Guyana News

The flare-up over the Value Added Tax (VAT) between the private sector and the GRA subsided somewhat yesterday following a meeting between the two but the Georgetown Chamber also signalled it would seek an urgent audience with the Finance Minister to end the VAT “chaos” and bring relief to consumers.

A 40-year-old man was stabbed in the lower abdomen yesterday over a cellular phone he was given to pawn.

A female vendor selling from a mobile van was on Monday robbed of $55,000 cash at Kaneville, East Bank Demerara by two men who hit her about the body with handguns.

Phase 11 of the Ogle Airport Development project will benefit from part of a 40.5 million euro European Com-mission (EC) grant to advance the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME).

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) is inviting students to submit applications for consideration of the Grassroots Development Fellowships for Graduate Students.

Minister of Transport and Hydraulics Robeson Benn said the government is assessing the “costing and variance” related to the execution of the revised Seawall Development Plan for implementation.

Relatives of an East Coast Demerara cane cutter are baffled as to why he decided to end his life early yesterday morning.

The Ministry of Labour last year recovered more than $11M on employees’ behalf following unscheduled checks at workplaces countrywide, which also revealed a number of labour law breaches by employers.

People’s National Congress Reform One Guyana (PNCR-1G) back-bencher James McAllister has submitted a motion to parliament calling on the Government to review its decision to build a floating bridge in Berbice between D’Edward Village and Crab Island and hold off on construction for three months.

A $60M night club opened in Linden last week with the aim of taking a bite out of Cricket World Cup (CWC) and transforming the mining town into party central.

Magistrate Krishendat Persaud on Friday sentenced a man who pleaded guilty to break and enter and larceny to five years imprisonment, while two of his alleged accomplices have been granted bail.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has debunked a front page article in yesterday’s edition of the Kaieteur News entitled “Major shake-up looms in army” and has labelled it as `misleading, sensational and alarmist.’

A horse cart operator was killed yesterday afternoon in what appeared to be a tit-for-tat stabbing at his Lamaha Railway Embankment home.

Minister of Amerindian Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues on Thursday paid tribute to the late Phillipai, Region Seven mountaineer Isaac Jerry.

Two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, early Sunday morning robbed a West Ruimveldt resident of a cellular phone and cash as he walked along Cemetery Road.

Magistrate Kim Kyte-John on Thursday ordered a mother who attempted to murder her two children and commit suicide to seek psychiatric treatment when she appeared at the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court.

The National Library has purchased 16 copies of Dr Gemma Robinson’s book entitled “University of Hunger: Collected Poems and Selected Prose.

Volunteers from Partners of the Americas’ Farmer to Farmer programme are expected to review the status of the local cattle industry and to make recommendations for the marketing of its dairy products.

A taxi driver was robbed at gunpoint of cash by a man and woman who hired him early Sunday morning to take them to New Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara.

Though members continue to vote along party lines on contentious issues parliamentary committees have been forums for political compromise.