Last Updated on Saturday, 18 February 2017, 5:53 by Denis Chabrol A number of private schools are “Private charter schools,” and so they do not pay taxes, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon explained during a Post- Cabinet press briefing today. Questioned about the impact of levying of 14 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on education, and about claims of drop ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 18 February 2017, 5:45 by Denis Chabrol Cabinet has approved the delivery and construction of 758 housing units in Regions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 10. The units will be constructed at a cost of $5 Billion, (or $5.4Million each), Minister of State Joseph Harmon reported at the post-Cabinet briefing at the Ministry of ...

Last Updated on Friday, 17 February 2017, 18:56 by Derwayne Wills Smart City Solutions will not release the findings of its feasibility study on the viability of parking meters in Guyana, which includes an economic analysis of the country, according to the company’s Business Development Director, Amir Oren. Oren told the press corps, today, that the feasibility study, conducted some ...

Last Updated on Friday, 17 February 2017, 17:32 by Derwayne Wills Georgetown Mayor Patricia Chase-Green will not be attending a public meeting organised by the Movement Against Parking Meters scheduled for tomorrow to discuss the controversial parking meter contract, and its implementation. As part of a series of consultations hosted by the City Council, the Mayor first, through the press ...

Last Updated on Friday, 17 February 2017, 16:44 by Derwayne Wills A series of changes on the parking meter regime were presented to the press corps today by Smart City Solutions, and the City Council. Those include a new system of paying by license plate instead of space, fee reductions, and a change in enforcement measures. It is believed these ...

Last Updated on Friday, 17 February 2017, 15:57 by Derwayne Wills In face of two High Court orders against the parking meter regime, Georgetown’s administrators are adamant they will continue with the controversial parking meter project as of next monday, February 20. That would be the same day Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan, and Georgetown Town Clerk, Royston King are required ...

Last Updated on Friday, 17 February 2017, 13:44 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s Secretary General to the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Inge Nathoo died on Wednesday after a prolonged period of illness. Ms. Nathoo, formerly of Port Mourant, Corentyne, died on Wednesday, February 16, 2017 at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation after a brief period as an ...

Last Updated on Friday, 17 February 2017, 13:27 by Denis Chabrol As the High Court prepares to hear City Hall show cause why the controversial parking meter contract should not be revoked, Mayor Patricia Chase- Green on Friday said businesses would not be allowed to designate no-parking areas in front of their premises. “What we also have again are- some ...

Last Updated on Friday, 17 February 2017, 12:06 by Derwayne Wills Three senior staff attached to Hotel Tower and Club Privilege on Main Street were today charged for attempting to obstruct the course of justice by deleting CCTV footage for a January 8 shootout inside the Club. The Club’s manager, Andre Rochford, a Trinidad and Tobago national who was charged ...

Last Updated on Friday, 17 February 2017, 9:29 by Denis Chabrol Digicel (Guyana) will not be on this year’s Mashramani costume and float parade, but is instead throwing its assistance behind several special needs organisations. At the same time, the phone company is providing freely available costumes  from the ‘Trinity’ and  ‘Dynamic’ Bands once they are Digicel subscribers and have downloaded ...