Introduction Business Page of October 31 had referred to statements both by President Jagdeo and Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh that the Value-Added Tax and the Excise Tax introduced in 2007 would have been revenue neutral.
It seems not a day, and certainly not a week,
One family confronts the most painful of decisions. A national family circles in protective embrace.
Estimating the proceeds of tax evasion, regulatory avoidance and organized crime in Guyana Introduction The underground economy (or whatever else it may be termed) along with its phantom segment as I have defined it in last week’s column, is extremely difficult if not impossible to measure accurately.
Cuba’s economy is in a bad way. There is a widespread sense of social discontent and a deep concern among many groups in society including some of those who are committed to Cuba’s communist system.
Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet is a smart, highly-educated politician, and a skilful negotiator, but I wonder whether she did the right thing in agreeing to head the United Nations’ new agency for women’s rights, scheduled to start operating Jan 1.
A mixture of ethnic groups call Patentia their home, and residents say their community is harmonious, and they participate in each other’s religious observances.
Trevor Rhone’s plays are popular in Guyana, as one would expect them to be given their dramatic power and the fact that they are the work of a major dramatist who has produced some
The Travellers Tree, rejoicing in the name of Ravenala madagascariensis was once upon a time classed as a member of the family Scitamineae, then in the family Musaceae and the latest shift in this long-running comic opera of botanical indecision places it firmly (for the moment) in the family Strelitziaceae.
Continued from last week Stings The ‘stings’ of insects introduce a toxic substance (a poison) into the bitten (stung) animal.
As the rains pour, eighty-three year old Ramdeo Janki shelters under her umbrella and waits for her next customer to come.
Overcoming human poverty Policy making on gender and poverty has often been based on the assumption that women are poorer than men.
Following five rounds of the Neal and Massy/Seven Seas National Chess Championship, it is former national chess champion Kriskal Persaud
Hi Everyone, I had a totally different idea planned for this week’s column but that idea was immediately tossed aside when I popped the first piece of a caramelized-bottom of baked ripe plantain and bacon into my mouth.
Probably because of the many cricket songs I’ve written, people are given to drawing me out on the question of West Indies cricket.
Introduction Sometimes around now, sometimes later, the press and the public are excited when the report of the Audit Office on the accounts of the ministries, departments and regions is tabled in the National Assembly.
As commerce threatens to overwhelm areas available for development, residents of the major communities in the Mabaruma Sub-Region in Region One nevertheless remain optimistic about what the future holds for life there.
Introduction In my two previous Sunday columns, I had developed the argument to the effect that the steep increases in remittance flows to Guyana (as well as Jamaica) reflect both criminally-inspired transfers along with transfers made by hard-working Guyanese and Jamaican emigrants living in the diaspora.
The announcement of the formation of Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) is a welcome development (‘Company formed to promote transparency, fight corruption’ SN, November 11).
It is not often that the Caribbean can say it is leading global thinking on an issue, but that it what happened this week when the Caribbean Tourism Organi-sation (CTO) released a detailed report on the damaging effect on tourism that the UK government’s controversial Air Passenger Duty (APD) is having.
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