Last Updated on Sunday, 5 March 2017, 11:34 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) will be probing the alleged overloading of aircraft with drums of fuel from Eteringbang to Ekereku, but so far the airline in whose direction fingers are pointing has denied doing so. GCAA Director General, Retired Col. Egbert Field told Demerara Waves Online News that ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 5 March 2017, 10:58 by Denis Chabrol City Hall earned a paltry sum of just over GYD$250,000 from the controversial parking meter system, even as Cabinet remains worried about the political implications of the deal between the Mayor and City Council and Smart City Solutions (SCS), according to well-placed sources. Sources said the virtual boycott orchestrated ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 4 March 2017, 15:08 by Denis Chabrol Finance Minister Winston Jordan believes the local manufacturing sector is not doing enough and has to take stock of itself and that its contribution to national earnings today is a mere five percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)—a far cry from four decades ago when it stood at ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 4 March 2017, 12:28 by Denis Chabrol by Gary Eleazar The Indo-Guyanese population has been called on, to rise up and protect the gains made in the 100 years since the abolition of indentureship, particularly when it comes to the rice and sugar industries and to fend off the frontal, targeted attacks by the ruling administration. ...

Last Updated on Friday, 3 March 2017, 16:03 by Derwayne Wills Trinidad and Tobago fraudster, Anthony Nestor, was today instructed by the court to pay Brandsville Hotel $260,824 and also to pay a court fine of $100,000, or serve a 36 month prison sentence, after which he will de deported. City magistrate Judy Latchman handed down the ruling today, which ...

Last Updated on Friday, 3 March 2017, 15:05 by Derwayne Wills Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan today handed down a 18 month prison sentence with a $60,000 fine for illegal gun and ammunition possession against an Annandale, East Coast Demerara man. 30-year-old Delson Wayne, a Mason by profession and no stranger to the law, was arrested last October and charged for ...

Last Updated on Friday, 3 March 2017, 11:08 by Denis Chabrol by Gary Eleazar   Those found to be abusing concessions granted by government, as incentive primarily towards business ventures, if caught will now have to pay up the applicable taxes that were waived by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) or have that concession withdrawn or seized altogether. GRA’s Commissioner ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 2 March 2017, 21:05 by Denis Chabrol Trinidad and Tobago, and Suriname have offered to refine Guyana’s oil, although ExxonMobil reserves the right to take its portion elsewhere for processing, authorities said Thursday. Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman said  Trinidad and Tobago’s oil refinery, which has a capacity to process 175,000 barrels per day, has ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 2 March 2017, 20:19 by Denis Chabrol Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman on Thursday cautioned against releasing details of oil exploration and production contracts because of the likely implications this may have for addressing border claims by Suriname and Venezuela. “Government, at this point in time, is of the view that full disclosure would not ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 2 March 2017, 17:43 by Derwayne Wills Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan today remanded a former police officer for the murder of 19-year-old Ryan Sergeant, known as Harry, who was gunned down outside the Rio Night Club last September. 35-year-old murder accused, Lloyd Roberts known as Robbie, was not required to plea to the charge which alleged ...