuted, succumbed to his injuries on Thursday.

More than a week after being seized by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) with 200,000 gallons of undeclared fuel aboard, the MT Jubilee remains in custody while the owners work  with customs authorities to pay the $36 million in outstanding taxes, according to Commissioner-General, Godfrey Statia.

As part of efforts to curb overpayments on contracts, which have plagued state agencies for years, government has informed officials that those who sign off on incomplete contracts will be surcharged and have their names published in the annual reports of the Auditor General (AG), according to a Treasury Memorandum laid in the National Assembly last Thursday.

Eco (Atlantic) Oil and Gas has reported encouraging findings from its seismic surveying in the Orinduik block, offshore Guyana.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon on Friday announced that Courtney Benn Contracting Services Limited has been awarded a $352.7 million contract for the construction of a new building for St.

The family of Sunil Mangra, the Uitvlugt Estate labourer whose body was discovered at the Stewartville seashore, West Coast Demerara (WCD) last Monday, believes that he was murdered and is calling for a thorough investigation by police after what it has described as a lackluster approach so far.

Workers yesterday morning averted what could have been a major disaster at the Ministry of Public Health’s Brickdam, Georgetown offices, where a fire erupted.

A charge is expected to be laid this week against a man linked to the recent discovery of 150 pounds of marijuana, which were found two weeks ago in a car abandoned in front of the Royal Castle outlet on Sheriff Street, George-town.

The report ‘DPP advises inquest into seawall killings,’ which was published in our April 28th, 2018 edition, mistakenly included a photograph of Lawrence Assanah, who was misidentified as Kwame Assanah.

Armed bandits on Friday evening invaded Tiwari’s Drug Store at Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara, from where they carted off over $1 million in cash.

A woman and her partner were injured last evening after they were beaten and robbed in front of their Charles Place, New Amsterdam business.

The new St Rose’s High School on Church Street will be built at a cost of $352.7m by Courtney Benn Contracting Services Limited.

With a debate set for Tuesday in the UK Parliament that could lead to anti-money laundering sanctions, CARICOM today expressed concern about the possible impact on its associate members.

Even as he sought to assure taxpayers yesterday that they are getting value for money on the US$150 million Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project, Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson said an additional $346.5 million in supplementary funding is being sought for to see the project to completion.

While noting that the government has the authority to intervene in the appointment of the board of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday said that the matter is presently engaging the attention of Cabinet, which is seeking to select persons who have knowledge about the industry.