Government, using its parliamentary majority, on Friday evening passed the Miscellaneous Licences (Amendment) Bill and the Hucksters Licencing and Control (Amendment) Bill but not before the opposition expressed outrage over the “astronomical increases” and called for a 50% reduction in the new fees.
Government used its majority on Friday night to pass a Bill that it says is part of a move towards ensuring transparency in the granting of all concessions although some opposition members expressed bewilderment at what was being presented to the House.
The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) on Thursday presented Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence with its recently published fact sheet on social protection, while engaging her in a discussion on the human rights approach.
The Women’s Association for Sustainable Development (WASD) officially launched its Linden Chapter on February 19, at the residence of Francine Major in Amelia’s Ward.
The Splashmins Resort is now seeking investors as the company undergoes rebranding that it hopes to complete by the end of this year.
Mike McCormack and Joy Persaud of the Guyana Policy Forum and Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman were Guyana’s representatives at the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) 7th World Summit in Lima, Peru from February 24 to 25.
President David Granger will be the Co-Host when the Caricom Heads of Governments Summit is held here in July.
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Guns mostly fell silent in Syria and Russian air raids stopped yesterday, the first day of a cessation of hostilities that the United Nations has described as the best hope for peace in five years of civil war.
A concerned citizen is calling on city authorities to look into the continued dumping of garbage in front of her premises along Brickdam.
PARIS (Reuters) – France has detected its first sexually transmitted case of Zika in a woman whose partner had traveled to Brazil, the epicentre of an outbreak of the virus, a senior health official said yesterday.
LONDON (Reuters) – London Mayor Boris Johnson urged British government ministers to join the campaign to leave the European Union in a newspaper interview yesterday, again defying Prime Minister and fellow Conservative David Cameron.
A voluntary group in Bartica is looking to make its mark on the development of the town once successful at the upcoming local government elections.
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The African Union will send 100 human rights monitors and 100 military monitors to Burundi, South Africa’s president said yesterday after a trip to the tiny nation that is facing its worst crisis since a civil war ended a decade ago.
GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Guyana Jaguars, replying to Windward Islands Volcanoes’ 216, reached 310 for seven at the close on day two of their eighth round game in the Regional Four-Day Championship at the Beausejour Cricket Stadium here today.
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – A Dwayne Bravo half-century was enough to lift West Indies to an 18-run victory over Zimbabwe, in their first unofficial Twenty20 warm-up in preparation for the T20 World Cup here today.
The main sugar Union, GAWU today defended industrial action on Tuesday in the face of charges by GuySuCo on Wednesday that it had coerced Uitvlugt sugar estate workers to strike in the ongoing protest action over the planned closure of the Wales estate.
(Trinidad Guardian) Former government minister Jack Warner’s extradition proceedings took another turn yesterday when the United States government attempted to intervene in his judicial review lawsuit challenging Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi’s decision to sign off on its request to have him extradited to face charges in the ongoing Fifa bribery scandal.
The government yesterday used its one-seat majority to pass a bill for increased fees for vehicle licences, which had not been reviewed for two decades.
Higher fees for a number of firearms licences were yesterday approved by the National Assembly despite concerns by the opposition PPP/C that poor farmers will be affected and the smuggling of weapons will rise.
The Tax (Amendment) Bill 2016 was passed by acclamation last night even though the number of MPs on both sides of the House was equal.
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