Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 August 2016, 0:00 by Denis Chabrol The Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. (TIGI) has slammed the Mayor and City Council for forging ahead with the Parking Meter project despite deep-seated concerns about the apparent opaqueness of the transaction from the inception. “That this project is allowed to continue in its current configuration in spite of ...
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CBS2 Exclusive: Woman dismembered by boyfriend in Guyana receives new arms, hands in New York
Last Updated on Monday, 8 August 2016, 20:05 by Denis Chabrol ALBERTSON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Some New Yorkers have given an extraordinary donation to a young woman who endured a horror. The woman was mutilated by an abusive boyfriend, and her children were killed. As CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff reported exclusively to the woman, Natasha Houston. The simple act of pushing ...
Read More »GRA going after VAT cheats; VAT exemption criteria to be overhauled
Last Updated on Monday, 8 August 2016, 13:36 by Denis Chabrol Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Godfrey Statia on Monday announced that tax agents would be deployed to go after businesses that cheat the 16 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) amounting to billions of dollars. “We also have to shift our resources into the enforcement mode and ...
Read More »Govt agrees to repay NIS money invested in failed CLICO
Last Updated on Monday, 8 August 2016, 12:49 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s social security system, the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) , is set to receive a GYD$5.6 billion cash injection over the next 20 years to compensate for a loss of money in the failed Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO). He said Cabinet has approved the government repaying NIS through ...
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