Last Updated on Friday, 1 December 2017, 15:41 by Denis Chabrol The United States (US) oil giant has agreed to help pay Guyana’s legal fees, amounting to just over US$15 million, for taking of the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy to the World Court, despite a government denial earlier Thursday. Other high-level government sources said  that the so-called US$20M signing bonus from ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 1 February 2020, 22:00 by Writer A strike by workers at the majority Russia-owned Russian Aluminium (RUSAL) has been averted after the company signed an agreement to pay back more than GY$173 million in income taxes that had been deducted from workers’ overtime pay for more than one year, although government had decided that their extra ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 30 November 2017, 12:56 by Denis Chabrol The contract between Guyana and United States (US) oil giant, ExxonMobil is to be made public in December, ending months of calls by various stakeholders. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon said government made a “fulsome consideration” of the related matters including widespread calls for the 1999 deal to be ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 30 November 2017, 7:46 by Denis Chabrol The state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuco) has begun laying off workers from this month-end as part of a restructuring plan of the loss-making entity, but one of the unions on Thursday warned of a massive economic downturn in the sugar-dependent village economies. “It’s going to bring ruination to the ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 November 2017, 18:20 by Denis Chabrol Commuters are being urged to speak out against errant minibus drivers. The call was made by Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI), Annette Ferguson at a Road Safety Education awareness village hosted at the Stabroek Market Square today. At the event to observe the end of road ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 November 2017, 18:02 by Denis Chabrol Two private sector organisations on Wednesday expressed mixed views about the 2018 National Budget, ahead of next week’s parliamentary debate on the package of revenues and expenditures. The Guyana Manufacturing and Service Association (GMSA) said while the budget includes several recommendations, a lot has not been done to stimulate ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 November 2017, 21:45 by Denis Chabrol A senior Private Sector Commission official Tuesday night welcomed government’s decision to roll back a number of tax measures, but said the 2018 National Budget was expected to be “non-impactful”. “The budget is immediately non-impactful on the economy but some of the measures that were reversed are very, very ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 November 2017, 17:12 by Denis Chabrol Government has decided to revise its model Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with oil companies now that Guyana’s  offshore basin is less risky, and already one oil and gas expert is touting a rate of return model backed up by Guyana’s participation in a state oil company to serve as ...

Last Updated on Monday, 27 November 2017, 22:26 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo Monday slammed Finance Minister, Winston Jordan’s budget as “disastrous”, saying it failed miserably to keep several of the David Granger-led coalition government’s promises. Jagdeo questioned the sincerity of government to grant amnesty to companies and individuals that have not submitted tax returns which would result ...

Last Updated on Monday, 27 November 2017, 18:44 by Denis Chabrol Companies and individuals have been granted an amnesty to file outstanding tax returns, but if they file bogus returns they will be penalized, Finance Minister Winston Jordan announced. “Taxpayers who expect to benefit from this amnesty must file true and correct returns. Those found to be in violation will ...