Finance Minister, Winston Jordan has scolded the top brass of the Bank of Guyana for its lax monitoring and oversight of the country’s foreign exchange market and anti-money laundering regime. Jordan last week made his views known to the Central Bank’s board of directors against the background of the recent alleged GYD$900 million fraud by a gold dealer and miner against ...

High Court Judge, Franklyn Holder on Monday, citing perceptions of bias, recused himself from a now “politicized” case in which Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams has been accused of disrespectful conduct. “I find that it will be prudent, judicious and in the interest of the administration of justice that I recuse myself from the case,” Justice ...

Finance Minister, Winston Jordan on Sunday said government would be prepared to offer concessions and tax holidays to private sector investors in value-added agricultural production, even as his ministerial colleague lamented that Lindeners have failed to take advantage of multi-million dollar opportunities to improve their livelihoods through the Linden Economic Advancement Programme (LEAP). “Government doesn’t want to get into economic ...

Finance Minister, Winston Jordan on Sunday announced that alcohol and cigarette imports would be stamped, as government moves to stamp out smuggling and rake in more taxes to help bridge a GUD$38 billion deficit. Addressing a community outreach meeting at Amelia’s Ward, Linden, he said “this year we are going to start a stamping programme where we are going to ...

Former Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall Saturday night called on the judiciary not to bow to political pressure by assigning a case to another judge because Attorney General, Basil Williams does not want to apologise to High Court Judge, Franklin Holder. “In short, they now want to choose their own judge to hear their own case. A ...

Worried that he and the State would not get a fair hearing, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo wants Justice Franklyn Holder to cease hearing a case because of the disagreement between the Attorney General, Basil Williams and that High Court judge. Justice Holder has said that he is “not prepared to sit to hear Mr Williams as an Attorney-at-Law in any ...

Five suspected bandits were early Saturday morning arrested with a gun and several other items which indicate they may be bandits. The Guyana Police Force said a mobile patrol in the village of Glasgow, East Bank Berbice intercepted a motor car about 01:30hrs Saturday morning, conducted a search in the car and its five occupants. Police said an unlicensed pistol ...

Police are investigating the murder of a bread vendor during the course of a robbery. Dead is  Andre Alexander, 42, a self-employed businessman of lot 394 Section 4 Sophia, East Coast Demerara. Police said he  was shot in the stomach and robbed of an undisclosed amount of cash by two male suspects about 20:30hrs last night at the said address ...

by GHK Lall Tax has to be among the most hated words in this country.  It ranks right up there among the some real detestable things and people.  Not surprisingly, the earlier announcement of a flurry of taxes has brought tears (some onion induced); terrors (on potential exposures); and tumult (what new dispensation?) over being called upon to pay.  As ...

Four of six suspects, who were allegedly involved in robbing a shop at Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara, were arrested after one of the getaway cars was intercepted, another got into an accident and two of the men were held attempting to cross the Demerara Habour Bridge in other vehicles , the Guyana Police Force said. Investigators said they also recovered ...