Last Updated on Wednesday, 8 February 2017, 20:16 by Denis Chabrol Parking meter fees are to be reduced in the coming days, but authorities are not about to give into calls for the contract between Smart City Solutions (SCS) and the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to be scrapped. Local Government Minister, Ronald Bulkan told Demerara Waves Online News that City ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 8 February 2017, 16:09 by Denis Chabrol Legal action is being planned  against the parking meters by several persons and groups to scrap the deal between City Hall and Smart City Solutions (SCS), even if government intervenes and lowers the rate, according to representatives of the Movement Against Parking Meters (MAPM). Attorney-at-Law, Nadia Sagar, who is ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 8 February 2017, 12:56 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has cleared the way for a number of hinterland airstrips to be exempted from applying the 14 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT). Domestic carriers can now apply to the GRA to effect the exemption for persons living in the identified areas. Commissioner General ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 8 February 2017, 12:58 by Denis Chabrol Before city magistrate Judy Latchman this morning, wheelchair-bound murder accused, Shelton George, aged 22, was remanded to prison for murder, and attempted murder in two separate matters. On the first matter, George is accused of murdering restaurant cashier, Debra Blackman, aged 48, of Tucville during a robbery at the ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 8 February 2017, 7:43 by Derwayne Wills A transgender woman, Ronnel Trotman known as Petronella, was yesterday granted entry in the courtroom of city magistrate Dylon Bess, when she presented herself in ‘unisex’ clothing as requested by that magistrate who refused to hear her matter late January as she was dressed in female attire. Petronella was ...