News

Even as the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) begins to reap the proceeds from the first Value Added Tax (VAT) and Excise Tax returns, businesses are still grappling with declining sales.

Vendors outside the Stabroek Market would be allowed to vend there but only until arrangements are put in place for them to be relocated, according to Local Government Minister Kellawan Lall.

After years of neglect, restoration of the 18th Century Dutch Court of Policy Hall has been completed and on Monday, a museum was opened in the building.

Three men who allegedly broke into Guyana Stores Limited (GSL) via the roof and stole a large number of items valued at over $1 million were yesterday refused bail by Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

Justice Michael de la Bastide, President of the Caribbean Court of Justice, is scheduled to deliver the feature address at the Rotary Club of Georgetown’s gala dinner to be held this Saturday at Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel on the occasion of Rotary’s World Understanding and Peace month.

Chutney king Harresh Singh has his friend to thank for his recent win at the Mashramani Chutney final held at the Anna Regina community centre ground on Saturday night last.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) says the semi-finals of the International Qaseeda Competition will be hosted in Guyana on Sunday.

The Guyana Consulate in Barbados says it is hosting a meeting to allow Barbados institutions to inform Guyanese nationals working on the island about the new measures and policies that it has instituted.

Given the number of rooms registered with the Bed and Breakfast (B&B) programme, accommodation via this route is assured for visitors to Guyana for the Super Eight matches, but registrants are seeking answers to questions as well.

Remedial work is continuing on the L’Aventure Secondary School in Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara and yesterday Forms Three to Five resumed classes though the lower forms have not yet done so.

One man was admitted to the New Amsterdam Hospital and 11 persons treated and sent away after the bus they were travelling in on Monday collided with two cars and turned turtle on the Fyrish Public Road.

The publisher of the pocket-sized Guyana guide book Guyana-Where and What says the response from the business community has been good and is urging more entities to take advantage of the publication.

Several Amerindian communities which received government grants have shown improvement in their economic activities and this year more communities will be benefiting, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported on Monday.

A man, who said he was set on fire after methylated spirits was poured on his body, is accusing the police of dragging their feet on the issue as it involves one of their members and two members of the Guyana Defence Force.

Five days after a Bartica gold miner was brutally chopped to death by another man during a row over water, police in the area are yet to arrest the killer.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said the schoolyard ecology (SYE) workshop recently hosted for 50 Corentyne Coast environmental club members aims to equip learners with the skills needed to become “schoolyard scientists”.

Dubraj Latchman, 58, of Good Faith, Mahaicony who was robbed by bandits around 4 pm on Monday told Stabroek News yesterday that this is the first time in 30 years that a robbery had occurred in broad daylight in the area.

Farmers in the Mahaica Creek area are enjoying the current dry weather with occasional showers although it may require topping up the water conservancy, but some are a bit disturbed by pests and plant diseases which are affecting their crops.

Various efforts by the Administration to project Guyana as a tourist destination are paying off and for 2007 many aspects are being pushed to propel the sector even as Guyana prepares to host several major international events.

The Public Utilities Commis-sion (PUC) has written to both Digicel Guyana and the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited reminding the two companies of the per-second billing that was ordered.